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Definition: Skiing |
SkiingNoun1. A sport in which participants must travel on skis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skiing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This article concerns the skis used in skiing. For the town in Norway, see Ski, Norway.
A ski is a thin, flat-bottomed device attached by means of bindingss to the skier's ski boots, with a slightly upturned, pointed front end to avoid digging into the snow. Also, a ski may denote a similar device used for other purposes than skiing, e.g., for steering snowmobiles.
Construction
Skis were originally wooden planks. They are now usually made from a complex assembly of components including glass fiber Kevlar or related composite materials, though they may contain a wood core.
In alpine and backcountry varieties of skiing, and sometimes in others, skis have strips of metal running along the lower edges of the ski to bite into the snow more effectively.
Shape
The sides of most skis describe a parabola, making the ski narrower under the skiers foot than at the tip and tail. By setting the ski at an angle so that the edge cuts into the snow, the ski will follow the parabloa and hence turn the skier, a practice known as carving a turn. Faced by competition from snowboarding, during the 1990s this shaping of the ski became significantly more pronounced to make it easier for skiers to carve turns, and such skis may be termed carving skis. For other turning techniques, see Skiing.
Types
Many types of skis exist, all designed for use different situations, of which the following are a selection.
Downhill ski
Downhill skiss are svaged to promote easy turning. The ski binding anchors the foot firmly to the ski at heel and toe. It is spring-loaded, detaching the ski from the foot in case excessive force is applied.
Alpine ski touring ski
Alpine ski touring ski. This type of ski is ususally a light-weight downhill ski with a alpine touring binding.
Telemark ski
Telemark ski. A downhill or touring ski, where the binding attaches only at the toe. The Telemark ski was the first ski with an inwards-turned waist which made it much easier for skiers to turn. It was pioneered by Sondre Norheim of Telemark, Norway
Cross-country ski
Cross-country skiss are very light and narrow, and usually have quite straight edges. The bindings attach at the toes only. They are usually coated with wax to reduce friction during forward motion, but also to get adhesion when going uphill. Some models may have patterns on the bottom to increase the friction when the ski slides backward. These skis are also used in biathlons.
Backcountry ski
Skis for mountain/backcountry/cross-country free range skiing which are designed for skiing on unbroken snow, where an established track is lacking. These are characteristically quite wide, and with cable bindingss to provide general sturdyness, and to better extract ones feet from deep snowbanks, in case it should be impossible to reach the bindings by hand. This is also the model used by military forces trained to fight in winter conditions, and the most closely related to the historical ski.
Ski jumping ski
Skis for ski jumping. Long and wide skis, which bindings attaching at the toe.
See also
- Skiing and skiing topics – further details of skis related to particular variations of ski sport
- History of skiing – the ancient history of skis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ski."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Skiing is a human activity gliding over show using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings.
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, aside from people in Scandinavia, skiing is 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, 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.
In skiings traditional core regions in the snowy parts of Scandinavia, both recreational and competitive skiing is as likely to refer to the cross-country/Nordic variants as to the internationally more well-known downhill variants.
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
Equipment
- Skis
- Ski bindings
- Ski boots
- Ski poles
- Ski wax
Competition Events
- Winter Olympic Games
Alpine Events
- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Downhill
- Freestyle
- Slalom
- Gian slalom
- Super Giant Slalom
- Speed Skiing
- Moguls
Nordic Events
- Biathlon
- Nordic combined
- Ski jumping
Skiing Organisations
- International organisations:
- International Biathlon Union
- International Ski Federation
- National organisations:
- Professional Ski Instructors of America
- Ski Club of Great Britain
Ski Safety
- Avalanches
- Cornices
- Crevasses
- Mountain rescue
Ski Lifts
- Aerial tramway (or cablecar)
- Chairlift
- Detachable chairlift
- Funitel
- Funicular
- Gondola lift
- Rope tow
Other
- History of skiing
- Dry ski slope
- Indoor ski slope
- List of ski areas
- Ski resort
- Ski school
- Snow
- Snow cannon
- Ice
- Trail grooming machine (piste basher)
Health and Injuries
- Altitude sickness
- Human anatomy
- Anterior cruciate ligament
- Fracture
- First aid
- Wilderness first aid
- Frost bite
- Hypothermia
- Physical fitness
- Exercise
- Snow blindness
Related Sports
- Water skiing
- Grass skiing
- Snowboarding
- Snowshoe walking
- Sports
- Winter sport
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skiing."
