aerial skiing

noun

: the execution of aerial maneuvers on skis

also : a downhill ski event in which skiers perform aerials after skiing off a ski jump

The trampoline is familiar terrain for Caldwell, a former gymnast who was wooed to aerial skiing at age 13 as part of a campaign by the United States Ski Team to recruit gymnasts and divers into the sport.

—Katie Thomas, New York Times , 14 Feb. 2011

aerial skier noun

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

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