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.