Skiing

Skiing and skiing Topics

Table of contents

1 Skiing
2 Links to Skiing Topics

2.1 Types of skiing
2.2 Turning Techniques
2.3 Equipment
2.4 Competition Events

2.4.1 Alpine Events
2.4.2 Nordic Events

2.5 Skiing Organisations
2.6 Ski Safety
2.7 Ski Lifts
2.8 Other
2.9 Health and Injuries
2.10 Related Sports

Skiing

Skiing is a general term for travelling over snow with the aid of (originally wooden plank, now usually fiberglass or related composites) skis strapped to the feet.

Many different types of skiing are popular, especially in colder climes, and many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and other sporting organizations.

However for most people skiing refers to recreational downhill skiing in which one visits a ski resort, purchases a lift ticket, dons cold-weather clothing, skis, ski boots and ski poles, and embarks on a chairlift, gondola lift, rope tow, or other mechanical method of uphill propulsion. Upon reaching the summit, the skier disembarks from the ski lift and travels downhill, propelled by gravity. One should not attempt this, unless one has been to ski school and learned how to turn and stop safely. Otherwise one's speed is likely to become excessive, uncontrollable, and attenuated only by stationary objects such as trees.

Links to Skiing Topics

Types of skiing

Alpine skiing (also known as Downhill skiing)
Backcountry skiing (also known as Off Piste skiing)
Cross-country skiing (also known as Nordic skiing)
Extreme skiing
Telemark skiing
Speed skiing
Ski jumping
Ski touring

Turning Techniques

Stem techniques
- The Snowplough - (also known as the wedge) - see snowplough turn
- The Snowplough turn - (also known as the wedge turn or stem turn)
- The Stem Christie
Parallel turn
Telemark turn