The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season is poised will start this weekend in Ruka, Finland, with the inaugural moguls and aerials competitions marking the first step of a thrilling season with Canadians as the main favourites.

A familiar problem disrupted the start of the season in Switzerland to mark the centenary season of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) - the weather.

Celebrations for the centenary season of the International Ski Federation (FIS) are set to get underway tomorrow with freestyle competitions in Switzerland scheduled to open the 2023-2024 campaign.

Halfpipe competitions at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Park and Pipe Junior World Championships were cancelled due to insufficient early season snowfall in the resort of Cardrona in New Zealand, but Taiga Hasegawa of Japan starred with a double success.

Guochen Wang completed a clean sweep of aerials golds for China at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships in the Austrian resort of Obertauern as he won the men's individual event.

Russia's double Olympic freestyle skier Pavel Krotov has died suddenly aged 30 after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

Sweden's Filip Gravenfors and Alli Macuga of the United States starred in the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle Junior World Ski Championships moguls events as they picked up two gold medals in Chiesa in Valmalenco.

Norway's Birk Ruud and Johanne Killi clinched the overall and slopestyle Crystal Globes at the final International Ski and Snowboard Federation Freeski World Cup event of the season with podium finishes in the slopestyle competitions in the Swiss resort of Silvaplana.

Chinese aerials specialist Xu Mengtao has announced that she is targeting featuring in the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which would be her fifth appearance at an Olympic Games.

It was a memorable day for Australia at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup final in Almaty as Laura Peel took victory in the women's aerials event and team-mate Danielle Scott won the Crystal Globe for finishing top overall.

Norway's world champion Birk Ruud won big in the slopestyle event at the penultimate Freestyle Skiing World Cup of the season in Tignes, France to make sure of the overall Park and Pipe title for a second season running.

Canada's Olympic gold medallist Brady Leman brought the curtain down on his career with victory at the 2022-2023 International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup in front of his home fans in Craigleith.

Perrine Laffont of France and Canada's Mikael Kingsbury replicated their previous day's single moguls wins on a day of double moguls at the Freestyle Ski Moguls and World Cup finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Canada's Reece Howden and Switzerland's Fanny Smith secured huge wins in ski cross in Craigleith in Ontario at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Freestyle World Cup, as the 2022-2023 season edged closer to its finale.

Perrine Laffont of France produced her fifth consecutive win of the season but had to settle for second place overall in the women's single moguls standings at the Freestyle Ski Moguls & World Cup finals in Almaty, Kazakhstan.