Crosswords: Skiing |
| English words defined with "skiing": apres-ski ♦ cross-country skiing ♦ kick turn ♦ ski conditions, ski jacket, ski mask, ski parka, ski pole, ski resort, ski run, ski trail, stem, stem turn ♦ telemark ♦ water-skiing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "skiing": MANAGER, WINTER SPORTS ♦ ski pants, SKI PATROLLER, ski piste, SKI-BINDING FITTER-AND-REPAIRER ♦ TEACHER, ADVENTURE EDUCATION. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Today I'm gonna do some land skiing up here in the Pennsylvania mountains and try not to die. (Jackass; writing credit: Donald Spoto; Eric Overmyer) Can you imagine skiing down those slopes with hot potatoes in your pockets (Even Stevens; writing credit: Sarah Jane Cunningham) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Magoo Goes Skiing (1954) I'll Be Skiing Ya (1947) The Art of Skiing (1941) Skiing Scene in Quebec (1902) In Search of Skiing (1979) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Water skiing in Womens Bay near the Coast Guard Base. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Water skier at Senator Wash during a water skiing tournament. Credit: Lori Cook. |
 | Cross-Country skiing at Buck Prairie. Credit: Tim Haller. |  | Skiing in the snow country. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Edward Windsor, the Prince of Wales, full-length portrait, standing, with Wallis Warfield Simpson and five other people, with skiing equipment in snow. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Italian skiing troops, during a pause in their "battles against the clouds" with the Austrians, manoeuvring for fresh assaults. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Full-length portrait of water ski champion Alfredo Mendoza skiing in witch's costume, holding broomstick, jumping in mid-air, Cypress Gardens, Florida. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Skiing down the Taft Trail on Cannon Mountain, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | National and state parks, skiing, skating, sliding, sleighing / Dorothy Waugh. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Skiing at Aspen, state of Colorado--Travel a new world--See the U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Tired from skiing" by Ewald Brunmüller Commentary: "Skier resting in the sun after a hard day." | "Orange skiing" by Jessica Poli Commentary: "Skiing poster and orange light." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Pre-pregnancy bicycling, jogging, and cross-country skiing are good exercises to continue during pregnancy. (references) | |
Business | Activities such as water skiing and windsurfing usually take place at the sailing clubs, which also have boat warehouses. (references) | |
Local culture, golf, fishing, diving, sailing, skiing and many other activities have become important for Finns when traveling abroad. (references) | ||
In the South, Texas and in the West, New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado, are attracting more and more French visitors looking for outdoor activities and sports (hiking, golfing, surfing, skiing). (references) | ||
Economic History | Austria | We tend to think of Austria in terms of skiing, the opera, and Mozart. (references) |
Switzerland | As shown, skiing is still the sport generating the highest sales followed by outdoor & mountaineering. (references) | |
Australia | This represents a change from 20 years ago, when Europe was the most popular long-haul skiing destination. (references) | |
Travel | Mauritius | Most beach hotels provide amenities for water sports such as swimming, snorkeling, water skiing, sailing, and fishing. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | It's like dancing in the air. When you are skiing fast down the slope, you just put a little pressure on one side and you go to the other side, and it's just the speed, you're just flying. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Skiing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 46.17% of the time. "Skiing" is used about 444 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 46.17% | 205 | 21,272 |
| Noun (singular) | 40.54% | 180 | 23,046 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 6.98% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.86% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (common) | 0.45% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 444 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | American Skiing Corpn. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "skiing": go in for skiing ♦ skiing gear ♦ skiing race ♦ skiing school ♦ skiing tour ♦ water skiing. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skiing": skiing-lodge. | |
Ending with "skiing": jet-skiing, water-skiing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
