Introduction to Skiing

Facts, general information and resources focused on the sport of skiing.

SPORT NAME: Skiing
SPORT TYPE: | snow | winter | downhill | Olympic |

What Is Skiing?
Skiing is a winter snow sport during which participants gilde across or slide down snow covered surfaces wearing long flat runners attached to their feet.

Organizations:

IN ENGLISH: International Ski and Snowboard Federation
IN FRENCH: Fédération Internationale de Ski et de Snowboard
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)
ESTABLISHED: February 2, 1924
NAME CHANGE: May 26, 2022
DESCRIPTION: international governing body for skiing and snowboarding
WEB SITE URL: fis-ski.com | Link |
ARTICLE: Wikipedia
DISCIPLINES:
Cross-Country | fis-ski.com |
Ski Jumping | fis-ski.com |
Nordic Combined | fis-ski.com |
Alpine Skiing | fis-ski.com |
Ski Cross | fis-ski.com |
Freeski Park and Pipe | fis-ski.com |
Freestyle | fis-ski.com |
Snowboard Cross | fis-ski.com |
Snowboard Park and Pipe | fis-ski.com |
Alpine Snowboard | fis-ski.com |
Para Alpine | fis-ski.com |
Para Nordic | fis-ski.com |
Para Snowboard | fis-ski.com |
Speed Skiing | fis-ski.com |
Grass Skiing | fis-ski.com |
Telemark | fis-ski.com |
Masters | fis-ski.com |

Skiing Disciplines

A
Alpine Skiing

B
Backcountry Skiing
Biathlon

C G
Cross Country Skiing
Downhill Skiing
Freestyle Skiing
Grass Skiing

N - R
Cross Country Skiing
Nordic Combined Skiing
Roller Skiing

S
Skibob
Ski Flying
Skijoring
Ski Jumping
Ski Touring
Speed Skiing

T
Telemark Skiing

References:

Skiing by Continent:
Africa: doitinafrica.com activities skiing
Asia: doitinasia.com activities skiing
Europe: doitineurope.com activities skiing
Panamerica: doitintheamerics.com activities skiing

Archived Web Sites:
- askaboutsports.com skiing 2018 archive
- skiing.about.com 2002 archive

Directories:
curlie.org Sports Winter_= Sports skiing directory
- dmoz.org sports winter skiing 2017 archive
- yahoo.com directory recreation sports skiing 2014 archive

Wikis:
commons.wikimedia.org skiing images category
- wikipedia.org skiing article
- wikipedia.org skiing category
- wikipedia.org skiing by country category
- wikipedia.org skiing by continent category
- wikipedia.org skiing organizations category
- wikipedia.org skiing related lists category
- wikipedia.org types of skiing category

Notes

Biathlon - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Biathlon/ Ski Biking - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Skibiking/ Ski Boarding - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Skiboarding/ Ski Cross - fis-ski.com | Ski Joring - https://curlie.org/en/Sports/Winter_Sports/Ski_Joring Ski Patrol - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Emergency_Services/Ski_Patrol/ Ski Jumping - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Jumping/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Ski_Jumping/ Skiing - https://curlie.org/en/Sports/Winter_Sports/Skiing - https://web.archive.org/web/20140329040519/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/
Skiing Alpine (Downhill) - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Alpine_Skiing/ Skiing Cross-Country (Nordic) - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Cross_Country/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Cross_Country_Skiing/ Skiing Freeski Park and Pipe - fis-ski.com | Skiing Freestyle - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Freestyle/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Freestyle_Skiing/ Skiing Masters - fis-ski.com | Skiing Nordic Combined - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20170310133914/https://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Events/Olympics/Nordic_Combined/ Skiing Olympic - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Competitions/Olympic_Games/ Skiing Speed - fis-ski.com | Skiing Telemark - fis-ski.com | Snowboarding - https://curlie.org/en/Sports/Winter_Sports/Snowboarding - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Snowboarding/ - https://web.archive.org/web/20170311105442/http://www.dmoz.org/Sports/Winter_Sports/Snowboarding/ Snowboard Alpine - fis-ski.com | Snowboard Cross - fis-ski.com | Snowboard Park and Pipe - fis-ski.com | Para Alpine - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Disabilities/ Para Nordic - fis-ski.com | Para Snowboard - fis-ski.com | Grass Skiing - fis-ski.com | Roller Skiing - fis-ski.com | - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Roller_Skiing/ - http://www.rollerski.co.uk/links.html Snow Skating - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/Snow_Skating/ Water Skiing - https://web.archive.org/web/20140327080753/http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Waterskiing/