stem

en-verb

stem (third-person singular simple present stems, present participle stemming, simple past and past participle stemmed)

stems (present singular third-person)
stemming (participle present)
stemmed (participle past)
stemmed (past)

From Middle English stemmen, a borrowing from Old Norse stemma (“to stop, stem, dam”) (whence Danish stemme/stæmme (“to stem, dam up”)), from Proto-Germanic *stammijaną. Cognate with German stemmen, Middle Dutch stemmen, stempen. Compare stammer.

(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.


snowplow

(skiing, skating) A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.


cork

From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew.

(snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.


cork

cork (third-person singular simple present corks, present participle corking, simple past and past participle corked)

corks (present singular third-person)
corking (participle present)
corked (participle past)
corked (past)

(snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) To perform such a maneuver.


cork

→ French: cork

(snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Having the property of a head over heels rotation.


outrun

Coordinate term: inrun

(skiing) In ski jumping, the flat or uphill area past the landing point, where the skier can slow down.


butter

butter (third-person singular simple present butters, present participle buttering, simple past and past participle buttered)

butters (present singular third-person)
buttering (participle present)
buttered (participle past)
buttered (past)

From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”).

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know which side one's bread is buttered on

(skiing, snowboarding) To move one's weight backwards or forwards onto the tips or tails of one's skis or snowboard so only the tip or tail is in contact with the snow. Similar to applying butter to bread with then end of a butterknife.

To spin on skis or a snowboard using only the tips or tails being in contact with the snow


run

rise

antonym(s) of “horizontal part of a step”

rise

antonym(s) of “horizontal distance of a set of stairs”

From Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen,
yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”) (compare also *rannijaną (“to make run”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”).
Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”), Dutch rennen (“to run, race”), Alemannic German ränne (“to run”), German rennen (“to run, race”), rinnen (“to flow”), Rhein, Danish rende (“to run”), Swedish ränna (“to run”), Swedish rinna (“to flow”), Icelandic renna (“to flow”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian rend (“to run, run after”). See random.

A literal or figurative path or course for movement relating to:

(skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.


(sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 180. (180° spin)


(sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 360. (360° spin)


(sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 540. (540° spin)


(sports, snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Clipping of 720. (720° spin)


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 900. (900° spin)


hurricane

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) "full—triple-full—full" – an acrobatic maneuver consisting of three flips and five twists, with one twist on the first flip, three twists on the second flip, one twist on the third flip


alpine

en-adj

alpine (comparative more alpine, superlative most alpine)

more alpine (comparative)
most alpine (superlative)

From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.

Coordinate term: Nordic

(skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.

alpí

of or relating to slalom or downhill skiing


piste

They were skiing on the piste.


boilerplate

en-noun

boilerplate (countable and uncountable, plural boilerplates)

The Star (1788)
boilerplate
boilerplate (spaceflight)

From boiler + plate. First use appears c. 1793 in the periodical Star.

(skiing) Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous for skiing.


pow

(skiing slang) Clipping of powder (“powder snow”).


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1620. (1620° spin)


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1800. (1800° spin)


knuckle

From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill.

affix

(skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.


knuckle

en-verb

knuckle (third-person singular simple present knuckles, present participle knuckling, simple past and past participle knuckled)

knuckles (present singular third-person)
knuckling (participle present)
knuckled (participle past)
knuckled (past)

(snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.


huck

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.

(skiing, snowboarding) A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.


slat

Old French esclat. Doublet of slate and éclat.

I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.

2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31:


skate

skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

skates (present singular third-person)
skating (participle present)
skated (participle past)
skated (past)

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).


skate

(skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.


bunny

en-adj

bunny (comparative bunnier, superlative bunniest)

bunnier (comparative)
bunniest (superlative)

From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).

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Let’s start on the bunny slope.

We are on the bunniest of bunny hills. I've fallen no fewer than six times and I love every minute of it.

2014, Carey Heywood, Sawyer Says: A Companion Novel to Him and Her, →ISBN:


wicket

From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wiket, from Old Norse (specifically, Old East Norse) víkjas, diminutive of vik. Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.

(skiing, snowboarding) A temporary metal attachment that one attaches one's lift-ticket to.


randy

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) A one-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.


couloir

Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).

Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.

1978, Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice, page 145:

Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.

1987, Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me: Backpacker, page 42:

Ascend a long, easy snow couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.

1998, R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide, page 99:

2002, American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, Issue 55, page 58,
When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons.

(climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.


slap-back

(aerial freestyle skiing) a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.


freestyle

en-noun

freestyle (countable and uncountable, plural freestyles)

freestyle

cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing

(sports) A sports event where competitors can choose their own method of participation.

(skiing) A cross-country skiing event in which the competitors may choose any style of skiing.

(skiing, by extension) The skiing style commonly referred to as skating.


flush

Probably from Etymology 1 according to the American Heritage Dictionary.

(skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.


mogul

From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).

On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:

(skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.


mogul

en-verb

mogul (third-person singular simple present moguls, present participle moguling, simple past and past participle moguled)

moguls (present singular third-person)
moguling (participle present)
moguled (participle past)
moguled (past)

(skiing) To ski over a course of humps or bumps.


GS

(skiing, snowboarding) Initialism of giant slalom.


Canuck

American Dialect Society
Greenwood Publishing Group
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Leiden University
University of Alabama Press

Origin uncertain, often hypothesized to derive from the name or speech of an early Canadian minority, later broadened to denote all Canadians:
* Since 1975, many scholars have come to think the name is from Hawaiian kanaka (“man”), a self-appellation of indentured colonial canoemen and Hawaiian sailors working off the Pacific Northwest, Arctic, and New England coasts, from French canaque (“indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia, Kanak”); or, more likely, American whalers’ pidgin, then re-interpreted as Can(adian) + a suffix. (More below on that [specific] putative suffix.) Compare English Kanak and German Kanake.
* Some dictionaries suggest it is derived from the first syllable of Canada, or its etymon Laurentian kanata (“village”), or a related word kanuchsa meaning “villager” in either Laurentian or another Iroquoian language; with the second syllable connected to Inuktitut inuk (“man; person”), from Chinook (“Aboriginal people of the U.S. Pacific Northwest”), or another First-Nation language ending like -oc, -uc, or -uq.
* Fanciful and unlikely suggestions include German genug von Canada (literally “enough of Canada”) (allegedly uttered by German mercenaries during the American War of Independence), French quelle canule (“what a bore”) (allegedly uttered by the French during a siege of Quebec), or the surname Connaught /ˈkɑ.nəxt/ (supposedly a French-Canadian nickname for the Irish).

noncog

French Canadian
French Canadian#Adjective

(Canada, US, informal, sometimes derogatory) A Canadian person; specifically (archaic), a French Canadian person; a pea-souper; also (obsolete) a Canadian person of other non-English descent.

(skiing) Chiefly as Crazy Canuck: a member of the Canadian alpine ski team.


fall line

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(snowboarding, skiing) The imaginary line downhill that something falling downhill would naturally follow.


half-pipe

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But the kid who washed windows for $2 an hour when he was 8 so he could buy his first snowboard served notice he could be a contender at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with a silver medal yesterday in men's halfpipe.

2009 January 24, Randy Starkman, “Silver medal eases pain for Batchelor at world championships”, in Toronto Star:

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, kickscootering, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately semicircular in cross-section, resembling the bottom half of a cylinder lying down.


Nordic

en-adj

Nordic (comparative more Nordic, superlative most Nordic)

more Nordic (comparative)
most Nordic (superlative)

From French nordique, from nord (“north”).

Coordinate term: alpine

(skiing) Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping.


combined

The race events are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and combineds, with each giving points in the same way.

1985, Skiing, volume 37, number 7, page 16:


Nordic combined

From nordic + combined. From being an event in skiing which combines two disciplines favoured by the Nordic (Scandinavians).

(skiing) An event in which individual skiers take part in runs on a cross-country skiing course and a ski jumping hill.


crud

en-noun

crud (countable and uncountable, plural cruds)

From Middle English crud, crudde (“coagulated milk; curd; any coagulated or thickened substance; dregs”), from Old English crūdan (“to press”). Doublet of curd.

(uncountable, skiing, snowboarding) A heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to travel.

smurrie

heavy wet snow on which it is difficult to ski


carver

From Middle English carver, karvere, kerver, kervere, equivalent to carve + -er. Cognate with Scots kerver, carver, carvour (“carver”).

(skiing) A ski with curved edges, allowing smooth turns.


schuss

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Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”).

The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.


skating

skating (usually uncountable, plural skatings)

(skiing, uncountable) A method of propulsion, where one moves similar to how a skater propels themselves. A technique in skiing, where a ski is planted diagonally, to push off of, and one slides forward on the ski facing straight forward, and then repeats the process with the swapping of the feet's actions.


flat out

The would-be daredevils are mercifully prevented from going too fast by strategically placed flat-outs.

