For the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, a new type of competition is coming to the Olympics.  Ski Cross will be joining the official Olympic program.  The men will make their debut on Sunday, January 21st, while the ladies will make their debut on Tuesday, February 23rd.  In both cases, the qualification rounds and the final will be held on the same day.

Ski cross is a timed event, but it incorporates terrain that is normally associated with freestyle skiing, like jumps, rollers, and banks.  Like snowboardcross, four skiers compete on the course at one time.  The athletes are not supposed to intentionally contact each other on the course.

Casey Puckett, former Olympian from 1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006), along with Daron Rahlves, a former Olympian from 1998, 2002, and 2006, will compete in the debut year of Olympic ski cross.