Jonny Moseley "The Greatest Freestyle/Moguls Skier Ever"

Jonny was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on August 27, 1975. Moseley is one of the greatest skiers ever. He has won a great amount of medals and competitions for freestyle, big air, and mogul skiing. He is known for skiing moguls and his most famous trick, "The Dinner Roll." Moseley is one of the most well-known skiiers and he has made skiing one of the best extreme sports.
Jonny has had alot of success in professional competitions but the most important one that everyone knows him for, is the Olympics. Moseley had attempted to qualify for the 1994 Olymics, but he did not make the cut. This made him the most determined man in the world to qualify for the 1998 Olympics. He worked his butt off for 4 years and it definitley payed off. He made the 1998 Olympic team and ended up winning the gold medal by pulling off a sick, mute grab, helicopter in the finals for freestyle moguls. After he won the Gold, that boosted his confidence like crazy. He trained so intensely all the time that he didn't have anytime for anything else at all. He had to quit college and quit his social life for a little while just because he trained so hard everyday. When it came time for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, everyone was expecting him to make a 2-peat for the gold. He ended up throwing his radical "Dinner Roll" in the finals but it was only good enough for forth place. He was a little disapointed in the outcome of his performance, but, as he always said, "I had fun, that's all that matters."
Moseley is known for his great performance in the Olympics. However, he has found great success in other events as well. When Jonny was a junior in high school, he joined the Squaw Valley Ski Team. Later that year he won his first Junior National Title in freestyle skiing. In 1993, one year later, he graduated from high school and joined the U.S. Ski Team. This started Jonny's great skiing career. In 1998, he of course won the gold medal in the Olympics. But, that wasn't all. He competed and won the first two world cup events of the year and he ended up winning the World Cup Mogul Skiing title with 9 wins that season. In 1999, Moseley won the silver medal in the Big Air competition at the X-Games. Jonny was the first skiier to medal in the X-games and the Olympics. Also, in 2000, he won the U.S. Free Skiing Open.
Jonny Moseley has definitley changed skiing. He brought in alot of new tricks and different styles of skiing. One trick that he is mostly responsible for bringing in is the "Iron Cross." He is the biggest thing that ever happened to skiing and he is one amazing skiier. If we have anyone to thank for what skiing has come to today, it is Jonny Moseley.