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Training starts long before the competition lights and the scoreboard. Skills are developed on water ramps and reinforced on trampoline, then brought to snow — where weather conditions, speed, and the feel of the in/outrun demand real-time adjustments. With strength, mobility, and recovery supporting impact-heavy landings, the season becomes a steady pursuit of small refinements that show up in big moments.

In freestyle aerials, “triple” can mean two related things. Most often, it refers to a triple flip — three flips, with twists layered in — one of the sport’s highest-risk, tightest-timing skills. At the elite level, triples can include multiple twists (even five twists total across the three flips in the hardest men’s variations).

“Triple” can also refer to the triple kicker (the largest of the three takeoff structures). The triple kicker is roughly 13.5 feet tall and can launch athletes about 45–50 feet into the air, creating the height needed for triple-flip combinations.

Either way, triples aren’t just “learned” — they’re earned through years of repetition until the takeoff, shape, and landing become reliable under pressure.

Freestyle aerials scoring rewards the full package. Judges evaluate what they see:

  • air (takeoff height and distance)

  • form (body position and control)

  • landing (stability on impact)

  • the jump’s degree of difficulty

Difficulty can raise the ceiling, but execution determines the score that counts on the day.

Consistency comes from doing the same thing well when it matters most. It’s technical — repeating correct takeoff timing, staying organized in the air, and landing with control — but it’s also mental. Athletes like Ashton learn to manage nerves, reset quickly after mistakes, and trust their training under pressure. In a sport decided in seconds, consistency is built over years: discipline, repetition, and composure.

The sport of freestyle aerials isn’t an actual race — it’s a judged performance under pressure. Speed is the runway to flight, but execution decides everything. Athletes have only a few seconds to convert approach speed into height, control, and a touchdown on snow that holds. Then the jump’s degree of difficulty amplifies the result — which is why clean execution is everything. The hardest skills only matter when they’re done masterfully — and the margin between “great” and “almost” can be a single detail.