It can be. Alpine skiing means downhill skiing while nordic skiing is cross-country skiing. Freestyle is part of alpine, but instead of just going down the mountain freestyle is specifially jumps, grinds tricks etc.
There is alpine skiing, cross country,Nordic,freestyle, speed skiing, acrobatic and ski jumping
Downhill or Alpine skiing, is a sport in which you ride a chair lift up a mountain and put two planks on your feet. You then slide down on your "skis". There are different kinds of alpine skiing including: freestyle skiing (doing tricks) alpine racing (skiing as fast as you can around gates), and just going out to have fun!
Alpine Skiing, Bobsled, Biathlon, Cross-Country, Freestyle Skiing, Figure Skating, Luge, Snowboarding, and Speed Skating.snow skiing
alpine skiing in the Olympics is a race and regular alpine skiing is recreational.
history of freestyle skiing
aerial skiing is one form of freestyle skiing. Moguls and aerials make up freestyle skiing
Freestyle Skiing is played: It is and acrobatic for of technical and aerial skiing
For Alpine skiing need Balance.
Alpine skiing, biathlon, freestyle skiing, hockey, snowboarding, speed skating, cross-country skiing, ski-jumping, Nordic combined, and figure skating. So a lot of skiing there.
Alpine skiing is for both guys and girls.
Freestyle skiing equipment is very similar to alpine equipment. Some freestyle skiers prefer to have ski jackets and other pieces of clothing looser than normal, this restricts there movements less, as there having to bend and flip around. Skis for freestyle skiers are also different, they have twin tip skis that allow them to ski backwards or land backwards after jumps, they are also shorter than what the normal alpine skis should be for your height.
Yes, they are. That's why it's called Alpine skiing!