It can be. Alpine skiing means downhill skiing while nordic skiing is cross-country skiing. Freestyle is part of alpine, but instead of just going down the mountain freestyle is specifially jumps, grinds tricks etc.
You might be thinking of professional skiing.As in the Olympics, Freestyle skiing is a discipline which contains a:Mogul eventAreial eventSki-cross event So really, mogul skiing is a type of...
Alpine skiing is the downhill races where skiers have to go through gates and cross the finish line they are judged only by their time it takes to complete the course. Cross country skiing is across...