2. • Travel on top of snow uses long
runners, snowboards or skis.
• It can be an exercise, a
recreational activity, a
competitive sport, and even
uses for military or transport
purposes.
3.
4. Freestyle skiing is a form of skiing which
originally encompassed two disciplines:
aerials, and moguls. Besides those
freestyle skiing now consists of ski-cross,
half-pipe and slope style.
5. Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter.
Heli-skiing is essentially about skiing in a natural, high mountain.
7. Ski touring is done on trails which are not maintained, and without
any mechanical lifts to get up hills. Typically, skis, bindings, and
boots allow for free movement of the heel to enable a walking pace.
8. It is a form of ski touring. As a sport, cross-country skiing is
one of the most difficult endurance sports, as its motions
use every major muscle group, and it is one of the sports
that burn the most calories per hour in execution.
9. Ski mountaineering is a sport that combines the techniques
of skiing (often ski touring) with those of mountaineering.
10. A form of downhill skiing using bindings where the boot is attached only at the
toe. Because the heel is free, it allows the skier to go into a lunge position in
order to turn. That technique is called the telemark turn.
11. A sport in which skiers go down a take-
off ramp, jump and attempt to land the
farthest down on the hill below.
The Ski Flying World Record of 809 ft. is
held by Johan R. E. in Norway (Feb 2011)
12. The action of being pulled over snow or ice on skis
by a horse or dog, as a sport or recreation activity
