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Sports Illustrated
Kristen Wong

How Olympic Moguls Are Made

With the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics underway, you may have seen skiers go down slopes covered in groomed bumps, otherwise known as moguls.

While moguls can be naturally formed by skiers and snowboarders making sharp turns down a slope, at the Olympic level, they are man-made to ensure any given course is fair and consistent for all competitors.

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