1979 November, Tamsin Venn, “The Pleasures of Keystone”, in Skiing, page 107:

(skiing) A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.


runout

runout (countable and uncountable, plural runouts)

(skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.

2011 September 13, Nick Paumgarten, “Ode to Happy Endings: Celebrating the least appreciated aspect of a great run.”, in Skiing, archived from the original on 2011-12-10:

(skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.


punchy

en-adj

punchy (comparative punchier, superlative punchiest)

punchier (comparative)
punchiest (superlative)

(skiing) Of groomed snow: unable to support the weight of a skier, especially when the skier’s weight is all on one ski, resulting in a ski punching through the surface of the snow.


aerialist

/ˈɛəɹɪəlɪst/

Abramenko, a top aerialist in freestyle skiing, a five-time Olympian and the country’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, garnered more attention after the event, when a photograph of his hug with a Russian rival was widely circulated.

2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-03-05:

(skiing) A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.


klister

en-noun

klister (countable and uncountable, plural klisters)

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(skiing) A soft wax used for grip on skis, especially for corn snow or crust.


outrigger

Modification of earlier outligger after rig (“to fit out”); equivalent to out- + ligger.

(skiing) A type of ski pole, with skis attached at the bottom, instead of the spike/pick found on a normal pole. It is used in downhill skiing variants of para-skiing, especially those that use a sit-ski, such as the monoski.


buttered

en-adj

buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)

more buttered (comparative)
most buttered (superlative)

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Pertaining to the action of to butter, buttering

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, having used the to butter action to instantiate the turn.


buttering

en-noun

buttering (countable and uncountable, plural butterings)

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(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.

The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards


ski jump

(skiing) The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping

(skiing) A course prepared for ski jumping.


herringbone

herringbone (countable and uncountable, plural herringbones)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(countable, skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


herringbone

en-verb

herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)

herringbones (present singular third-person)
herringboning (participle present)
herringboned (participle past)
herringboned (past)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


powder monkey

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Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.

2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218:

How's about this then me little powder monkeys... A chance to WIN A SNOWBOARD OF YOUR CHOICE up to the value of £350.

2002 September 9, denise&bryn, “www Snowboard 25/12”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet):

On the opposite, western boundary, the blue fingers under the Timberline Express are training grounds for powder monkeys, flanked by mellow glades and blessed with small natural hits and stashes of deep snow.

2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 146:

Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning. But if you want a more laid-back holiday, […] you’ll love it.

2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times:

There are lots of fine cutovers into untouched sugar for powder monkeys (snow permitting, of course).

2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leocha's Ski Snowboard Europe, 16th edition, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, 978-0-915009-86-2, page 86:

(skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).


striding

en-noun

striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)

From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.

(skiing, uncountable) A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.


giant slalom

From giant + slalom.
* (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
* (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

(skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.


quarter-pipe

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc) A ramp, one side of a halfpipe


alpine skiing

(skiing) A sport involving skiing downhill.


cross-country skiing

(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


mashed potatoes

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During late-season skiing, I have encountered ice in the morning and mashed potatoes in the afternoon.

19841 November, Richard C. Sailiant, “Ask Skiing [letter]”, in Skiing, page 38:

The Eastern ski tribe could confidently expect much ice underfoot while the Western contingent could expect much mashed potatoes around the ankles.

1996 Spring-Summer, Morten Lund, “Skiing Down Those Golden Years with John Jay”, in Skiing Heritage Journal, page 7:

I climbed back through the bottomless mashed potatoes as quickly as I could, relieved to see that his ski was off, with his foot pointing in a normal direction— not the skis’.

2001 October 1, Paul Parker, Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions, 3rd edition, Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 185:

(skiing) Partially melted snow with a pulpy texture, making for slow skiing.


groomer

(skiing, slang) A piste serviced by snow groomers.


wedeln

(skiing) A series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.


wedeln

en-verb

wedeln (third-person singular simple present wedelns, present participle wedelning, simple past and past participle wedelned)

wedelns (present singular third-person)
wedelning (participle present)
wedelned (participle past)
wedelned (past)

(skiing, intransitive) To perform a series of high-speed turns with the skis parallel.


aerials

From aerial (“move involving one or both feet leaving the ground”) + -s.

