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 GLOSSARY
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478)

This "Skiing Manual--Skiing is a Sliding Sport" advocates a certain way of positioning oneself on skis and of moving one's body around that flexible position, i.e., of maneuvering while sliding. A lot of terms are used in describing this, and so a glossary is given in case any are not clear, for how will you know if you are performing the moves appropriately if you don't clearly understand the terms describing them.
 

A glossary will be added to this website. Meanwhile, the following references are suggested:

THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SKIING: the indispensable reference for instructors and all skiers,  by Bob Barnes. Snowline Press: Silverthorne, CO. 1999, 324 pages of extended definitions. ISBN 0-9669131-5-9.

CORE CONCEPTS FOR SNOWSPORTS INSTRUCTORS. Professional Ski Instructors of America: Lakewood, CO, 2001. 90 pages. Includes glossary.

ALPINE TECHNICAL MANUAL: Skiing and Teaching Skills. Professional Ski Instructors of America: Lakewood, CO, 2002. 76 pages. Includes glossary.

Words to include in glossary:

piste/off-piste
graupel
inclination
angulation
anticipation
banking
blocking
boot-out
wedge/snowplow
braking wedge
gliding wedge
wedge christie
stem christie
parallel christie
telemark turn
retraction
extension
camber
sidecut
rotation
sequential/concurrent
shaped skis
sidestep
sideslip
skid
slip
carve
arc
skate
snow--powder, packed powder, corn, crud, wind-crust, cement, ice
steering
stem
step
tactics
technique
traverse
weight transfer
unweighting
mogul
chicken-heads
death-cookies
triangular sustentation
leverage
parallel
hop turn
crossover/crossunder
anticipation/release
blocking
cant
decamber/reverse camber
diverging/converging/parallel
drill/bag of tricks
down stem/upstem
edging/tipping/exercises
extension
flexion
fall line/rise line/gravity zone
footbed
alignment
garlands
falling leaf
gliding
herringbone
hockey stop
pivot slip
matching
pivoting/steering
stance/balance
railroad tracks
open-stance parallel
weight transfer
albedo

SKIING WEB MANUAL--"Skiing is a Sliding Sport":  Skiing Web Manual Contents   Why Read This Skiing Web Manual   That First Lesson  A Little Skiing History  Motion in Skiing  Conventional Skiing Wisdoms  Skier Excuses  Fear in Skiing  Conditioning for Skiing  Equipment and Technique  Skiing Equipment   How Skis Work  How to Develop Balance on Skis  A Skiing Turn Simplified  Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures  Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri  Children and Skiing  Men vs. Women/Women vs. Men and Skiing  Skiing Ethics and Slope Survival   Skiing Environment  GLOSSARY  Acknowledgements SkiMyBest Website Contents  
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