If you are planning on traveling to Waterville Valley for the upcoming World Cup, you may want to consider getting up close.
Iconic Waterville freestyle coach Nick Preston recommends watching from the side of the course, in a section called bottom air, where the mogul skiers in the 2025 Toyota Waterville Freestyle Cup on Jan. 24-25 will launch themselves during their run into high-flying aerial maneuvers.
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