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2. Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance - Wikipedia

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   The Canadian Ski Instructors' Alliance ( CSIA ), founded in 1938, is an association of more than twenty thousand professional skiers located across Canada. [1] The CSIA's purposes are to ensure a nationwide ski teaching standard through the development of effective skiing techniques and teaching methods and promote the importance of ski safety. [2]

3. Piste - Wikipedia

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   A piste ( / piːst /) [1] is a marked ski run or path down a mountain for snow skiing, snowboarding, or other mountain sports . This European term is French [2] ("trail", "track") and synonymous with 'trail', 'slope', or 'run' in North America. The word is pronounced using a long "e" sound so that it rhymes with "beast".

4. Freeskiing - Wikipedia

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   Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from the growth of snowboarding combined with the progression of freestyle skiing. "Newschoolers", or those who specifically ski in this ...

5. Alpine skiing - Wikipedia

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   Alpine skiing. Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow -covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping ), which use skis with free-heel bindings.

6. Dolomiti Superski - Wikipedia

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   Dolomiti Superski. /  46.567°N 11.650°E  / 46.567; 11.650. The Dolomiti Superski is a ski area in Italy. Created in 1974, it is spread over an area of about 3,000 km 2 in the North-East of Italy, and includes most of the winter ski slopes of the Dolomites. [1] Comprising 12 ski resorts and a total of 1,246 km of slopes, it is the ...

7. Cross-country skiing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Paralympic cross-country skiing is an adaptation of cross-country skiing for athletes with disabilities. Paralympic cross-country skiing is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games; the other is biathlon. Competition is governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).