Did you ever want to fly? This winter Olympic sport lets you do just that. Freestyle Aerials is almost like flying. Imagine you're on top of a mountain about to ski off a 13 foot high jump, fly through the air twisting and turning and land on soft crunchy snow. That is what it is like to be an aerial skier.

Freestyle aerials became an Olympic sport for men and women in 1994. If you are interested in being an aerialist you will need skis (usually shorter than the skier), ski boots, ski suit, and helmet.

There can be up to 135 athletes in this year's Olympic competition. The aerial competition will have two-jumps for each competitor. The top twelve men and women with the highest scores in the competition go on to the final. The finals will have two jumps. The highest total score from the final is the winner. The skiers do tricks in the air with strange names. Some of the interesting names are Daffy, Front Tuck, and Backscratcher. They skiers are judged on how they move in the air, how good their form is and how they land. Getting air is worth 20%, the skier's form is worth 50%, and the landing is worth 30%.

Skiers go off a jump that could be up to four meters tall (that's about thirteen feet.) They do flips and twists in the air before landing. Sometimes they even do multiple twisting somersaults. They land in soft snow.

So you made a run, did a Daffy and now you wait for your score. See you in Utah!