How To Watch Olympic Freestyle Skiing

While Opening Ceremonies for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics isn’t until this Friday, February 4, 2022, Olympic Freestyle Skiing gets underway on Thursday, February 3rd with Men’s and Women’s Moguls. This article will cover how you can watch Freestyle Skiing throughout the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Best Ways To Watch Olympic Freestyle Skiing

The Easiest Way To Watch: Every event, medal ceremony, Olympic special, and more will stream live on the Premium tier NBC’s Peacock streaming service at a price of $4.99 per month. This includes prime-time coverage on NBC and USA Network. You can cancel anytime, so you aren’t required to keep the services once the Olympics ends on February 20. Read on for more details.

Watch Olympic Freestyle Skiing For Free: If you don’t want to pay $4.99 for Peacock, you can catch just about every event and ceremony through NBC, USA Network, and the NBC Sports App. To access Olympic Freestyle Skiing on the NBC Sports app, you need to use your credentials from a TV provider that carries NBC and USA. The streaming services below will work, and all offer 1-2 weeks of either a free trial or refund period.

• FuboTV – offers a 1-week free trial.
• DIRECTV STREAM – Has a 5-Day free trial.
• YouTube TV –  offers a 1-week free trial.

Stream Olympic Freestyle Skiing on Peacock

Peacock will have every Freestyle Skiing Event, Medal ceremony, and special available on its premium plan for $4.99 per month. There isn’t a commitment so you can cancel at any time.

You can stream Peacock’s Olympic Freestyle Skiing coverage on your TV or mobile device. The streaming service supports Roku, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple T.V. 4K and Apple T.V. HD, Xbox One S and Xbox One X, Playstation 4, Android devices, Android TV, Chromecast, and Chromecast built-in, Xfinity Flex 4K and Amazon Fire TV or Fire Sticks. Follow these steps to install Peacock on your device:

1. Subscribe to a Peacock using this Link.
2. “Search” your devices app store or channel store for “Peacock”
3. Select the streaming service and press “OK.”, “Install” or “Download” depending on your device
4. Peacock is now installed on your Roku. Open Peacock, and log in with the credentials you used to subscribe to the service. Search for “2022 Olympics” and watch.

If you need more information, see our review of Peacock for more details.

Other Ways To Stream Olympic Freestyle Skiing

All the streaming services below provide access to NBC and USA. You can also use your account credentials from each service to unlock all the Winter Olympic content available on the NBC Sports App. Once you subscribe to one of the services below, see “Watching Freestyle Skiing on The NBC Sports App” down for details on watching Olympic Freestyle Skiing through the app.

fuboTV

fuboTV offers over 100 live channels, including NBC, USA, CNBC, and more. They offer a 1-week free trial, which you can cancel within the trial period and not be charged. Your account credentials can be used to link your TV provider to the NBC Sports app. Between the app and the live TV channels, you can watch all Freestyle Skiing events at the 2022 Winter Games. If you stay on after the trial, the cost is $74.99. You can cancel at any time. Pay every three months, with no long-term contract. FuboTV will also stream events in 4K resolution in the following markets:

• New York, NY
• Los Angeles, CA
• Boston, MA (Manchester, NH)

The service supports iOS, Android, Fire TV, Chromecast, Apple TV, Roku, and more. The price includes a cloud DVR and the ability to stream on 3 devices at once. (see our review of FuboTV)

DIRECTV STREAM

DIRECTV STREAM offers over 65 channels, including NBC, USA, and more in their “Entertainment” plan for a price of $74.99 per month. In addition to the two channels airing Olympic Freestyle Skiing, your DIRECTV STREAM account will unlock access to the NBC Sports App, providing you with access to every Freestyle Skiing event not exclusive to NBC And USA.

