: a snowboarding or skiing competition in which participants perform tricks and jumps on a sloping course with multiple ramps and obstacles (such as rails)
… the International Olympic Committee announced last summer that it would add … slopestyle to the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia …Eli Saslow

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American freestyle skier Jamie MoCrazy, who at the 2013 Winter X-Games became the first woman to land a double backflip during a slopestyle ski run, confronted that reality after a traumatic brain injury left her in a coma at age 22. ABC News, 13 July 2026 Gu also had a successful Games, winning the silver medal in both slopestyle and big air, and winning gold in the halfpipe. Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Yet Gu bet on herself, not only in this event, but even daring to compete in three Winter Olympic events — slopestyle, halfpipe, and big air — the only female freestyle skier to do so. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 The Livigno snow park hosts the halfpipe, slopestyle and big air events for freeski and snowboarding. CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slopestyle

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First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of slopestyle was in 1994

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“Slopestyle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slopestyle. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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