How Olympic Freestyle Skiing Is Scored
Aerials, Slopestyle, Big Air: How All the Olympic Freestyle Skiing Events Are Scored
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Slopestyle skiing is scored very similarly to halfpipe, with a panel of either five or six judges awarding overall "impression" scores from 1 to 100. When there are only five judges, all the scores are then averaged; in the case of six judges, the highest and lowest scores are dropped, and the remaining scores are averaged to get a total run score. The main difference between halfpipe and slopestyle is the course itself. Slopestyle is competed not on a big, U-shaped halfpipe, but on a course with obstacle features like rails, jumps, and other elements, which athletes can use creatively to improve their scores.