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Alpine skiing
The sport and recreation of downhill skiing.
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powder
Sports; Alpine skiing
An accumulation of freshly fallen snow on the mountain. Usually six inches or more of snow that has fallen giving the skiers a feeling of skiing "untouched" snow.
Narrow track steering
Sports; Alpine skiing
Using a small skid angle to steer a turn in order to minimise speed loss. With the small skid angle, the skis deflect and point only slightly away from the skier's actual direction of travel, thus ...
Angulation
Sports; Alpine skiing
A body leaning position skiers use to manage and stay in lateral balance when they edge and ski downhill. By angulating, a skier can change the location of their centre of mass, thereby precisely ...
Matching skis
Sports; Alpine skiing
A term describing the placement of the skis when they are brought parallel or facing in the same direction.
Spring conditions
Sports; Alpine skiing
Ski area conditions in which many different surface types can be found on the mountain. This usually happens towards the end of the ski season during which increasing temperatures melt the snow to ...
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