1983 - 2005 - Canadian Freestyle Ski Association

Lingo
• DD: Degree of difficulty.
• In-run: slope leading into the kicker — 55m.
long and 23-degrees steep.
• Full in: Full twist on first flip of double or triple
somersault.
• Full out: Full twist on last flip of double
somersault.
• Layout: Body extends as straight as possible.
Often called a “lay”.
• Pike: Body bends at waist, legs stay straight,
and hands reach forward to toes. The
standard diving position.
• “Pull”: Grabbing your knees into a tuck
position.
• Rudy: Flip with 1 1/2 twists.
• Single: One flip. Double: Two flips. Triple:
Three flips.
• “Stretch”: Making body as “long” as possible
because the jumper is carrying too much
speed or is too high in the air off the kicker.
• Tuck: Knees tuck in front of body to angle of
90 degrees.
Aerial Stars of Today
Men Aerial Stars
Steve Omischl, Canada. 2005 FIS World Champion, and
second on the 2005 Freestyle World Cup tour. Omischl also
claimed the 2004 World Cup Aerial title, dominating with 6
World Cup wins, and 3 silver medal performances to total
an impressive 9 podium results in 12 starts. 2000 World Cup
male Rookie of the Year, and bronze medallist at the 2003
FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships.
Jeret Peterson, USA. Jeret claimed the 2005 overall aerial
title with a consistent season that included 3 World Cup
wins, and a total of 6 podium performances.
Xiaopeng Han, China. Han is just one of many talented
aerialists emerging from a Chinese program that is starting
to produce a strongly competitive group of athletes. Han
achieved 3 podium performances and was consistent
enough to finish 3rd on the overall 2005 World Cup tour.
Alexei Grishin, Belarus. Finished 3rd at the 2005 FIS
World Freestyle Ski Championships, and 8th on the World
Cup tour last season. 2001 World Champion, silver medallist
at the 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships and
bronze medallist at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
Ales Valenta, Czech Republic. Despite claiming only one
World Cup win last season, Valenta is a strong competitor
who will be looking to impress in Torino. 2002 Olympic gold
medallist, making Olympic history by performing a quintuple
twisting triple back flip in Olympic competition.
Jeff Bean, Kyle Nissen, Warren Shouldice, Canada. All
members of a very strong Canadian men’s aerial team
who were no strangers to the podium last season. Bean
was the silver medallist behind team-mate Omischl at the
2005 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships, and finished
4th at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Nissen finished the 2005 season strong with two backto-back
podium performances late in the season, despite
a mid-season hiatus from World Cup competition while
recovering from a knee injury. Shouldice proved he’s a threat
last season by performing the first-ever Lay-triple full full
(quadruple twisting triple back flip with 3 twists in the second
flip) in competition at the 2005 Deer Valley World Cup aerial
event where he placed 4th.
Women Aerial Stars
Nina Li and Xin Xin Guo, China. Li dominated the women’s
aerial scene in 2005 with 11 podium performances in 12
starts, including 6 World Cup wins. Li also claimed title to the
2005 FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships. Team-mate
Guo performed consistently all season with one World Cup
win in Shenyang, CHN, to finish 3rd overall on the 2005 World
Cup Freestyle tour.
Lydia Ierodiaconou, Australia. Another member of
Australia’s strong women’s aerial team, Ierodiaconou stepped
in to a leading role in the absence of injured team-mate, Alisa
Camplin. Ierodiaconou finished 2nd overall for the 2005
World cup season, with 3 wins and a total of 7 podium
performances.
Alisa Camplin, Australia. Returning from a knee injury
sustained prior to the 2005 season, Camplin captured the
gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, was the
2003 FIS World Freestyle Champion and claimed the 2003
and 2004 World Cup tour.
Evelyn Leu, Switzerland. Silver medallist at the 2005
FIS World Freestyle Ski Championships, Leu remains a
consistent competitor. She has twice set a world record
point score during qualification rounds at the 2002 Olympic
Winter Games, and the 2003 FIS World Freestyle Ski
Championships.
Deidra Dionne & Veronika Bauer, Canada. Dionne was
the bronze medallist at the 2001 and the 2003 FIS World
Freestyle Ski Championships, and bronze medallist at the
2002 Olympic Winter Games. Voted 1999-2000 World Cup
Rookie of the Year capturing two World Cup medals in her
first season on tour. Dionne finished 7th last season on the
World Cup tour, with a total of 3 podium performances. Bauer
was the 2001 FIS World Freestyle Champion, and silver
medallist at the 2003 FIS Freestyle Ski Championships.
Bauer finished 8th on the 2005 World Cup tour, including 2
podium performances.
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