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Per Spett
Per Spett (born in Jukkasjärvi) is a Swedish freestyle skiing, freestyle skier, musician, specializing in Mogul skiing, moguls. Spett competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics for Sweden. Both times he did not advance to the Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's moguls, moguls final, finishing 23rd in the preliminaries. As of February 2013, his best showing at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, World Championships is 8th, in FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2009, 2009. Spett made his FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup, World Cup debut in December 2003. As of February 2013, his best performance at a World Cup event is 5th, in a dual moguls event at Are (ski area), Are in 2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup, 2011/12. His best World Cup overall finish is 13th, in 2011–12 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup, 2011/12. When not skiing, Spett works in an Kiruna Mine, iron ore mine in Kiruna. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Skiing
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis. Known as "hot-dogging" in the early 1970s, it is also commonly referred to as freeskiing, jibbing, as well as many other names, around the world. History Ski acrobatics have been practiced since the 1930s. Aerial skiing was popularized in the 1950s by Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen. Early US competitions were held in the mid-1960s. In 1969, Waterville Valley Ski Area in New Hampshire, formed the first freestyle instruction program, making the resort the birthplace of freestyle skiing. The following year, Corcoran and Doug Pfeiffer, organized the first National Open Championships of Freestyle Skiing on the Sunnyside trails. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