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The small world of aerials is trying to provide comfort. Athletes from Switzerland, including the former Olympic freestyle skier Andreas Isoz, have been raising funds and planned to go this weekend to Mukachevo, or as close as they could get near the Ukrainian border, to hand off supplies.

2022 March 4, John Branch, “He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He’s Hiding in a Kyiv Garage.”, in The New York Times:


truck driver

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(skiing) A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.


ragdoll

en-verb

ragdoll (third-person singular simple present ragdolls, present participle ragdolling, simple past and past participle ragdolled)

ragdolls (present singular third-person)
ragdolling (participle present)
ragdolled (participle past)
ragdolled (past)

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(intransitive, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, video games) To be flung about, such that a person or character has an appearance like that of a rag doll that is flung about.


alpinist

(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.


alpinist

(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1080. (1080° spin)


en-noun

12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260. (1260° spin)


ski run

(skiing) A trail or slope used for skiing


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1440. (1440° spin)


magic carpet

The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

(skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.


windboard

(climbing, skiing) The hard crust formed by high winds on exposed snow.


Nordic skiing

pohjoismaiset hiihtolajit

cross-country skiing, biathlon ski jumping collectively

(skiing) nordic skiing, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping.


traverse

en-verb

traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)

traverses (present singular third-person)
traversing (participle present)
traversed (participle past)
traversed (past)

From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).

the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain

The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.

(engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.


skijoring

(skiing) The winter sport of a person being towed on skis, especially by sled dogs


prerelease

(skiing) An inadvertent (premature) release of a skiboot from the bindings of a ski, caused by excessive vibration, such as going over an extremely bumpy piste.


telemark

en-noun

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

/ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

(uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.


telemark

en-verb

telemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

telemarks (present singular third-person)
telemarking (participle present)
telemarked (participle past)
telemarked (past)

/ˈtɛləˌmɑɹk/

(skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.

(skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.


telemark skiing

Named after the Telemark region in Norway.

(skiing) A method of skiing using the telemark turn and using a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes, just as in cross-country skiing.


telemark turn

(skiing) A turn led with the heel flat on the downhill ski while the uphill ski is pulled beneath the skier's body with a flexed knee and raised heel.


downhiller

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(skiing) A skier who participates in the downhill.


superpipe

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Open since 1972, the resort overlooks the northwestern shore of Lake Tahoe and has 89 mostly intermediate trails on its 2,904 acres, as well as a 420-foot superpipe and eight terrain parks.

2009 January 23, Nick Kaye, “Martis Camp & Naos”, in New York Times:

(sports, skiing, snowboarding) A large halfpipe, used in certain gravity-based extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing


skiercross

From skier + -cross, by analogy with the snowboarding competition of boardercross.

A new skiercross pro tour is on the docket, as well as freeskiing. Just like racing, both require strong but supple legs rather than jackhammer quads.

(skiing) A downhill skiing discipline over obstacles with many simultaneous racers.


slopestyle

French: slopestyle

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From slope + style or a blend of slope + freestyle.

Even a snow-block version of the Great Wall could not protect the athletes from the cold wind that blew through Saturday’s slopestyle competition at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou.

2022 April 2, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline of freestyle skiing or snowboarding involving an obstacle course.


ball up

ball up (third-person singular simple present balls up, present participle balling up, simple past and past participle balled up)

balls up (present singular third-person)
balling up (participle present)
balled up (participle past)
balled up (past)

(skiing, of skis) To become covered in damp snow.


skier day

(skiing) A day of skiing purchased in a ski area, used to measure the number of skiers in any one particular ski area. A season pass is generally considered to be twenty (20) skier days.


cruisy

en-adj

cruisy (comparative cruisier, superlative cruisiest)

cruisier (comparative)
cruisiest (superlative)


inrun

(skiing) In ski jumping, a steep portion of the ramp, where skiers gain speed before taking off.


off-pister

(skiing) Someone who skis or snowboards off-piste


rudy

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.


wedel

en-verb

wedel (third-person singular simple present wedels, present participle wedeling, simple past and past participle wedeled)

wedels (present singular third-person)
wedeling (participle present)
wedeled (participle past)
wedeled (past)


freshie

en-noun

freshie (countable and uncountable, plural freshies)

From fresh + -ie. In the sense of an immigrant, shortened from fresh off the boat.

