Freestyle Skiing

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott and freestyle skier Nico Porteous, New Zealand's historic winter Olympians, call each other's events.

PyeongChang 2018 | Olympic Winter games

Originals

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The Men's Ski Halfpipe Finals event took place at the 22nd February 2018

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Men's Ski Halfpipe - Freestyle Skiing | PyeongChang 2018 Highlights

United States of America

Simone

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Sweden

Armand

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Mikaela

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Ilia

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Snowboard and freestyle skiing competitions have a reputation for being innovative, dynamic and exciting. And that's exactly what you can expect to see at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026.
From the exhilarating rush of ski cross and snowboard cross, to the complexity of moguls and dual moguls, the

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Fabian Boesch (SUI) performs a trick during the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Fabian Boesch (SUI) performs a trick during the men's freestyle skiing slopestyle final at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Slopestyle, halfpipe and big air – what’s the difference?

Eileen Gu is back with a bang.
The double Olympic champion from People's Republic of China made her comeback to freestyle skiing World Cup action after 11 months a winning one in the halfpipe at Hebei Province's Secret Garden resort on Saturday (9 December).
Gu was utterly dominant at the

Eileen Gu made a winning return to World Cup action in the halfpipe at Secret Garden

Eileen Gu makes triumphant return as Alex Ferreira takes men's halfpipe at Secret Garden

Beijing 2022 freeski gold medallist Nico Porteous has started his recovery journey after undergoing knee surgery.
The halfpipe Olympic champion had an operation two weeks ago at home in New Zealand to repair a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
On Saturday 23 April the 20-year-old announced on Instagram that he

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 19: Gold medallist Nico Porteous of Team New Zealand poses with their medal during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe medal ceremony on Day 15 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Zhangjiakou Medal Plaza on February 19, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Olympic champion Nico Porteous out of action until 2023 after knee surgery

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games wrapped things up in a carnival of colour on Sunday (20 February) with the Closing Ceremony, but there were plenty of fireworks during the Games too.
Every Olympics gives us young risers and shooting stars who shake up the world order, and Beijing 2022

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

10 Games breakouts

Ten Beijing 2022 Olympic breakout stars: From Ailing (Eileen) Gu to Su Yiming, Kagiyama to Slafkovsky, Shcherbakova to Hall

Who says you can't have your family with you at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games?
After David Wise managed a third straight podium in the freeski halfpipe final, he unfurled three life-size photograph headshots of his wife and kids to celebrate with him.
His wife Alexandra, daughter Nayeli, and

David Wise on the podium at Beijing 2022 with cutouts of his wife and children

David Wise shares family pics on Beijing 2022 podium

New Zealand’s Nico Porteous spun best and highest among the 12 men’s halfpipe athletes at a frigid Genting Snow Park in the final event of the freestyle skiing programme at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games Beijing.
Americans David Wise (the two-time and defending Olympic champion) and Alex Ferreira finished with

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 19: Nico Porteous of Team New Zealand performs a trick on their first run during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe Final on Day 15 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 19, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Nico Porteous of New Zealand performs a trick on his first run during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe final

Medals update: Kiwi Nico Porteous dethrones David Wise for men’s freeski halfpipe crown 

Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics Beijing 2022 featured 13 exhilarating events and was a discipline where the hosts won half of their gold medals. Ailing (Eileen) Gu was one of the headliners of Beijing 2022 and fully lived up to the hype with spectacular and consistent performances throughout the

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: Ailing Eileen Gu of Team China celebrates winning the Gold medal during the Women's Freestyle Freeski Halfpipe Final on Day 14 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 18, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Ailing (Eileen) Gu

Beijing 2022 freestyle skiing wrap-up – top stories, moments and records

Nico Porteous is the Beijing 2022 halfpipe men's champion. He won bronze in the event at PyeongChang 2018 at just 16, What changed between the two Winter Olympic competitions? The New Zealand freestyle skier has been excited to showcase "the older, more mature version" of himself. Check out the full interview with one of the stars of the freeski scene.

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Nico Porteous: From boy to young adult

Gus Kenworthy is through to the final of the men’s freeski halfpipe at Beijing 2022 after an eventful qualifier.
The 2014 Olympic silver medallist began his last Winter Olympics with a fall in his first run as qualifiers were hampered by reduced visibility.
Kenworthy, who’s now representing Great Britain after

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 17: Gus Kenworthy of Team Great Britain reacts after their second run during the Men's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Halfpipe Qualification on Day 13 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 17, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Gus Kenworthy “relieved" to be through to men’s freeski halfpipe finals at Beijing 2022

"It's nice to be the New Zealand guy,” says biathlete Campbell Wright. “I'm from a weird country... Not a weird country, but a weird biathlon country.”
In reality, the 19-year-old is even more unusual than that. In the men’s 20km individual race on Tuesday 8 February, he was the only

ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: Campbell Wright of Team New Zealand competes during Men's Biathlon 20km Individual at National Biathlon Centre on February 08, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

New Zealand's Campbell Wright competes in the Biathlon men's 20km individual race at Beijing 2022 on Tuesday 8 February

Campbell Wright: The teenage biathlete with the Southern Hemisphere on his shoulders

Beijing 2022

PyeongChang 2018

This event took place on 19/02/2022 at the Beijing Medals Plaza. Medal winners for Speed Skating - Men's 1000m, Freestyle Skiing - Men's Freeski Halfpipe, Speed Skating - Men's Mass Start, Biathlon - Men's 15km Mass Start, Speed Skating - Women's Mass Start and Biathlon - Women's 12.5km Mass Start

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19/02/2022 - Victory Ceremonies | Beijing 2022 Replays

This event took place on 19/02/2022 at the Genting Snow Park - SS & HP. Nico Porteous (NZL) claimed the gold medal, while David Wise (USA) took home the silver and Alex Ferreira (USA) completed the podium, with the bronze

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