Soft Snow: BAD FOR SKI RACERS! Yes, crazy, I know. Not fun and can make it easy to fall if you are out of balance. The line that skiers must now ski is in a hole much deeper in the snow than the preferred line that is closer to the gate. When it gets rutted enough that a berm (the shelf) has been created on the inside line of travel. Conversely, “finding the groove” can be the fastest way down a course when the snow is firmer as it give a racer more of a platform to push off of in the turn, generating speed because, as you already know, #hundiesmatter. This makes it difficult for skiers to ski their desired line and at times throw skiers out of the course. At times they are harmless, however on certain types of snow like when it’s soft or balled up from the groomers they can turn into ruts make for a bumpy ride. Groove(s): Indents in the snow created from skis.
Not very fun but some people are crazy good at skiing them which makes us #jealous. They make for a bumpier ride and more difficult time dicing arcs. Rutty: I n general, when the snow is soft, ruts (grooves in the line of the course), are created as more and more racers ski down a course. Straight courses can also be open, the easiest and most boring (for most people) type of set. The distance between gates varies in a straight course, however are always set with minimal turn shape. Straight: When the gates are set relatively in the fall-line, requiring minimal effort to make it through the course. Tight courses can also be swingy (the hardest!). Skiers have to move quickly from turn to turn, making it a difficult type of set. Tight: When the vertical distance between gates is minimal. Usually means that a skier can handily make it through the course, as they have ample space between turns. Gates are set across the hill (versus more in the fall-line), usually forcing skiers to work harder to make it through the course. Swingy : When a course set has lots of big turns. Synonyms: dicing, knifing.įall-line: I n the simplest of terms, the line that a snowball would take if you were to roll it down a hill, and therefore the line where gravity pulls a mass (a person in the case of ski racing) most down the hill. It’s a big one.Īrcing: When skis are high up on edge, with minimal snow spray. #hundiesmatter: First used by American Downhiller legend Daron Rahlves in reference to how races can be won or lost by hundredths of a second, “hundies matter” has become a term ubiquitous with ski racing culture in the United States. Below is a comprehensive list that should get you speaking with the pros in no time. Ski racers have an unusual amount of niche descriptions, acronyms, and, frankly, a fluency in a language that your average skier would hear as foreign. “That particular set seemed to have more distance horizontally than I would have liked.”- Ski racer without swagĭon’t forget your swag.
“Dude, that course is swingayyy!!!”- Ski racer with swag
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