The first FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships was held at Tignes, France, in 1986.
[1] Two years later at the Winter Olympics in Calgary, the sport was included as a demonstration event though it took place at two different locations.
[2][3] Becoming an official Olympic sport in 1992, the venue chosen was at Tignes, host of the 1986 world championships.
[4] The 1997 world championships at Iizuna Kogen would serve as the test event for the venue used for the 1998 Winter Olympics.
[7][8][9] Whistler, British Columbia hosted the 2001 world championships though the 2010 venue took place at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver close to the host city.