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Schuss: To ski straight down the hill.
Shovel: The front of the ski.
Shredding: Slang for snowboarding.
Sideslip: A technique for descending a hill by sliding down sideways on ski edges; often used to control speed.
Sidestep: To climb a hill using sideways footing.
Skating: Pushing off with one ski and sliding with the other to move along a flat surface.
Ski brake: A required attachment for skis; it keeps skis from going downhill without you.
Skijoring: A smaller version of dog-sledding in which one dog pulls a skier.
Slalom: A race with tight turns around obstacles.
Snow types
- Breakable crust: A light layer of frozen snow covering soft snow. These conditions make for poor skiing.
- Corn: Springtime melting and freezing resulting in corn-sized ice particles.
- Crud: Uneven ruts in crusty snow caused by heavy ski traffic.
- Crust: A frozen layer covering softer snow.
- Granular snow: Snow that has been packed down by skis and is heavy, not powdery.
- Hardpack: Densely packed snow as a result of repeated grooming or skiing.
- Ice: Dangerous skiing conditions; clear and breakable.
- Mashed potatoes: Wet, heavy snow.
- New England ice: Ice so transparent that grass can be seen through it; very difficult skiing!
- Packed powder: A result of skier traffic or grooming.
- Powder: Light, dry snow; great skiing condition.
- Wind packed: Snow packed by the movement of the wind.
Snowboarding: The alpine equivalent to surfing.
Snowcat: A tractor used for grooming purposess
Snowplow: To put skis in V-position to turn or slow down.
Stem Christie: Advanced form of the snowplow turn.
