FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1980.[1][2] Currently six disciplines are included in world cup: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air. In the 1980s and 1990s there were also ski ballet and combined, which no longer exist.

FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup
Genrefreestyle skiing
- moguls, aerials, ski cross
- halfpipe, slopestyle, big air
Location(s)Europe, Japan, Canada,
United States, Australia,
Belarus, New Zealand,
South Korea, China,
Russia
Inaugurated5 January 1980 (5 January 1980)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation
PeopleJoe Fitzgerald (coordinator)
Kathrin Hostettler (assistant)
JP Baralo (SX and SBX race director)
2022–23 FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup

Races are hosted primarily at ski resorts in North America, the Alps in Europe, with regular stops in Scandinavia, east Asia, but a few races have also been held in the Southern Hemisphere. World Cup competitions have been hosted in 22 countries around the world: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.[3] (note that all world cup races hosted at ski resort in Ukraine was still part of Soviet Union respectively.)

Number of events

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Mixed team events are not included in this list.

Points distribution

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Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Discipline 100 80 60 50 45 40 36 32 29 26 24 22 20 18 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Overall 20 16 12 10 9 8 7.2 6.4 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.4 4 3.6 3.2 3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.2 2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2

Overall results

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Top 10 podiums

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Updated after 2017–18 season.

Most overall World Cup titles

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The following skiers have at least 3 overall Freestyle World Cup titles:

9:   Mikael Kingsbury

5:   Éric Laboureix

Ladies

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10:   Conny Kissling

4:   Hannah Kearney

3:   Ophélie David,   Jacqui Cooper,   Kari Traa

Most discipline World Cup titles

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The records for most World Cup titles in each discipline are as follows:

Discipline Men Ladies
Name Titles Name Titles
Moguls   Mikael Kingsbury 10   Hannah Kearney 6
Ski Ballet (Acro)   H. Reitberger 5   Jan Bucher 7
Combined   Éric Laboureix
  Alain Laroche
4   Conny Kissling 9
Ski Cross   Tomáš Kraus 4   Ophélie David 7
Aerials   Nicolas Fontaine
  Steve Omischl
4   Jacqui Cooper 5
Dual moguls   Jesper Rönnback
  Thony Héméry
  Janne Lahtela
2   Candice Gilg
  Kari Traa
2
Halfpipe   Kalle Leinonen
  David Wise
  Kevin Rolland
2   Sarah Burke
  Virginie Faivre
  Ayana Onozuka
2
Slopestyle 6 skiers 1 5 skiers 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIS-Ski - Freestyle World Cup". fis-ski.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Freestyle Skiing History". CBC Sports. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  3. ^ "FIS: Complete Calendar of Freestyle Ski World Cup Races". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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  • fis-ski.com FIS Freestyle News, Calendar, Rules and Results