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Alpine skiing
The sport and recreation of downhill skiing.
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360
Sports; Alpine skiing
Used to describe a trick done while in the air. The 360 is when a person does a full spin around (a full 360 degree spin). There are larger spins that are described by the amount of degrees you spin. ...
switch
Sports; Alpine skiing
The act of skiing backwards down the hill. Often used in the freestyle skiing world to describe a trick when someone skis off a jump backwards.
powder
Sports; Alpine skiing
An accumulation of freshly fallen snow on the mountain. Usually six inches or more of snow that has fallen giving the skiers a feeling of skiing "untouched" snow.
blue bird
Sports; Alpine skiing
A description of the morning after a storm that has snowed heavily the night before however that morning there is nothing but blue skies. A blue bird day means fresh snow and beautiful weather. This ...
Pyrenees
Sports; Alpine skiing
Pyrenees is popular for winter sports such as alpine skiing and mountaineering because of the range of mountains that forms a natural border between France and Spain. It's good for athletes to do ...
