Aerial skiers using trampolines ahead of Olympics
17/08/2009 Six months away from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and aerial skiers are using trampolines to practise their routines.
While skiers spend the majority of their time on the slopes, during the summer months, it proves more difficult due to the weather.
So during the warmer months they are in the pool, on the trampoline, speeding down ramps, then flipping and twisting in the air before plunging into the water.
Two-time Olympian Speedy Peterson and Torino team member Emily Cook put a Canadian reporter through the training hoops at the facility at Utah Olympic Park, reports MSNBC.
The Olympic champs say they train on the trampoline with their coaches about four to five times per week.
Aerial skiing, as it is now known has taken different forms. Somersaulting and other tricks were exhibited before World War I, but it was not until about 1950 that such stunts (aerials) were popularised by Norwegian Stein Eriksen, and it is easy to see why trampolines help in training.
While skiers spend the majority of their time on the slopes, during the summer months, it proves more difficult due to the weather.
So during the warmer months they are in the pool, on the trampoline, speeding down ramps, then flipping and twisting in the air before plunging into the water.
Two-time Olympian Speedy Peterson and Torino team member Emily Cook put a Canadian reporter through the training hoops at the facility at Utah Olympic Park, reports MSNBC.
The Olympic champs say they train on the trampoline with their coaches about four to five times per week.
Aerial skiing, as it is now known has taken different forms. Somersaulting and other tricks were exhibited before World War I, but it was not until about 1950 that such stunts (aerials) were popularised by Norwegian Stein Eriksen, and it is easy to see why trampolines help in training.
