Outline of skiing
Overview of and topical guide to skiing
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Overview
Lists
- List of ski areas and resorts
- List of ski jumping hills
- List of Olympic venues in freestyle skiing
- List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
- List of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup team medalists
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- List of Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- List of presidents of FIS
- List of skiing deaths
Skiers
Types of skiing
Alpine Skiing
- Alpine skiing (also known as downhill skiing)
- Alpine touring (Randonée)
- Extreme skiing
- Freeriding
- Freeskiing (or newschool skiing)
- Freestyle skiing
- Glade Skiing
- Heliskiing
- Mogul skiing
- Monoskiing
- Disabled alpine skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- Skwal
- Snowcat skiing
- Snowkiting
- Speed skiing
Nordic Skiing
Non-snow skiing
Instruction and techniques
Turning techniques
- Stem techniques
- The Snowplough - (also known as the wedge) - see snowplough turn
- The Stem Christie
- Parallel turn
- Carve turn
- Pivot turn (skiing)
- Jump turn
- Telemark turn
Cross-country techniques
Ski-jumping techniques
Equipment and Apparel
- Skis
- Ski bindings
- Ski boots
- Ski poles with pole guards if a racer
- Ski wax depending on the condition and temperature
- Ski skins if climbing uphill
- Ski suit
- Parka, anorak, or shell
- Ski pants or salopettes
- If a Racer — a race suit
- Fleece top or sweater; the mid-layer or insulating garment
- Thermal underwear and ski socks
- Gloves or mittens to keep hands warm
- Hand Warmers
- Ski helmet
- Goggles or sunglasses to protect eyes from harm
- Face mask to protect from wind
- Specialized Alpine touring equipment
Competition events
- Winter Olympic Games - A major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.
- Winter Paralympic Games
- Four Hills Tournament
- Winter X Games
- Birkebeinerrennet
- American Birkebeiner
- Tour of Anchorage
- The British Land National Ski Championships
Alpine events
Freestyle events
Nordic events
Skiing organizations
- International organizations
- International Biathlon Union (IBU)
- International Ski Federation (FIS)
- Worldloppet Ski Federation
- International Ski Instructors Association (ISIA)
- Fédération Internationale des Patrouilles de Ski (FIPS)
- International Skiing History Association (ISHA)
- National organizations
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard
- United States Ski Team
- Women's Ski Jumping USA
- US National Ski Hall of Fame
- US National Ski Patrol
- Professional Ski Instructors of America
- U.S. National Ski Areas Association
- Alpine Canada Alpin
- Biathlon Canada
- Canadian Snowboard Federation
- Nordic Combined Ski Canada
- Ski Jumping Canada
- Cross Country Canada
- Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
- Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance
- Canadian Ski Patrol
- Canadian Adaptive Snowsports
- Snowsport GB - The British Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Ski Club of Great Britain
- British Association of Snowsport Instructors (BASI)
- Snowsport Cymru/Wales
- New Zealand Snowsports Instructors Alliance
- Snow Australia
- Austrian Ski Association (ÖSV)
- Fédération Française de Ski (FFS)
- German Ski Association (DSV)
- Norwegian Ski Federation
- Swedish Ski Association
- Swiss Ski
- Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI)
- Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation (RFEDI)
- Ski Association of Slovenia (SLOSKI)
- Finnish Ski Association
- Ski and Snowboarding Foundation Nepal
- Ski Federation of Ukraine
Ski areas and resorts
Ski lifts
- Aerial tramway (or cable car)
- Gondola lift
- Hybrid lift
- Chairlift
- Detachable chairlift (often a higher speed chairlift)
- Funitel
- Funicular
- Surface lift
- Rope & Handle tow
- T-bar, J-bar & Platter lift
- Magic carpet
Media
- Ski film
- Ski Canada magazine
- Ski Sunday UK TV
- The Ski Channel
- Norsk idrætsblad magazine, particularly 1881–1915
- The Master Skier magazine of USSA
- Skiing magazine of US
Culture
Other
Hazards
See also
References
External links
Skiing at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