(uncountable, colloquial, skiing) Freshly fallen snow.


waxable

(chiefly skiing) Suitable for being waxed.


snowsure

en-adj

snowsure (comparative more snowsure, superlative most snowsure)

more snowsure (comparative)
most snowsure (superlative)

And then there's snowsure Sportgastein further up the valley, and the big Dorfgastein-Grossarl circuit down the valley. Add together all these areas and there's more than enough to keep even the keenest skier happy for a week.

1995, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, Where to Ski:

For beginners, the nursery slope at village level in La Clusaz could not be more convenient, and the other, more snowsure ones up the mountain at the top of the Beauregard cable car and at Cret du Merle are even better.

One of Switzerland's largest and most snowsure ski areas that is virtually unknown internationally.

2007, Peter Hardy, Felice Hardy, The Great Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2008:


yard-sale

yard-sale (comparative more yard-sale, superlative most yard-sale)

more yard-sale (comparative)
most yard-sale (superlative)

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Pertaining to a yardsale (bad crash).


windhold

en-noun

windhold (usually uncountable, plural windholds)

With today's fifty mile per hour winds, all the ski lifts are on windhold.

(skiing) A state in which ski lifts must stop running due to extremely windy conditions.


christie

Named after the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) in Norway.

(skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.


pack out

en-verb

pack out (third-person singular simple present packs out, present participle packing out, simple past and past participle packed out)

packs out (present singular third-person)
packing out (participle present)
packed out (participle past)
packed out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, of snow) To become quite compacted; to become tightly-packed.


geländesprung

(skiing) Alternative form of gelandesprung


geländeläufer

From German Geländeläufer, from Gelände (“countryside”) + Läufer (“runner”), equivalent to English land + loper.

compound

(skiing) A cross-country skier; a participant in cross-country skiing.


gelande

The base area is adorned with an immense gelande jump, off which qualified skiers regularly catch 200 feet of air.

1993, “The Secret Kingdom of Ski Bums”, in Skiing, volume 46, number 1, page 110:

Gelande is a two day ski jump event attracting national media as well as jumpers from all over the U.S.

2009, “Snowbowl Gelande Championship”, in Montana Snowbowl, retrieved 2012-02-04:

Little Cottonwood Canyon has a rich history with gelande competitions, and watching skiers soar over 200 feet is not something you get to see every day.

2009 April 19, “Skiers Take Flight at Snowbird Gelande”, in First Tracks:

But somewhere along the way gelande quaffing was lost and the aprés spirit forgotten.

2010 April 9, “'Gelande Quaffing' competition Saturday in Vail Valley”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Vail, CO: Vail Daily:

(skiing) a shortening of gelandesprung, a form of ski jumping.


gelandesprung

/ɡəˈlɛndəˌʃpɹʊŋ/

From German Geländesprung, equivalent to Gelände (“countryside, terrain”) + Sprung (“jump”). More at land, spring.

Ove Nygren, the motorcycle-racing man-child of the U.S. Pro Tour, was among the air-happy honchos who thought the event should include a gelandesprung.

1994, “The World's Greatest Skiers?”, in Skiing, volume 47, number 3, page 152:

Gelandesprung literally means terrain jump.

(skiing) A jump, usually over an obstacle, made in downhill skiing.


hockey stop

(skating, skiing) A method of stopping by rapidly bringing the feet perpendicular to the direction of motion.


hockey stop

en-verb

hockey stop (third-person singular simple present hockey stops, present participle hockey stopping, simple past and past participle hockey stopped)

hockey stops (present singular third-person)
hockey stopping (participle present)
hockey stopped (participle past)
hockey stopped (past)

(intransitive, skating, skiing) To perform a hockey stop.


boot out

boot out (third-person singular simple present boots out, present participle booting out, simple past and past participle booted out)

boots out (present singular third-person)
booting out (participle present)
booted out (participle past)
booted out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, skating) To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.


ski bunny

(slang, skiing) An attractive female at a ski resort, especially one who is more interested in being seen than in skiing.


T-bar

(skiing) A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.


powder hound

(skiing, slang) A skier who favours powdery snow.


preturn

(skiing) The movement that leads into a turn.


mogully

en-adj

mogully (comparative more mogully, superlative most mogully)

more mogully (comparative)
most mogully (superlative)


sucker tracks

(skiing) Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand the risks.


avalement

en-noun

avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:

(skiing) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.


black diamond

black diamond (countable and uncountable, plural black diamonds)

(skiing) A symbol representing a steep and relatively difficult trail, typically of a 40% gradient or above.


sitzmark

(skiing) An indentation in the snow made by a fallen skier.


telemarker

(skiing) One who takes part in telemark skiing.


double-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 2 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists.


triple-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.


