Special Report: Guide to the Games: All Star Aerial Show

It's like nothing you've seen before! The greatest show... On snow! Hitting the New England circuit before heading to perform at the Olympics, is the All Star Aerial Team... Flying high!

It's been said, "you can't believe 'em until you see 'em" so we came to take a look. Recently, ripping it up at Sunday River in Maine  They were ready to show their stuff!

Announcer
"Channel 7's in the house! All the way from Boston... Checking us out!"

Scott Lago, 14, Freestyle Snowboarder
"It's awesome! These people go like 50 ft. in the air."

A big fan of the All Star Show, 14-year-old Scott Lago is also the youngest member of the team!

Blazing a trail with past Olympic, world cup and national team athletes, Scott is one of the local boys hoping to get his boot in the Olympic door.

Scott Lago
"I'd love to go to the Olympics. That's like my ultimate goal. I can learn so much from these guys. It's a great, great experience here."

As the team gets ready to show salt lake what they're made of; aerial acrobatic skiing, snowboarding and new-school freestyle tricks, they shared the secret to overcoming big-air fear.

Jeremy Batchelor, Freestyle Aerialist
"What I do when I do a jump for the first time is I count to three and then I just build myself up and say, ‘1-2-3 go!’ And then I just go."

Simple enough, right? Well... Maybe not. But one thing we are sure of is the lack of females flipping with the all star boys.

Lance Rouleau, Freestyle Aerialist
"No, we have no women on the team. We've never had any women ever come up and want to jump with us."

Okay ladies, if that's not incentive... Well, maybe this is... (crowd cheering for amazing aerialist!)

Announcer
"Yeah that's right, he's single!"

You can catch the team February 2^nd and 3rd at Mt. Snow, VT before they head off to the Olympics. http://www.mountsnow.com/main_fs.html

After that click here for the show schedule: http://www.aerialassault.com/schedule.html

For more information on the all star aerial show or how you can get involved in the sport log onto the all star aerial show website: http://www.aerialassault.com/ or the United States Ski Team (U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association) http://www.usskiteam.com/

If you have an interest in aerial skiing or snowboarding, you can try water ramp jumping as close as Lake Placid, NY.

Olympic Training Center
Lake Placid, NY
518-523-2600