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Off Piste
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
November 10, 2023
Words
76

“ ‘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. ”

Super G
Section
Stuff I Looked Up
Type
Explanation
Date
May 20, 2024
Words
282

“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…”