Fudd

From Elmer Fudd, a character in Warner Brothers' Bugs Bunny cartoons, from Looney Tunes.

The surrealistic Fudds handle well on hard snow, even at high speeds, but still float nicely in deep snow and crud.

1993 September, S.M., “News From Fat City”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 104:

Compared to the other fats, the Fudd seemed most like a conventional ski in the powder.

1995 September, “Powder”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 89:

The Fudd was favored for its flotation, while the Kahuna earned an “A+” for versatility.

1996 November, “Best Value Skis”, in Snow Country, volume 9, number 7, page 89:

(skiing) A type of fat ski that flares out at the ends.


double poling

(skiing) A method of propulsion, where the skier goes forward by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together.


double pole

en-verb

double pole (third-person singular simple present double poles, present participle double poling, simple past and past participle double poled)

double poles (present singular third-person)
double poling (participle present)
double poled (participle past)
double poled (past)

double-pole technique
double-pole technique#English

(skiing) To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.


double-pole technique

en-noun

double-pole technique (countable and uncountable, plural double-pole techniques)

(skiing, uncountable) Synonym of double poling

(skiing, countable) A particular skier's implementation of double poling.


boot board

(alpine skiing) The part of the ski boot underneath the liner, typically made of plastic or hard foam.


fartbag

(informal, skiing) A onesie used in skiing.


geschmozzle

Maybe a corruption of German geschmissen, past participle of schmeißen (“to fling”).

Maybe by the year 2000 we could have the Lincoln Version—four score and seven—dumping 87 skiers geschmozzle-fashion on the top.

(skiing, snowboarding) A style of race in which the skiers or snowboarders all start together.


liftie

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) A person who helps novices on and off of a skilift


sidecountry

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) An off-piste terrain


slackcountry

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straightlining

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(skiing, snowboarding) skiing or snowboarding downhill rapidly


parallel slalom

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.

parallel giant slalom

the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding

slalom

the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version

giant slalom

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns

super-G

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns

(countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.


parallel giant slalom

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.


twin tip

From twin + tip. From having forward bow tips on both ends.

(skiing) A type of alpine/freestyle ski, with bow tips on both ends, allowing skiing backwards.


mogulist

(skiing) A skier who specializes in skiing moguls


alpine combined

From alpine + combined. From being an event in the sport of alpine skiing which combines two disciplines.

(skiing) An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.


big air

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(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.


underflip

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(skiing, snowboarding) An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body flip underneath the board or skis.


JNS

(skiing, snowboarding) Abbreviation of jump not scored. (a score on a scoresheet, for an insufficient/incomplete judged jump)


technical skier

technical skier (plural technical skiers)

technical discipline
technical discipline

(skiing) A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)

speedskier

a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing


speedskier

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)

speed skier

(skiing) A skier to specializes in speedskiing (a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing, where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds)


speed skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskier (a skier to specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine)


speed skiing

(skiing) The speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskiing


speedskiing

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skiing (super-G and downhill of formal alpine skiing)

speed skiing

(skiing) A discipline of skiing not part of formal alpine skiing, involving skiing as quickly as possible down a straight piste; where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds.


technical skiing

(skiing) The technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)


alpine skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in alpine skiing (the disciplines of super-G, giant slalom, slalom, downhill)


cross-country skier

cross-country skier (plural cross-country skiers)

(skiing) A skier who participates in cross-country skiing.

biegacz narciarski

someone who participates in cross-country skiing


para-nordic

para nordic skiing
para nordic skiing#English

(skiing) Ellipsis of para nordic skiing.


para nordic skiing

(skiing) A parasport, an adapted form of Nordic skiing.


ski-thru

A variant of ski-through; from ski + thru, modelled after drive-thru.

[page 14] [T]wo resort owners in the Ely area were asked if they would be willing to join forces and attempt to get a trail constructed to connect the two businesses and jointly market a ski-thru program. […] [page 15] The end product of this activity was the construction of trail segments linking the existing cross-country ski trails with each other and with the two resorts. In addition to marketing cross-country skiing individually, the two resorts put together a ski-thru package and marketed it in cooperation with Amtrak.

1971, Staff Paper, St. Paul, Minn.: Institute of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 14 and 15:

Three lodges—Borderland, Gunflint Lodge, and Bearskin Lodge—have initiated a ski-thru program. Skiers can tour between lodges. Your gear is transported ahead to be there on arrival.

