Skiing
Skiing is a popular sport that takes place on snow, artificial surfaces and more recently, on indoor artificial snow slopes. It can be undertaken as a leisure activity or competitive sport and is suitable for most ages.
- See Also:
- Skiing, Snowboarding
An Overview of Skiing
Competitive skiing falls into two categories: Nordic and Alpine. These can then be further broken down into specific disciplines:
- Cross-country Skiing
- Ski jumping
- Nordic combine
- Combined Alpine skiing
- Downhill Skiing
- Salom Skiing
- Giant slalom
- Super-G
- Para-alpine.
- Freestyle skiing: includes mogul skiing, aerials, ski cross, half-pipe, and slopestyle.