Content tagged with “skiing” under “Stuff I Looked Up”

“There are five alpine (meaning ‘gravity-based’) skiing events in the Olympics: All of them involve navigating a course down the side of a mountain while turning to go through ‘gates’ demarked by flags. They’re differentiated by how close the gates are, which dictates how often the skier has to turn…”

“ ‘Piste’ is French for trail or track. So, ‘off piste’ is a skiing term for backcountry skiing, meaning to ski in areas that are not groomed slopes at ski resorts. As an idiom, ‘off piste’ could mean to do something unexpected or outside the ordinary. ”