Between the two major centre's of activity Vancouver and Whistler, lies Cypress Mountain. Cypress as it is commonly known will be home to the Free Style Skiing and Snowboarding events, all in all 12 different competitions. As with
Nat Bailey and the
Richmond Oval, this will be a great location to see Canada capture some medals. The Free style skiing is broken down into three major categories:
- Aerials- This is where the skiers use no poles and go down the hill and launch themselves off of quarter pipe into the air and perform a multitude of twists and turns.
- Moguls- This is the most most traditional form of skiing for Freestyle and it involves skiing down and very steep run with huge mounds of hard pack snow, each run also has the added feature of two big jumps.
- Ski- Cross- This is a dead heat of skiers who races all at the same time in a very close circuit. The first one down hill wins. It is extremely entertaining and exciting to watch
The snowboarding part of the games is also broken down into three categories:
- Gaint Slalom- Again this is a very traditional event, with snowboards racing down the hill passing through gates.
- Halfpipe- This events take after the skateboarding halfpipe, snowboarders go down a halfpipe built out of snow performing tricks as they go up and down the sides of the pipe
- Snowboard Cross- This again is similar to the ski cross, a group of snowboarders starts at the top of the run and the first person down the hill and across the line wins. Very Cool!
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