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The Most Dangerous Winter Olympic Events

The most dangerous and thus most exciting Winter Olympics events are always the Ski and Snowboard aerial events including: slopestyle, freestyle skiing, aerial skiing, snowboard cross and the half-pipe. To quote AeroSmith: “You can’t help yourself from fallin’. Livin’ on the edge”.

BRECKENRIDGE, CO – JANUARY 08: Chloe Kim takes her first run in the ladies’ snowboard halfpipe qualifications for the US Snowboarding Grand Prix. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Hiroaki Kunitake of Japan in action during Slopestyle training ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 17: Chloe Kim of USA competes in the FIS Freestyle World Cup Snowboard Halfpipe Qualification at Bokwang Snow Park. (Getty Images

VAL THORENS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 13: Pierre Vaultier of France competes, Christian Ruud Myhre of Norway competes, Jake Vedder of USA competes, Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria competes during the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup, Men’s and Women’s Ski Snowboardcross. (Getty Images)

MAMMOTH, CA – JANUARY 20: Chloe Kim competes in the final round of the Ladies’ Snowboard Halfpipe during the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix. (Getty Images)

SIERRA NEVADA, SPAIN – MARCH 13: Lukas Pachner (R) of Austria competes with Alex Deibold of the United States during the Men’s Team Snowboard Cross Small Final on day six of the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Mogul Skier Dmitriy Reikherd of Kazakhstan trains ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Moguls skier Jae Woo Choi of South Korea crashes during a training session ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Mogul Skier Benjamin Cavet of France trains ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Mogul Skier Dmitriy Reikherd of Kazakhstan trains ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Mogul Skier Benjamin Cavet of France trains ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: An athlete in action during Slopestyle training ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. (Getty Images)

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA – FEBRUARY 08: Yuri Okubo of Japan in action during Slopestyle training ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic. (Getty Images)