# 296: Winter Olympics Special #3 | Ed Leigh on Freestyle Tricks

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Podcast: [The Ski Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806)
Published: 2026-02-08T12:56:35+00:00
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## Resource

BBC’s Ed Leigh explains the terms used to describe freestyle tricks, as well as how the judges come up with their scores, in the third of our Winter Olympics special episodes. With Kirsty Muir competing in the final of the Women’s Ski Slopestyle tomorrow (Mon 09 Feb) and Mia Brookes taking part in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air qualifying today (Sun 08 Feb) and, hopefully, the final tomorrow, there’s no better time to get up to date with all the key terms. SHOW NOTES Direction of spin (1:30) Axis of Rotation (2:15) Number of rotations (3:00) Type of grab (5:00) The scoring system in slopestyle (8:45) PAVED = Progression, Amplitude, Variety, Execution, Difficulty (9:15) Listen to our previous Winter Olympic special episodes, including our downhill preview with Graham Bell and exclusive interview with Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards . If you enjoyed this episode and want to help the podcast, don’t forget that if you use the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ when you book your ski hire at intersportrent.com you’ll save yourself some money. Simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied.

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