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2. Downhill (ski competition) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Ski geometry - Wikipedia

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   When the shape of the curve is reversed, the profile created is known as rocker (also called reverse-camber or negative-camber), on a flat surface, a rocker ski has its waist on the ground, while the tips and tails rise off the ground much earlier than they would on a traditionally cambered ski. [4] Today alpine skis often feature a combination ...

4. 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup – Men's slalom - Wikipedia

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   The World Cup finals in the discipline are scheduled to take place on Thursday, 27 March 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho, USA. [6] 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 ...

5. 2024–25 FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup - Wikipedia

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   The 2024–25 FIS Alpine Ski Europa Cup, organised by the International Ski Federation (FIS) is the 54th consecutive Europa Cup season, the second international level competition in alpine skiing. [1] [2] The season started on 23 November 2024 in Levi, Finland, and will conclude on 23 March 2025 in Oppdal, Norway. [3]

6. Alpine skiing - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Kandahar (ski course) - Wikipedia

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   The original Kandahar 1 course was built for the Olympic debut of alpine skiing in 1936 was used to for all men and women, since 2009 only used for women's speed events, as they built a new parallel, more demanding "Kandahar 2" downhill ski course for men only.