PLEASE CHOOSE A LETTER:
S
SDS (SNOW DEPRIVATION SYNDROME): It is the feeling to need go out and play around in the snow.
SHAPED SKIS: It refers to a relatively new and improved Skis characterized by 'hourglass' shapes. These Skis has been designed to turn.
SHELL: It is the hard plastic outer portion of a ski boot. Shell jackets are worn over insulated layers.
SIDE SLIPPING: Side slipping is done through a slipping motion straight down the fall line with the skis pointed across the hill
SIDECUT RADIUS: It is the measurement of how deeply or shallowly the Ski's cut is from the Nose of the Ski to the Waist.
SKI JUMPING: This type of Skiing is focused on flying as far and as smooth as possible with your Skis on for maximum lift.
SLUSH: This is Snow that usually is starting to melt and thus becomes further wet.
SPEED SKIING: This type of Skiing is focused on achieving the highest possible speed on Skis.
STEERING: Consist on the changing the direction of the skis
STEM CHRISTIE: A turn which is completed by skidding on both uphill edges
STEM TECHNIQUE: Refer to the basic technique in making and linking turns.
STEP-UP: Consist in a jump which is followed by a large gap followed by a raised landing area
SWITCH: Ride with the tails of the skis pointed downhill
SUPERPIPE: A larger version of a halfpipe. The walls in a superpipe can measure up to 20ft.
T
TAIL: The back end of a ski.
TELEMARK SKIING: This is a type of Skiing which features the thrill of speed and free-heel Skiing.
TRAVERSE: Skiing across a slope, often in a zigzag pattern to keep speeds down on steep surface or cut across a mountain.
TRAVERSING: It involves the moving continuously in one direction across a fall line.
TURNING RADIUS: It is equal to the natural circle that a pair of skis can make on edge.
TWIN TIP SKIS: These are skis where both the tail end and the front end is turned up. This allows the skier to ski switch.
V
VERTICAL DROP: Distance between the base of a mountain and its tallest point.
W
WAX: It is used on the base of skis to keep them gliding smoothly over variable snow conditions.
WHITE OUT: When people cannot see almost nothing due to heavy snowfall, fog, or a combination of two.
WIND PACKED: It describes snow compressed by the movement of the wind.
WIND HOLD: When lifts stop running due to dangerously high winds.
Y
YARD SALE: Make reference to a crash where equipment is scattered across the slope.
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Ski terms