How U.S. Free Skier Jaelin Kauf Fell In Love With Moguls

While growing up in Wyoming’s Teton Valley, American Jaelin Kauf didn’t immediately take to moguls, the skiing discipline in which athletes navigate a bunch of snowy bumps down a mountain while also performing a pair of aerial tricks. Sure, Kauf’s parents, Scott and Patti, were professional moguls skiers, so she had the genes. But at first, Kauf preferred entering alpine racing contests. “I wasn’t sold on moguls,” says Kauf during a September interview from Park City, Utah, where the U.S. team trains.