| Wonderful Words of Skiing's Past and Present |
Don’t be a skiing vocabulary victim!!
Learn the words below and their definitions then match them with pictures. |
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| après ski: |
social activity at a resort after skiing |
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| sitzmark: |
a hole made in the snow by a fallen skier, also called a bathtub |
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| herringbone: |
climbing a hill with the skis in a V position, putting pressure on the inside edges of the skis |
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| snow plow: |
a wedge created with skis to slow down. |
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| poma lift: |
a ski lift with disks at the end of bars suspended from a moving overhead cable. |
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| stem christie: |
a turn started by stemming one ski (opening the tail of the ski to a V position), after which skis are brought back together for the rest of the turn. |
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| ullr: |
the Norse god of winter |
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| on piste: |
a groomed ski trail, as opposed to off-piste which means off trail |
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| schuss: |
skiing straight down the fall line without turning, also called figure elevens |
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| wedeln: |
when you make very short and quick ski turns that make you wiggle your hips like a dog that is really happy to see its owner |
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| Now, write the correct words in the text box next to each picture on the page which comes up when you click here.
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