Mogul skiing is a type of freestyle skiing where the skiiers display tricks off of two jumps in the mogul patch. Moguls are natural or man made humps of snow the form on the trail from either skiers taking the same path down the mountain or made by a snow cat.
    

     The first competition involving mogul skiing was held in 1971. It debuted in the Winter Olympic games in 1988 as a demonstration sport. It eventually turned into an official medal event in 1992. Today mogul skiing is one of the most popular forms of freestyle skiing, and is practiced in almost all major skiing resorts/areas.

     In early mogul competitions, they banned arial flips because of too many injuries. Recently the started to allow arials in mogul competitions. When performing an arial in moguls, style is key. Notice how in both pictures of people doing bacflips their body looks almost identical. They look like the same person.

     Freestyle skiing began in the 1930's, when Norwegian skiers began performing acrobatics during alpine and cross-country training. Freestyle skiing first began to be contested seriously in the 1960s and early 1970s, when it was often known as "hot-dogging." Bob Burns, who later went on to create The Ski brand skis, pioneered this style in Sun Valley, Idaho, beginning in 1965.
 
     Over the years freestyle skiing has changed greatly. The tricks done in competitions have evolved so much since 10 years ago until now. 10 years ago you could do ao cork 540 (an off axis front flip with a 540 degree spin with it) and win the X-Games. This year in the winter X-Games Alex Schlopy, a professional skier, did a tripple cork 1980!!! That is 3 whole
off-axis front flips with a 1980 degree spin! Thats 5 and a half full 360 degree spins along with 3 flips!


     The first twin-tip ski was the Olin Mark IV Comp introduced in 1974. The first company to successfully market a twin-tip ski was Salomon, with their Teneighty ski. The company LINE skis was the first ski company to only sell twin-tip skis.

My Topic

       
The topic I selected for my blog is The History of Skiing. I decided to chose this topic because I love the sport of skiing and I would like to learn more about it. I hope to increase everybody’s knowledge, including mine, about the history of skiing. I have skied for about 10 years and have seen the sport evolve in my lifetime. Skis have evolved from bones of large animals to a carbon fiber center with a metal base. That’s just the equipment; the sport has evolved a lot more than just the skis. The first skis were used for hunting, traveling, military maneuvers, and transportation.