Introduction to Skiing

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

Organizations:

NAME IN ENGLISH: International Ski and Snowboard Federation
NAME IN FRENCH: Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)
ESTABLISHED: 1924
FORMERLY KNOWN AS: International Ski Federation (renamed in 2022)
DESCRIPTION: governing body for skiing and snowboarding; recognized by the IOC
WEB SITE URL: fis-ski.com | Link |
ARTICLE: wikipedia.org
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

- Alpine Skiing
- Backcountry Skiing
- Biathlon
- Cross Country Skiing
- Freestyle Skiing
- Grass Skiing
- Nordic Combined Skiing
- Roller Skiing
- Skibob
- Ski Flying Skijoring
- Ski Jumping
- Ski Touring
- Speed Skiing
- 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

- askaboutsports.com - skiing - archive
- skiing.about.com - 2002 archive
- 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

Pictures:
commons.wikimedia.org - skiing - images category

Directories:
curlie.org - Sports - Winter_= Sports - skiing - directory
- http://dmoz.org/Sports/Winter_Sports/Skiing/ (2017 archive to be added)
- http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation/Sports/Skiing/ (2014 archive to be added)