The big air skiing event is making its Olympic debut in Beijing. Like other freestyle skiing disciplines, it's a judged event, but the stakes somehow feel even higher. In big air, athletes have just one opportunity on each run to put down a trick. Skiers gain speed and power heading down a massive slope, then launch off a ramp to get one large jump, during which they perform a trick, then land. Like halfpipe and slopestyle, these jumps are scored from one to 100, relative to other performances that day. However, the criteria judges take into consideration is slightly different: it includes difficulty, execution, amplitude, and, similar to aerials, the landing.