At the end of the 1990s, snowboarding was booming, as old-school freestyle skiing lost its appeal with the younger generation. In the run-up to the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, snowboard halfpipe was being heralded as the next big thing, while the three events of freestyle skiing – moguls, aerials and ballet – barely got a mention.
But as it turned out, skiing produced one of the stars of the Games. Jonny Moseley not only won gold in the freestyle moguls, he included … More