slopestyle
Rails and jumps
Slopestyle is a winter action sports competition where skiers or snowboarders navigate a course featuring rails, jumps, and other obstacles, performing tricks that judges score for difficulty and style.
The format emerged from freestyle skiing and snowboarding culture and became an Olympic event in 2014: She won gold in slopestyle.
U-shaped ramp for tricks
- big airAerial trick competition
- jibbingRefusing to move forward
- butteringSpreading soft dairy fat
- boardslidePerpendicular grinding maneuver
Burton · Shaun White · Chloe Kim · stance · edge control
Slope with built obstacles
- railsGuiding metal bars
- jumpsPushes off ground
- kickersThose who strike footballs
- boxesSix-sided containers
features · tabletop · wallride · course design · setup · line · transition · landing
Rapid rotation around axis
- grabSeize abruptly
- flipQuick turning motion
- corkscrewTool for opening bottles
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
mute · indy · tail · nose · method · frontside · backside · wildcat
Forming an opinion
- scoringEarning points in competition
- medalsAwards for achievement
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- qualifiersWords limiting scope
semifinals · finals · runs · difficulty · execution · Olympics · World Cup · rankings
Unbroken forward movement
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- individualityUnique personal character
- flairStylish natural aptitude
originality · expression · variation · smoothness · technicality · innovation · progression
halfpipe
U-shaped ramp for tricks
boardslide · Burton · Shaun White · Chloe Kim · stance · edge control
terrain park
Slope with built obstacles
boxes · features · tabletop · wallride · course design · setup · line · transition · landing · takeoff
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
rodeo · mute · indy · tail · nose · method · frontside · backside · wildcat · tweak
judging
Forming an opinion
qualifiers · semifinals · finals · runs · difficulty · execution · Olympics · World Cup · rankings · seeding
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- individualityUnique personal character
flair · originality · expression · variation · smoothness · technicality · innovation · progression
freeskiing
Creative, unstructured alpine descent
- skiingskiing, ski, ski resort, ski lift, ski lifts
- Winter Olympicsalpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, ski jumping, cross-country skiing
- extreme sportsbungee jumping, skydiving, wingsuit flying, cliff diving, free solo
- mountain sportsalpine skiing, downhill skiing, skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing
- winter activitiesskiing, skating, tobogganing, sledding, downhill skiing
- Freestyle Skiingaerials, moguls, half-pipe, big air
slopestyleslalom
Ski race through gates
giant slalom · speed skiing · ski cross · snowboard cross · boardercross
slopestylealpine skiing
Competitive mountain descent sport
timed events · backcountry skiing · cross-country skiing · Nordic skiing · freeride
style, slope, stylish, styling, sloping, styles, styled, stylist, sloped