Aerials practice manuevers on trampolines and do their jumps off water ramps into pools, such as the ones at the Utah Olympic Park. The skiers are judged on turning on the moguls, the technical difficulty of their jumps and their speed. Duals are held in some World Cups, but not this one. The scoring is based on three areas. Turning is worth 50 percent, air is worth 25 percent and speed counts for 25 percent.
Competitors compete in two runs with the two scored combined.
Skiers pick their own jumps, nothing is mandatory. Johnny Mosely of Tiburon, Calif., won the 1998 gold medal in Nagano with a 360 helicopter grab move. All material found on Utah Bound is copyrighted The Salt Lake Tribune and associated news services. No material may be reproduced or reused without explicit permission from The Salt Lake Tribune.