enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Ski geometry - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_geometry

   Different geometry at skis for backcountry skiing (top), allmountain skis and piste skis for carve turns.. Ski geometry is the shape of the ski.Described in the direction of travel, the front of the ski, typically pointed or rounded, is the tip, the middle is the waist and the rear is the tail.

3. Downhill (ski competition) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downhill_(ski_competition)

   Slovenia's Andrej Šporn at the 2010 Winter Olympics downhill in a typical downhill body position. Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events (slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, and combined) emphasize turning and technique, downhill emphasizes "the six components of technique, courage, speed, risk, physical condition and judgement ...

4. Alpine skiing - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_skiing

   Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings.

5. 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alpine_Skiing_World...

   The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA. [5] Only the top 25 skiers in the World Cup slalom discipline and the winner of the Junior World Championship in the discipline, plus any skiers who have scored at least 500 points in the World Cup overall classification for the season, are eligible to compete in the final ...

6. 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's downhill - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alpine_Skiing_World...

   The men's downhill in the 2025 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of nine events, including the finals. Two-time discipline champion Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway, who failed to win last season because he suffered life-threatening injuries on the Lauberhorn downhill course in January 2024, developed a shoulder infection at the surgical site over the summer and needed a ...

7. Glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_skiing_and...

   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 ...