The sport, formally known as acroski, combines "the grace of figure skating, the thrill of alpine skiing, and the fashion of the 1980s," according to the official Olympics website.

Kathryn Wadsworth is dressed as a butterfly. More precisely, the Event Manager at Monarch Mountain Ski resort is in a monarch butterfly costume, made of lift tower pads she says were stitched together ...

Here are some of the most unusual Winter Olympic sports in history, from ski ballet and military patrol to dog sled racing ...

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The sun was breaking through the clouds one day last April as Lara Rosenbaum stood atop a slope at Colorado’s Monarch Mountain. She took in the scene around her: Costumed skiers twirling around, their ...

Monarch Mountain and KHEN Community Radio teamed up to revive the once Olympic-level sport Ski ballet, also known as "acroski" was a two-time Winter Olympics demonstration sport that flourished in the ...

Monarch Mountain is hosting its inaugural ski ballet competition this spring. While the discipline largely lost popularity after its appearance in the 1992 Winter Olympic games due to the rise of ...

On November 15, Winter Park, Colorado, is hosting a ski ballet competition with a $1,000 winner’s cash prize. Registration costs $15 for singles and $45 for teams. Come competition day, skiers will ...

Mr. Handy is the author of “Hollywood High,” a history of teen movies, and “Balloon,” a picture book illustrated by Julie Kwon. Feb. 15, 2026 The Winter Olympics are a two-week ratings spectacle of ...

A new film on the greatest discipline of skiing to exist has been released, and no, I'm not talking about Skijoring. What is the greatest discipline of skiing, you ask? Consider this: a young Izzy ...

On Saturday, Winter Park is hosting a ski ballet competition with a $1,000 cash prize. And while plans are not yet final, Glenwood Springs’ Sunlight Mountain Resort is also eyeing ski ballet this ...