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Simple English; Slovenčina ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Help. Skiing in Canada, the use of skis to glide ...
Blackstrap Ski Hill, Blackstrap Provincial Park (ski hill closed but the park has cross-country skiing) Cypress Hills Ski Area, Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park (cross-country skiing) Duck Mountain Ski Area, Duck Mountain Provincial Park; Mission Ridge Winter Park, RM of North Qu'Appelle No. 187; Kinsmen Ski and Snowboard Centre, Prince Albert
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Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).
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 ...
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English and French use the original Norwegian spelling ski, and modify the pronunciation. Before 1920, English often called them skee and snow-shoe. [8] In Italian, it is pronounced similarly to Norwegian, but the spelling is modified accordingly: sci. Portuguese and Spanish adapt the word to their linguistic rules: esqui and esquí.