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Skiing / Sking

  • Stance
  • Wedge
  • Reverse wedge
  • Ski poles
  • Side stepping
  • Take tiny steps
  • Parallel skiing
  • Release the edge, ski gets flat, steer the ski (steer over to the parallel position)
  • Weight transfer
  • Move your legs and not your body
  • Carve on skis

Process​

  • Initiation
  • Shaping
  • Finish

Terms​

Aerials: Freestyle ski jumping involving flipping in the air.

Alpine Skiing: Downhill as opposed to Nordic skiing or Telemark skiing.

Artificial Snow: Man-made snow. Not as fine as real snow.

Air-to-Fakie: This is a half pipe trick where you approach the wall riding forward, no rotation is made in the air, and you land riding backwards.

Baseplate: A very important part of your bindings. The baseplate sits at the bottom of your bindings in contact with the ski/snowboard and transfers all of your movement into the ski or board.

Backside: This term originates in surfing and refers to riding the waves in a certain way. In snowboarding, it describes your direction of rotation when the rider spins clockwise in the air and their left foot is facing down the hill.

Binding: The thing that connects your boot to your ski or snowboard. The bindings on skis are designed to release the boot in the case of a fall. Snowboard bindings don't auto release.

Black Run: Advanced level ski slope for good skiers and snowboarders.

Blindside: This is an advanced rotation where vision is impaired during during takeoff or landing and you must stretch to look over your shoulder.

Blue Run: A gentle slope suitable for beginner skiers and snowboarders.Recommended after taking aBeginner Lesson

Button Lift: A ski lift with a round plastic disc at the end of a long pole. The disc is placed between the legs and gently pulls skiers and boarders up the slopes.

Cable Car: A large aerial lift that transports skiers and snowboarders up the slopes.

**Carving:**Turns where the edges of the skis or snowboard are used.

Carving Skis: Narrower skis designed for tight, clean turns.

Chair Lift: An aerial ski lift that you sit on and rest your skis or snowboard on a bar.

Crevasse: A deep and sometimes hidden crack in a glacier.

Cork: This is an off-axis spin where the rider's head dips below the relative position of the board.

Drag Lift: A lift that simply pulls you up the slope as you stand on your skis or snowboard.

Downhill Edge: The edge of the ski that is on the downhill side as your are traverseing the mountain.

Downhill Ski: The ski that is on the downhill side as you traverse the slope.

Ding: Something which is unavoidable on difficult terrain. This is a scratch or gouge in the base of the board which can occur if you ride over a rock or hit a hard chunk of ice.

Edge: Used for control whilst turning, this is the metal strip on the edge of the ski or snowboard.

Equipment: Refers to your skis, snowboard, boots and ski-poles.

Fakie: Skiing or snowboarding backwards.

FIS: Stands for Federation Internationale de Ski, the international organization of ski sports.

Freestyle: A style of skiing or snowboarding that focuses on jumps, tricks and aerials.Interested,click hereto find out much more.

Gondola: An aerial lift that is enclosed and generally faster than an open chairlift.

Halfpipe: A U-shaped channel with smooth walls used by freestyle skiers and snowboarders for aerial tricks.

Hard Pack: Snow that has been compressed down as far as it will go, making it hard packed.

Heliskiing: Getting a lift from a helicopter to off-piste areas that are otherwise inaccessible, in order to ski on fresh powder snow.

Inside Edge: The ski that is on the inside of a turn.

Kicker: A small, triangular shaped jump usually made of snow.We use these on ourmain slope, find out more

Lift Pass: A lift pass is a ticket that allows you to use the ski lifts. Book your Lift Passnow to have access to the slopes

Method Air: With both knees bent and the heels rising towards your back, the front hand grabs the heel edge and the board is pulled to level of the head.

Moguls: Moguls are bumps set out on a slope - usually found on black runs and used by advanced skiers.Have a look for yourself up closehere

Monoski: A type of ski with both boots attached to a single ski.

Mute Grab: Whilst in the air, grabbing the toe edge of the snowboard between the bindings with your front hand.Learn all about the tricks that you can pick uphere

Nose Bonk: To intentionally hit and rebound off of a natural or manmade object with the nose of the board.

Ollie: A jump or hop on skis or snowboard that can be done on the flat.A fundamental trick that we teach in outFreestyle Lessons

Packed Powder: The perfect ski conditions where new snow has been groomed or ridden over to pack it down.

Powder: Fresh snow that hasn't been packed down. Found off-piste or just after a heavy snowfall.

Rope Lift: Usually found in beginner ski areas, this is a lift where you hold onto a slow moving rope and it gently pulls you up the slope.

Salopettes/Ski Pants: Warm, waterproof trousers designed for snow sports.Take a look at all of outClothingoptions here

Schussing: Skiing straight downhill without turning.

Ski Area: The area of the mountain designated for skiers. Usually marked by flags or ropes at the edges of the slopes.

Slalom: A downhill ski race between tightly spaced gates that must be passed through with short, quick turns.To see more about Slaloms at Chill Factore,click here

Slope: A slope is an area of snowy hill that is designated for skiers/snowboarders.

Slush: Wet snow, snow that is melting.

Snowplough: A beginners technique where the skis are held in a 'V' formation with the tips almost touching. It allows for slowing down and turning.

T-Bar: There are two types of T-bar lifts - singles and doubles. Each are a T bar suspended from a moving line. With a single T-Bar lift, the bar goes between our legs and pulls you up the slopes. The double is shared with a friend and one half of the T goes behind your bottom.

Telemark Skiing: This is a combination of downhill and cross-country skiing. The skis have detached heels, but are still wide enough to handle going fast and making sharp turns.To learn all about this type of skiing have a look at our uniqueTelemark Sessions

Tips: The front end of the skis.

Travelator/Magic Carpet: A conveyor-belt like lift where you stand on the lift and it carries you to the top of the slope. Usually found on beginner slopes and children's areas.

Traverse: Skiing across a slope in a zigzag pattern rather than straight down.

Uphill Edge: The edge of the ski that is on the uphill side when traversing the slope.

Uphill Ski: The ski that is on the uphill side as your traverse the slope.

Wax: Used on the underside of skis and snowboards to help them glide smoothly over the snow.