Outline of skiing
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to skiing:
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding.
Overview
Lists
- List of ski areas and resorts
- List of ski jumping hills
- List of Olympic venues in freestyle skiing
- List of FIS Cross-Country World Cup champions
- List of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup team medalists
- List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
- List of Olympic medalists in freestyle skiing
- List of Olympic medalists in ski jumping
- List of Presidents of FIS
- List of skiing deaths
Skiers
Types of skiing
Alpine Skiing
- Alpine skiing
- Alpine touring
- Extreme skiing
- Freeriding
- Freeskiing
- Freestyle skiing
- Glade Skiing
- Heliskiing
- Mogul skiing
- Monoskiing
- Disabled alpine skiing
- Ski mountaineering
- Skwal
- Snowcat skiing
- Snowkiting
- Speed skiing
Nordic Skiing
- Cross-country skiing
- Backcountry skiing
- Biathlon
- Disabled Nordic skiing
- Nordic combined
- Telemark skiing
- Skijoring
- Ski jumping
- Ski touring
Water skiing
- Water skiing
Turning techniques
- Stem techniques
- * The Snowplough - - see snowplough turn
- * The Stem Christie
- Parallel turn
- Carve turn
- Telemark turn
- Pivot turn
- Jump turn
Paraphernalia
- Ski bindings
- Ski boots
- Ski poles with pole guards if a racer
- Ski wax depending on the condition and temperature
- Ski suit
- * Parka, anorak, or shell
- * Ski pants or salopettes
- * If a Racer — a race suit
- Fleece top or sweater; the mid-layer or insulating garment
- Thermal underwear and ski socks
- Gloves or mittens to keep hands warm
- * Hand Warmers
- Ski helmet
- Goggles or sunglasses to protect eyes from harm
- Face Mask to protect from wind
- Specialized Alpine touring equipment
Competition events
- Winter Olympic Games - A major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.
- Winter Paralympic Games
- Four Hills Tournament
- Winter X Games
- Birkebeinerrennet
- American Birkebeiner
- Tour of Anchorage
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Alpine events
- Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics
- Alpine Skiing World Cup
- Alpine World Skiing Championships
- Slalom
- Giant slalom
- Super Giant Slalom
- Downhill
- Alpine skiing combined
- Speed Skiing
Freestyle events
- Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics
- FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
- FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
- Aerials
- Mogul skiing
- Ski ballet
- Half-pipe skiing
- Slopestyle
- Ski cross
Nordic events
- Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
- Biathlon
- Nordic combined
- Ski jumping
- Cross-country skiing
Skiing organizations
;National organizations:
- US National Ski Hall of Fame
- Professional Ski Instructors of America
- British Association of Snowsport Instructors
- Ski Club of Great Britain
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Ski areas and resorts
- Ski resorts
- List of ski areas and resorts
- Luxury resorts
Ski lifts
- Aerial tramway
- Gondola lift
- Hybrid lift
- Chairlift
- Detachable chairlift
- Funitel
- Funicular
- Rope tows & handle tows
- Platter lift
- J-bar lift
- T-bar lift
- Magic carpet
Other
- History of skiing
- Artificial ski slope
- Indoor ski slope
- * Ski Simulators
- Piste
- Ski resort
- Ski school
- Ski season
- Ski warfare
- Snow
- * Snow cannon
- * Ice
- Snowcat
- Physics of skiing
- Après-ski
Health and injuries
- Altitude sickness
- Injuries
- * Anterior cruciate ligament
- * Fracture
- First aid
- * Wilderness first aid
- Ski patrol
- Frost bite
- Hypothermia
- Windburn
- Physical fitness
- * Exercise
- Snow blindness
- Ski sickness
- List of famous skiing deaths
- Shin-bang
- Tree well