U.S. Ski & Snowboard Announces 2025-26 Freestyle Ski Team Nominations Last week, U.S. Ski & Snowboard announced the 30 athletes who have been nominated to the 2025-26 Stifel U.S. Freestyle Ski Team moguls and aerials rosters. All athletes qualified for the team based on the existing freestyle moguls and aerials team criteria. The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team announces its teams in two phases: nomination and acceptance. The athletes are […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 20, 2025 0 Comments
French Mogul Skier Perrine Laffont Will Return to World Cup for 2024-25 Season French mogul skier Perrine Laffont is slated to make her return to the FIS Moguls World Cup circuit for the 2024-25 season. The “Queen of Moguls” is one of the most successful mogul skiers in freestyle skiing history, with 30 World Cup victories, 9 Crystal Globes, 5 World Championship Gold medals, and an Olympic Gold. The French athlete took a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 16, 2024 0 Comments
Australian Mogul Skier & Olympic Silver Medalist Matt Graham Shares Baby News It has been quiet around Australian mogul skier Matt Graham recently, and the Olympic Silver medalist had not been seen during the winter season at Perisher, where the Australian National Team trains during the southern hemisphere winter. Today, September 18, the three-time Olympian shared the reason for his absence from training with the world: he and his partner Jess had […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 17, 2024 0 Comments
Olivia Giaccio Wins Moguls World Cup in Deer Valley, UT, with Cork 1080 On Thursday, February 1, the first day of FIS Freestyle World Cup competitions at Deer Valley, UT, was held, which was the Moguls World Cup. U.S. athlete Olivia Giaccio came home with the victory, while teammate Jaelin Kauf finished in second. Giaccio stomped a fantastic Cork 1080, sealing the victory for the 23-year-old. Moguls competitions are […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | February 3, 2024 0 Comments
Slew of Podiums for U.S. Mogul Skiers at World Cup in Waterville Valley, NH Moguls events returned to the home of Freestyle, with the first-ever FIS Freestyle World Cup event held at Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27, 2024. More than 50 years ago, Waterville Valley was the birthplace of modern freestyle skiing, when Tom Corcoran, Olympic alpine skier and founder of Waterville Valley Resort, and Doug Pfeiffer, […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 30, 2024 0 Comments
Tickets for Moguls FIS World Cup at Waterville Valley Resort, NH, on Sale Now In just 10 days, the best men’s and women’s moguls skiers in the world will converge on the birthplace of freestyle skiing in America with the moguls and dual moguls FIS Freestyle World Cups at Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire, on January 26-27. The two day event will be held on Lower Bobby’s Run and tickets for the event are […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | January 16, 2024 0 Comments
Successful FIS Freestyle Moguls Season Opening with Double Podium for U.S. Women The 2023/24 Moguls FIS Freestyle World Cup season kicked off on Saturday, December 2, 2023, in Ruka, Finland. Australia’s Jakara Anthony and Japan’s Ikuma Hiroshima won the women’s and men’s single moguls races, securing early-season leads with the yellow leaders’ bibs. Anthony’s key rivals France’s Perrine Laffont and Japan’s Anri Kawamura were absent. Laffont announced in a press release last […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 5, 2023 0 Comments
Finland’s First 8-Person Chair to Open at Ruka Ski Resort This December Ruka Ski Resort in Finland will be opening its first 8-chair on the new Masto’s ski area. The Leitner chair “Masto III” will have a capacity of 4,000 people per hour and will travel at a speed of 6 m/s, making it Finland’s fastest chairlift. The trip to the top of the Masto ski area will only take 2 minutes. […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | November 1, 2023 1 Comment
[OLYMPICS] The Art of Freestyle Mogul Skiing Freestyle mogul skiing combines fast-paced mogul skiing with technical aerobatic jumps, including flips and spins. The course features over 650-feet (200-meters) of moguls, with two jumps, one at the top one 40 bumps from the end. The event is judged based on how fast the course is completed, precision, and technique through the moguls and additional points for tricks pulled at […] Olympics Aunika Skogen | February 11, 2022 0 Comments