Freestyle or Latin freestyle is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in the early 1980s, and experienced its greatest popularity from the mid-1980s through the early ' 90s.

Freestyle features a dance tempo with stress on beats two and four ; syncopation with a bass line, lead synth, or percussion, and optional stabs of synthesized brass or orchestral samples ; sixteenth-note hi-hats ; a chord progression that lasts eight, 16, or 32 beats and is usually in a minor key ; relatively complex, upbeat melodies with singing, verses, and a chorus ; and themes about love or dancing.

Freestyle music in general is heavily influenced by Latin music, especially with respect to rhythms and horn and keyboard parts.

Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States.

Freestyle skiing is a form of skiing which originally encompassed two disciplines: aerials, and moguls.

Ski cross is a new Olympic event and is currently under the banner of Freestyle skiing even though it is a race without a judged component.

The event is sponsored by the SHU Freestyle Club.

Additionally the city is the main location of the United States ' largest independent film festival, the Sundance Film Festival, home of the United States Ski Team, training center for members of the Australian Freestyle Ski Team, the largest collection of factory outlet stores in northern Utah, the 2002 Olympic bobsled / skeleton / luge track at the Utah Olympic Park, and golf courses.

* Urban / Street is essentially the same as urban BMX ( or Freestyle BMX ), in which riders perform tricks by riding on / over man made objects.

Freestyle one-step sparring is similar to one-step sparring but requires the karateka to be in motion.

Freestyle is about show and competitors are judged on their creativity.

Freestyle skydiving is a balletic, mostly individual style which seeks to extend the sport beyond the traditional belly-to-earth flat position used by most skydivers who make formations with their bodies.

A 48 splined spindle, such as from Profile Racing, Demolition, and Eighth Inch, is mostly used for BMX, unicycles, and fixed-gear Freestyle.

Playboating, also known as Freestyle or Rodeo, is a more gymnastic and artistic kind of kayaking.

Freestyle is a style of a cappella rap, with instrumental beats, in which rap lyrics are improvised, i. e. performed with no previously composed lyrics, or " off the top of the head ".

It is similar to other improvisational music such as jazz – Myka 9 of Freestyle Fellowship describes it as being " like a jazz solo " where there is a lead saxophonist acting as the improviser and the rest of the band providing the beat.

Freestyle Friday is a watered-down battle segment on BET's popular show 106 & Park.

Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles — Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle — into one race.

Freestyle skating is a form of inline skating performed on flatland and refers collectively to the disciplines for which competitions are organized by the International Freestyle Skaters Association.

Freestyle skiing was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

In 1975 Snowbird, Utah hosted the World Freestyle Championships, and ABC Wide World of Sports televised event sponsored by Chevrolet and others.

Freestyle skiing was a demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

The Vans Of FMX recently stopped for FMX's placement in the Dew Tour and also a similar Vans of FMX event course can be found in IFMA Of Freestyle Motocross or the Vans Invitational track.

* Freestyle means that in an event so designated the swimmer may swim any style, except that in individual medley or medley relay events, freestyle means any style other than backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly.

Freestyle is a subjectively judged event, similar to Freestyle events like skateboard and snowboard half-pipe, or Freestyle Footbag ( Hacky sack ).

The event was a resounding success with a world record being broken by the Dutch in the final race, the men's 4x50m Freestyle relay.

* Freestyle wrestling became an olympic event, in 1904.

Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18 gold medals being contested in all.

* Freestyle Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts fighting event

In the 500 yard Freestyle event, Colleen swam to a new state record with a 4: 45. 67 effort.

Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics, with medals awarded in the moguls event.

; Freestyle Scootering: an action sport which involves using scooters to perform freestyle tricks, in a manner similar to skateboarding and BMX freestyle.

As the sport quickly evolved, hot-shot mogul skiers like John Clendenin, Scott Brooksbank, Bill O ' Leary and " Airborne " Eddie Ferguson gave rise to the sport and in 1973, Sun Valley, Idaho hosted the first U. S. Freestyle Championships which John Clendenin went on to win.

It was a freestyle of Cali Swag District's " Teach Me How to Dougie " & " Nick's Story " which was a Freestyle rap version of Slick Rick's " Children's Story ".

Freestyle boards began to diverge more noticeably in design from wave boards in the early part of the 2000 decade, as aerial tricks ( the Vulcan, Spock, Grubby, Flaka, and related New School maneuvers, almost all involving a jump-and-spin component ) became the predominant part of the freestyle repertoire, superseding Old School moves, in which the board did not leave contact with the water.

They include Welterweight Boxing Champion Storer College ( 1925 – 27 ); High Jump champion, Howard University Inter-Scholastic Games ( 1926 ); Gold Medalist in Cross Country, Storer College ( 1927 ); Back-stroke Swimming Champion and No. 3 swimmer in Freestyle Relay team, Howard University ( 1928 ); Captain, Lincoln University Soccer Team ( 1930 ); Winner Two Miles Run, Central Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association Championships at Hampton Institute Virginia ( 1931 ); Bronze Medalist, Richmond Cross Country Marathon ( 1931 ); Gold Medalist in the 1, 000 yard run, One Mile Run and Three Mile Run, Catedonian Games in Brooklyn, NY ( 1932 ); Silver Trophy winner in the Half Mile race, and Silver Cup winner in the One Mile Race, Democratic Field Day Championships, New Haven, Connecticut ( 1933 ); Runner-up ( with G. K. Dorgu ) at the Lagos Tennis Men ’ s Double Championships ( Division B 1938 ); anchor man for the ZAC team which won the 50 yards Freestyle Relay at the Lagos Swimming Championships ( 1939 ).

Forms of motorsport which do not involve racing include drifting, motorcycle trials, Freestyle Motocross and tractor pulling.

For her final dance before the public vote, Harrison and Chaplin danced a Hairspray-themed Freestyle dance which was remarked by the judges that " it was good but needed more " and received a 27.

One of the most anticipated new features was EA Sport's " Freestyle Control " which allows the user to flick the ball on and lay it off to team mates.

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories.

Arm drags, bear hugs, and headlocks, which can be found in Freestyle, have even greater prominence in Greco-Roman.

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories.

Young swimmer David Davies, coming third in the 1500 m Freestyle, set a European record in the process and won Britain's second swimming medal of the games — a notable improvement over the 2000 Sydney games from which the swimmers had returned empty-handed.

There are 2 modes, ParaPara Mode, which guides the arrows through an actual routine for the song, and Freestyle Mode, which utilizes more DDR-like patterns with 3 difficulty options, " Normal ", " Hard ", and " Expert ".

A significant part of Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics was hosted by Cypress in February 2010, including the Snowboard ( Halfpipe, Snowboardcross and Parallel Giant Slalom ) and Freestyle Skiing ( Moguls and Aerials ) events, as well as the recently added Skiercross, which used the Snowboardcross run, with some modifications.

The company is best known for its Freestyle Cruising concept, which means that there are no set times or seating arrangements for meals, nor is formal attire required.

** A trick in Freestyle Motocross and similar sports, in which the rider removes his legs from the vehicle and straightens out his body while holding onto the handlebars.