By Jessica O’Hara Chicks Can Shred Too!

›Freskiing or new school skiing can be defined as: a specific type of skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from a combination of the growth in popularity of snowboarding as well as the progression of Freestyle skiing. (Wikipedia) What is Freeskiing?

›In today’s society, competing in freeskiing, especially terrain parks, has mainly been a male dominated sport, why is that? What are the feministic roles in free skiing and how can the industry get more women involved in competing in the terrain parks? The Problem

Notable Woman free-skiers ›Kaya Turski –The queen of slopestyle –She’s won countless X Games gold medals, claimed victory at many Dew Tour contests, and she’s been crowned overall AFP World Champion—named for the world’s most consistent women’s slopestyle competitor over a season’s worth of contests—for at least five years in a row. ›Grete Eliassen –She won a bronze medal in Slopestyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Kaya Turski and Keri Herman. –She has won 6 medals at the Winter X Games in slopestyle and halfpipe events including back to back gold medals in 2005 and (source Wikipedia)

Male Dominated? ›Why? –Intimidation in the parks –Not a lot of programs for women in the freeskiing world –Marketing done towards a male audience

›At Brighton Resort, there is a Girls-only terrain park What is the ski industry doing to help solve this problem?

›Here is a link to a video that shows how much girls can shred. Check it out…