skiing | 2,632 | nordic skiing wisconsin | 78 |
cross country skiing | 1,782 | france skiing | 68 |
water skiing | 1,246 | british columbia skiing | 62 |
crosscountry skiing | 1,126 | yosemite skiing | 54 |
skiing magazine | 966 | canada skiing | 51 |
lake tahoe skiing | 417 | north carolina skiing | 45 |
alpine skiing | 395 | yosemite badger pass skiing | 44 |
montana skiing | 312 | downhill skiing | 42 |
snow skiing | 308 | new zealand skiing | 41 |
chile skiing | 301 | skiing chili | 40 |
vermont skiing | 236 | center skiing | 39 |
extreme skiing | 205 | helicopter skiing | 38 |
colorado skiing | 145 | water skiing picture | 34 |
skiing holiday | 133 | whistler skiing | 33 |
banff skiing | 131 | nc skiing | 32 |
summer skiing | 121 | freestyle skiing | 31 |
utah skiing | 102 | skiing insurance | 31 |
skiing picture | 97 | skiing travel | 30 |
jet skiing | 93 | skiing southeast | 30 |
heli skiing | 84 | kid skiing | 29 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "skiing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | bazë skiatorëve (skiing-lodge). (various references) | |
Arabic | التزحلق. (various references) | |
Asturian | esquiar. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ски-спорт, каране на ски. (various references) | |
Cebuano | iski. (various references) | |
Chinese | 滑雪 (to ski). (various references) | |
Czech | lyžování. (various references) | |
Danish | skisportsskader (typical skiing injuries). (various references) | |
Faeroese | skíðrenning. (various references) | |
Finnish | hiihtourheilu, hiihto. (various references) | |
French | ski (ski). (various references) | |
German | Ski laufend. (various references) | |
Greek | χιονοδρόμια, το σκι. (various references) | |
Hebrew | גלישה (glide, gliding, overflow, seething, slide, surfing), סקי (ski). (various references) | |
Hungarian | síelés. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | sikiiqtuq. (various references) | |
Italian | sciistico, sci (ski). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | スカッシング関数 (scalar, scallop, scalp treatment, scampi, scandium, Scaramouche, scatology, scholarship, scull, sculpture, skunk, squashing function). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | スキー . (various references) | |
Korean | 스기. (various references) | |
Macedonian | skijanje. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iingskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | esqui aquático (water ski, water skiing), acidentes típicos do ski (typical skiing injuries). (various references) | |
Provencal | esquí. (various references) | |
Romanian | schi (ski). (various references) | |
Russian | кататься на лыжах.....лыжный спорт. (various references) | |
Samoan | faaseega. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | skijanje, skijaški sport. (various references) | |
Spanish | esquí (ski). (various references) | |
Swedish | skidåkning. (various references) | |
Thai | การเล่นสกี (slalom). (various references) | |
Turkish | kayakçılık, kayak yapma. (various references) | |
Turkmen | lyzha (r) (ski). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ходьба на лижах, лижний спорт. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skiing": skiings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "skiing": turfskiing, waterskiing. (additional references) | |
Words containing "skiing": turfskiings, waterskiings. (additional references) | |
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"Skiing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: skeing, skieing, skiln, sking, skining, Skione, skiting, skriaig, skying, suking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skiing" (pronounced skē"ing) |
| 4 | -k ē" i ng | keying. |
| 3 | -ē" i ng | agreeing, being, disagreeing, fleeing, foreseeing, freeing, geeing, guaranteeing, seeing, sightseeing, teeing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-k-n-s" | |
-1 letter: ginks, kings. | |
-2 letters: gink, gins, inks, king, kins, nisi, sign, sing, sink, skin. | |
-3 letters: gin, ink, ins, kin, sin, ski. | |
-4 letters: in, is, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-k-n-s" | |
+1 letter: disking, griskin, kissing, likings, pigskin, risking, sicking, silking, sinking, skiings, skiting, skiving, spiking, vikings. | |
+2 letters: brisking, frisking, griskins, inklings, killings, kiltings, kingfish, kingpins, kingship, kingside, kitlings, lickings, pickings, pigskins, pinkings, shirking, sickling, skeining, skidding, skilling, skimming, skimping, skinking, skinning, skioring, skipping, skirling, skirring, skirting, slicking, slinking, smirking, snicking, sticking, stinking, striking, swinking, tickings, whisking, wickings. | |
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