skiing

     

Snow skiing is a group of sports utilizing skis as primary equipment. Skis are use in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding. Although snowboarding shares the general characteristics of skiing sports, it evolved from surfing and skateboarding and so is not considered a type of skiing.

Trivia about skiing

  • In 1988 Italy's Alberto Tomba won both the slalom & giant slalom events in this winter Olympic sport
  • Downhill is the most popular form of this sport, but many prefer cross-country
  • Downhill & slalom
  • How cool! In 1998 New Hampshire adopted this as its state sport
  • Emilio Pucci was discovered in 1947 when he designed his own clothes for this winter sport
  • Stowe is a mecca for enthusiasts of this winter sport
  • Sport of "Downhill Racer"
  • Maneuvers used in this sport include schussing, traversing & the snowplow
  • Chamonix in the French Alps is the historic capital of this Alpine sport imported from Norway
  • Sport that made Jean-Claude Killy famous
  • In 1948 Gretchen Fraser became the first American to win a gold medal in this winter sport
  • The 2005 championship in this sport was held in Stowe, Vt.; the 2006 event, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  • In this sport, a "firstbrun" is a jump turn at right angles
  • Klammer, Moe & Killy aren't Stooges, they're notable names in this sport
  • A rock climber would know schist; a person in this sport would know schuss
  • The RunKeeper app uses GPS to track distance, speed & other data for a host of activities, such as this Bode Miller sport
  • In Norway it's this sport whose hero is Bjorn Daehlie
  • Lasse Kjus,Hermann Maier,Alberto Tomba
  • In 1843 Norway held the first competition in the Nordic type of this winter sport
  • The FIS (it's big in Austria)

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