It was thw most difficult and demanding of the three freestyle disciplines

A gymnast, Frank Bare entered aerials and is responsible for introducing the twisting flips. The moebius was a back or front flip in layout combined with a helicopter. Somewhere the name changed to a Rudy. For Bare, who was called Air Bare, the SHOWLPLOA stop was the hardest part of his aerial. He could barely ski! Aerial were the only event he did.

The X Games was responsible for slopestyle and halfpipe events. I never did those. I can't see ruining a pair of skis on a handrail. Halfpipe is more interesting. Halfpipe developed from a few ski areas that had pistes= natural half pipes across which you could ski and get air from side to side. Nothing like the skiers now. Snow boards changed things again.

Freestyle was always rebellious.

Lover's Leap is at Vail. It looks hard, but its bark is louder than its bite. You go over that crest, and it's kind of a disappointment. There is an occasional rock or small cliff. Killer name.

For a long time Mach I at Breckenridge was the ultimate test piece. Very steep, deep, tight moguls that tore apart all but the very best mogul skiers.

Vail hosted the very first "freestyle" competition, which was called Hot Dogging, and featured on Wide World of Sports. It was a mix of experienced and inexperienced skiers attempting to ski a mogul field. There were spectacular wipe outs by the inexperienced dude. The experienced skiers did really lame tricks like wheelies, jet turns, royal christies, outriggers, and worms. The Hot Dog was more of a drunken brawl than a competition. Anything went.