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Also called a cable car. A class of cable-based transport for snow sports where skiers and snowboarders are carried uphill aboard chairs, cars, cabins, or gondolas suspended from a cable in the air, as opposed to surface lifts, where they remain on the ground. aerial skiing A sub-discipline of freestyle skiing and a competitive Winter Olympic event in which participants ski off of 2–4-metre ...
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. ... Glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms;
They are called skins because they resemble sealskin, from which the first ski skins were made. [1] They are typically made from nylon or mohair or a combination thereof, and are designed to let the ski slide forward on snow but not backward. [2] [3] They are usually narrower than the ski to allow the ski edges to get a grip. Some ski resorts ...
Pages in category "Snowboarding" ... Glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms; H. Half-pipe; P. Para snowboard; Para-snowboarding classification; Peter Line; Sherm ...
The word ski comes from the Old Norse word skíð which means "cleft wood", [1] "stick of wood" or "ski". [2] In Old Norse common phrases describing skiing were fara á skíðum (to travel, move fast on skis), renna (to move swiftly) and skríða á skíðum (to stride on skis). [3]
A professional ski guide in deep powder in Lech ski area in Austria. Snowboarder freeriding with high speed at the Hintertux glacier skiing area in Austria. Freeriding is a style of skiing or snowboarding performed on natural, un-groomed terrain, without a set course, goals or rules. It evolved throughout the sport's formative years as a ...
Of course, neither skiing nor snowboarding gives you complete 360-degree views, but I felt like my vision was overall better on skis — especially as a beginner. Navigating on flat surfaces is ...
Skiing-based: Backcountry skiing, freeriding, ski-BASE jumping, ... Glossary of climbing terms This page was last edited on 30 October 2024, at 21:32 ...