Half-pipe skiing is the
sport of riding snow
skis on a
half-pipe. Competitors perform a series of tricks while going down the pipe. The current world record for highest jump in a half-pipe is held by
Joffrey Pollet-Villard, with . The sport is considered to be dangerous compared to other sports, and helmets are required to be worn during competitions. Half-pipe skiing has been part of the
Winter X Games since 2002, and made its Olympic debut at the
2014 Winter Olympics in
Sochi, Russia.
David Wise of the United States of America became the first Olympic champion in this discipline with a total of 92.00 points.