Freestyle Aerials Review

Let me start with the most noticeable feature of the day - Fog. It was very foggy on Sauze. But what a fun event to watch. We were sure they were going to cancel Aerials today. It was so foggy several times that you couldn't see the giant video screen, leave alone the mountain. The grandstands were in perfect postition to see the whole run, so when the fog did finally clear up, you were able to see them from start to finish. The ladies go really really high!

It's a very up-tempo event. There is great music playing the whole time, and there were cheerleaders. The announcer was Italian, with a great grasp of English, but most everything ended with an -o- or an -a-. So every time the gals would start their run, he would say. . . Let's go back up to the top-a. It was the first time I have ever heard an announcer curse. When we were waiting for the fog to lift he said "Let's get this damn fog out-a-here."

Unfortunately we did not have anyone from Team USA who made it to the finals. We sat next to two young girls from Australia, so we adopted Australia for the Aerials. The best part, is we are already down from the mountain, and it is not even 11:30 p.m. yet, so the day is still young.