1982 November, Mitch Mode, “Update: Cross Country Midwest”, in Dick Needham, editor, Ski, volume 47, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Times Mirror Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page CC17, columns 1–2:

The lodge-to-lodge ski-thru program is a co-operative effort of several of the Gunflint Lodges where skiers can stay at different lodges each night and ski different trail systems.

1989, The Boundary Waters Journal: The Magazine of America’s Favorite Wilderness Area, Ely, Minn.: Boundary Waters Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

Recommended hotels include the Tandådalens and the Högfjället. Onkel Jean restaurant is praised for its 'delicious elk steaks'. McSki is the world's first and only ski-thru McDonalds.^([sic])

1999, Peter Hardy, Felice Eyston, editors, The Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2000: The Essential Guide to What’s What and Where’s Where in 600 Ski Resorts across Five Continents, Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, →ISBN, page 506:

When fast food chains open outlets in other countries, the architecture must frequently be modified to meet local conditions. The most unusual modification to date is Sweden's McSki, which provides ski-thru service so that skiers "can ski up to the counter and order their favorite McDonald's sandwich without missing a beat on the slopes."

2006, Andrew F. Smith, “Drive-thrus”, in Encyclopedia of Junk Food and Fast Food, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 83:

(skiing, informal) Alternative spelling of ski-through


ski-thru

McDonald's / Worldwide locations include Beijing in China, Pushkin Square and Gorky Street in Moscow, and a ski-thru in Sweden. There is also a McDonald's on a ferry which sails between Stockholm and Helsinki.

2004, Angela Pumphrey, Superbrands: An Insight into Britain’s Strongest Brands 2004, London: Superbrands, →ISBN, page 129:

By the late 1990s McDonald’s claimed to be opening a new store somewhere every three hours. In Sweden, that meant a ski-thru.

2015 May, Jeff MacGregor, “Taking Stock of 75 Years of McDonald’s: Has the Original Fast-food Restaurant Finally Reached the End of Its Success?”, in Smithsonian, archived from the original on 2017-08-03:


Birkie

(skiing, informal) The American Birkebeiner, a cross-country ski race.


ski-through

Deverbal from ski through, modelled after drive-through.

There are four lodges on the Gunflint trail (County Road 12) that are owned by the originators of the first midwest ski-through program. Skiers start at one lodge, ski its trails, and then move out to the main artery trail and ski-through to the next lodge. Their luggage and car will be moved on ahead to the next participating lodge. This gives guests the opportunity to ski many more trails of the Gunflint community […]

1985, Elizabeth Noren, Gary Noren, Ski Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.: Nodin Press, →ISBN, page 115:

A ski-through system by Entrelogic will be installed at four resorts this season.

2004, Ski Area Management, volume 43, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 49:

(skiing) Of a ski lodge or other hotel establishment: providing skiers with the service of transporting their equipment, luggage, and vehicles to other establishments so they can ski directly to those establishments.

Families can ski together in a friendly atmosphere on specially marked areas, and you and your children can spend time at our fun-filled Children's Adventure Mountain™ with special ski-through attractions.

1992 September, “Get Away to It All [advertisement]”, in John Fry, editor, Snow Country: The Year-round Magazine of Skiing, Mountain Sports & Living, volume 5, number 5, Trumbull, Conn.: Golf Digest/Tennis, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67:

Resort-level snow and ski-through, car-free village give an Alpine atmosphere.

1994, Chris Gill, Dave Watts, editors, Where to Ski, London: Boxtree, →ISBN, page 149:

All points of entry at the lifts are ski-through and non-contact.

2003, Ski Area Management, volume 42, North Salem, N.Y.: Beardsley Publishing Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86:

(skiing) Of a restaurant, shop, or other establishment or facility: providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.


ski-through

McDonald's and Burger King outlets are everywhere in the developed world. […] There is a ski-through on a slope in Sweden and by now Beijing and Moscow have their own outlets as well.

2016, Martin Beckstein, “Entrepreneurial Space Production”, in The Politics of Economic Life (Routledge Innovations in Political Theory; 63), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, section 7.2 (Fast-food Chains and the Production of Space):

(skiing) A restaurant, shop, or other establishment providing service to skiers while they are still wearing their skis.


japow

(skiing slang) The low-humidity powder snow found in Japan's Snow Country


nursery slope

(skiing) A relatively undemanding slope for novices.


quersprung

His witty book ends with ski specialties such as propeller hops, gazelle christies, the gelaendesprung, the umsprung and the quersprung.

