Freestyle skier Alex Hall has returned back from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic games with another medal for Team USA, securing the silver in the slopestyle skiing finals. We had an exclusive opportunity to talk with Hall about his experience at the games,
Bend native Hunter Hess was scheduled to compete in the men's freeski halfpipe at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina on Thursday, Feb. 19. The event was postponed due to heavy snow in the Levigno area.
The men's aerials qualifiers and final were rescheduled for Friday starting from 4:30 p.m. ET, while the men's halfpipe qualification runs were moved to an hour after that.
Wang Xindi from China won gold in the men's aerial freestyle skiing event freestyle skiing at the 2026 Olympics on Friday.
American freeskier Nick Goepper is training in jeans while gearing up for his fourth Olympics and the men’s freeski halfpipe.
Freestyle Skiing has been part of the Winter Games’ program since 1988. The exciting sight of athletes soaring through the sky has been an exciting sight for fans. Aerials was a demonstration sport in both 1988 and 1992, but was officially entered into the program as a medal event in Lillehammer, Norway in 1994.