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Many ski vendors allow selection of skis by turning radius. For a racing slalom ski, this can be as low as 12 metres and for Super-G it is normally 33 metres. Sidecut is the extent to which a ski or snowboard is narrower at the waist than at the tips. It is the arcing, hourglass-like curve that runs along a ski’s edges from tip to tail.
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom , super giant slalom and downhill , necessitating quicker and shorter turns.
Al Neubert caught up with a ski instructor at Windham Mountain for tips on how to avoid injury and get your skills back early in the season.
Steve Missillier right after straddling a slalom gate (Zagreb 2015). According to rule 661.4 of the International Ski Federation's international ski competition rules (ICR) a gate is passed correctly if both ski tips and both feet cross an imaginary line between two gate poles. [1]
I think taking a lesson is the best way to really get the hang of skiing, but there are a few tips and stances to get you started. First-time skiers need to remember two foods: pizza and french fries.
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing.
Her giant slalom success on Thursday was followed by a slalom victory a day later, which she won by 2.34 seconds, an enormous margin rarely seen in the discipline.
The word ski is related to the Old Norse word skíð, which means "split piece of wood or firewood." [5] Skis were first invented to cross wetlands and marshes in the winter when they froze over. Skiing was an integral part of transportation in colder countries for thousands of years. In the 1760s, skiing was recorded as being used in military ...