DIRECTV’s stand-out feature allows you to stream the service on up to 20 devices simultaneously with just one account. The service supports Apple TV, iOS, Android, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and most modern web browsers. DIRECTV STREAM offers a 5-day free trial when signing up. (see our review of DIRECTV STREAM)

YouTube TV

YouTube TV offers NBC and USA in their lineup. They provide three simultaneous streams and a personal cloud DVR. This comes with a price tag of $72.99 per month. YouTube TV supports Fire TV, Android, iOS (includes airplay to Apple TV), and Chromecasts/Chromecast-compatible TVs. YouTube TV offers a free trial with no long-term commitment. (see our review of YouTube TV)

Watching Freestyle Skiing on The NBC Sports App

Except for a few events exclusively airing on NBC and USA, all other Freestyle Skiing events air on the NBC Sports app. You can log into the NBC Sports App using your fuboTV, DIRECTV STREAM, or YouTube TV credentials and watch those events. The steps to watch Olympic Freestyle Skiing on the NBC Sports App are below:

1. Use a Free Trial to a Service that carries NBC and USA. Those are:
   • FuboTV – offers a 1-week free trial.
   • DIRECTV STREAM – Has a 5-Day free trial.
   • YouTube TV –  offers a 1-week free trial.
2. Go to the channel store or app store on your device. On Roku, it’s called the “Channel Store.” But you can download the NBC Sports app on Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more.
3. Search for the NBC Sports app
4. Add the NBC Sports app to your device and then open it. 
5. You can link your TV Provider to unlock all Winter Olympic Content through the Settings menu or by attempting to watch any “locked” content. You will be provided with an alpha-numeric code.
6. Using a computer or mobile web browser, you go to https://www.nbcsports.com/activate and enter the code you received.
7. You will then be asked for a TV provider and a username/password. If you subscribe to fuboTV, select “fuboTV,” then enter your login and password for fuboTV.
8. Once you sign in, your TV screen will refresh after a minute or so. You should now have access to all Freestyle Skiing events through the app. On the menu to the left of the screen, select “Beijing Olympics” and scroll down to the “Live” and “Replays” section depending on whether you want to watch live or past Freestyle Skiing events.

2022 Winter Olympic Freestyle Skiing Schedule

Freestyle Skiing events begin before opening ceremonies on Thursday, February 3rd and run until February 18th. The full schedule is below. All events will stream live on Peacock. For the viewing schedule for NBC, USA, and the NBC Sports App see the NBC Olympics Freestyle Skiing Schedule.

Men’s Freestyle Skiing

• Feb 3
  • 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM ET | Men’s Moguls Qualifying No. 1
• Feb 5
  • 5:00 AM – 5:30 AM ET | Men’s Moguls Qualifying No. 2
  • 6:30 AM – 8:10 AM ET | Men’s Moguls Finals
• Feb 7
  • 12:30 AM – 2:45 AM ET | Men’s Freeski Big Air Qualifying
• Feb 8
  • 10:00 PM – 11:20 PM ET | Men’s Freeski Big Air Final
• Feb 13
  • 11:30 PM – 1:35 AM ET | Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifying
• Feb 14
  • 8:30 PM ET – 10:05 PM ET | Men’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
• Feb 15
  • 6:00 AM – 7:15 AM ET | Men’s Aerial Qualifying
• Feb 16
  • 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM ET | Men’s Aerial Finals
  • 11:30 PM – 1:10 AM ET | Men’s Freeski Halfpipe Qualifying
• Feb 17
  • 10:45 PM – 11:30 PM ET | Men’s Ski Cross Qualifying
• Feb 18
  • 1:00 AM – 2:35 AM ET | Men’s Ski Cross Finals
  • 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET |Men’s Freeski Halfpipe Final

Women’s Freestyle Skiing

• Feb 3
  • 5:00 AM – 5:45 AM ET | Women’s Moguls Qualifying No. 1
• Feb 6
  • 5:00 AM – 5:30 AM ET | Women’s Moguls Qualifying No. 2
  • 6:30 AM – 8:10 AM ET | Women’s Moguls Finals
  • 8:30 PM – 10:45 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Big Air Qualifying
• Feb 7
  • 9:00 PM – 10:20 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Big Air Final
• Feb 12
  • 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Qualifying
• Feb 13
  • 6:00 AM – 7:15 AM ET | Women’s Aerials Qualifying
  • 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Slopestyle Final
• Feb 14
  • 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM ET | Women’s Aerials Finals
• Feb 16
  • 8:30 PM – 10:10 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Qualifying
  • 10:30 PM – 11:15 PM ET | Women’s Ski Cross Qualifying
• Feb 17
  • 1:00 AM – 2:35 AM ET | Women’s Ski Cross Finals
  • 8:30 PM – 10:05 PM ET | Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Final

Mixed Team Freestyle Skiing

• Feb 10
  • 6:00 AM – 7:30 AM ET | Mixed Team Aerials