1965, Curtis W. Casewit, Ski Fever: How to Master the Fastest-growing Winter Sport:

A quersprung is a turn done with two poles, one on each side, like a gelundesprung but at a much slower speed.

2001 March, Skiing Heritage Journal, volume 13, number 1, page 7:

(skiing) A kind of jump turn where the skier turns 90 degrees in the air.


schussboom

en-verb

schussboom (third-person singular simple present schussbooms, present participle schussbooming, simple past and past participle schussboomed)

schussbooms (present singular third-person)
schussbooming (participle present)
schussboomed (participle past)
schussboomed (past)

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to remind my colleagues who may be planning a trip to Hawaii that they should not forget to pack their snow boots and bring along their skis and pole. Schussbooming in Hawaii? Yes, indeed […]

1968, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates:

They skied the streambed below Gothics's north face. They skied down Mount Haystack, one of the steepest peaks in New York, where Jackrabbit himself is said to have skied. They schussboomed all week long, barely stopping for a rest day.

2008, Adirondack Life, volume 39, page 36:

(skiing) To take part in fast downhill skiing.


double grab

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, motorcycling) A trick that involves grabbing the board, skis, or motorbike with both hands during a jump


ski skin

(skiing) A strip attached to the underside of a ski that offers grip when ascending in snow


K-point

construction point
construction point#English


construction point

en-noun

construction point (plural construction points)

(skiing) A line across a ski jumping hill that indicates the hill's steepest point.


edge control

As a gauge of its importance, consider that when an instructor or racer speaks of someone having amazing edge control, he means that that skier is a master of the slopes.

1967 December, Doug Pfeiffer, “Instruction Corner”, in Skiing, volume 20, number 3, page 111:

Many people say that skaters who had to do figures learned to freeskate better because figures teach you edge control.

1997, Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating, page 27:

Skateboards roll. They do not slide. The demands of edge control aren't involved in the physics of this sport.

2010, Doug Werner, Snowboarder's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Snowboarding, page 3:

(skating, skiing, snowboarding) The controlled use and placement of the edge of a skate, ski, or snowboard.


skidance

freestyle skiing
freestyle skiing#English

(skiing, dance) A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.


pregrab

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(skiing, snowboarding) A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for as long as the trick requires.


stivot

(skiing) A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.


stivot

en-verb

stivot (third-person singular simple present stivots, present participle stivoting, simple past and past participle stivoted)

stivots (present singular third-person)
stivoting (participle present)
stivoted (participle past)
stivoted (past)


aerial skiing

Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.

2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.


beginner slope

The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

(skiing) A ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before.


jump ramp

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(skiing, snowboarding, cycling, skateboarding) A ramp used to be jumped from, and do tricks on the skates/board/skis/bike etc.


pisted

Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]

2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:


off-trail

(skiing) Synonym of off-piste (“not prepared or designated for skiing”)


green circle

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of the least difficulty, that is usually wide, open, and groomed, with a gradient of 0–25%.


blue square

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of intermediate difficulty, steeper and narrower than a green circle, and with a gradient of 25–40%.


double black diamond

en-noun

double black diamond (plural double black diamonds)

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of the most difficult and dangerous terrain designed for expert skiers and snowboarders, with a gradient of greater than 60%.


ski bazaar

(skiing) A used ski equipment sale event organized by a ski hill, ski club, ski team, ski store, or ski enthusiasts, where old ski equipment, be it remaindered end of line stock, second hand, former team equipment, or former rental equipment, is put on sale to the public. Typically, the public can also consign their old equipment for sale; and equipment on sale has been inspected for good condition and in-warranty status.


tailbutter

en-verb

tailbutter (third-person singular simple present tailbutters, present participle tailbuttering, simple past and past participle tailbuttered)

tailbutters (present singular third-person)
tailbuttering (participle present)
tailbuttered (participle past)
tailbuttered (past)

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Coordinate term: nosebutter

(skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow.


nosebutter

nosebutter (third-person singular simple present nosebutters, present participle nosebuttering, simple past and past participle nosebuttered)

nosebutters (present singular third-person)
nosebuttering (participle present)
nosebuttered (participle past)
nosebuttered (past)

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Coordinate term: tailbutter

(skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To roll up onto the tips of the skis in order to create a controlled spin.