Sentences with word «slalom»

Slalom is a term used in sports, specifically skiing and kayaking. It refers to a race or competition where participants must maneuver between a series of markers or gates in a zigzag pattern. The goal is to complete the course in the fastest time while going around the gates without hitting them. Full definition
Strung out along the steep headwall near the top of KT - 22, spectators and competitors watch a racer dart through a gate on the first pitch of the men's giant slalom course, considered one of the world's finest racing trails
[2][7][8] In further contrast with VSC, VDIM can also calibrate driver steering input according to vehicle speed, with active steering and throttle adjustments to improve ride quality and directional control during performance driving, such as in slalom courses.
There's no getting around the fact that it's large, but the X6 showed an admirable lack of body roll through slalom exercises.
Snowboarding is her strong suit, as she won gold in parallel giant slalom at world championships in 2016, and placed in the top 30 in three events at skiing worlds.
The total number of runs comes to 13, and the resort also includes an artificial skating rink, Olympic ski track, two 80m jumps and a range of slalom runs.
When Mancuso earned her second silver medal with a terrific and surprising slalom run on the back end of the combined, she remembered skiing in the Mighty Mite program at Squaw Valley at age four.
It's mainly second - and third - gear stuff, a seemingly endless giant slalom with spindly fir trees acting as gates.
They took the vehicles on a series of exercises on the 2.5 - mile racetrack, pushing performance cars and taking other vehicles on slalom, acceleration and braking tests.
There are eight men's and four women's canoe sprint events and three men's and one women's canoe slalom events.
Gladys (Skeeter) Werner of Steamboat Springs, Col. bowed to taped - up, shy Cathy Carey of Denver in downhill, came back to win slalom, earned women's combined title.
I am excited about my upcoming speaking event for Slalom Consulting women's group on January 16th in Buckhead.
We did slalom test with the Q3 Dynamic on the Kari race track and found that the new suspension feels more poised with minimal body roll.
SKIING — BILLY KIDD of Stowe, Vt. scored the first U.S. win in a major Alpine race in Europe in two years, winning one of two giant slalom events in Meg √ ® ve, France.
Users stand on the board and shift their weight as they follow the action on the television screen during games like slalom skiing.
San Francisco 49ers had three - man representation in slalom race for lodge guests: first - string Players Hugh McElhenny, Billy Wilson and Y. A. Tittle.
Watch Ford engineers put Super Duty through its paces at Arizona Proving Grounds, subjecting the truck to low - and high - speed lane changes as well as slalom runs to help ensure every Super Duty customer is a happy camper.
It's not all right - angle crossing over here, people, plenty of times I've to make a little slalom around double - parked cars and other obstructions in my area.
Aim for the back side of slalom cones.
«If you have a dream and you're passionate about it then there's no reason why you shouldn't do it,» says the Olympic gold medalist, who has been dubbed the best slalom skier in the world.
Afterward, her agent Kilian Albrecht, himself a former Olympic slalom competitor said, «She had so much pressure.
In a way, hard cornering in the Performante feels like slalom skiing.
An earlier tested Corvette ZR1 (2011) resulted in an identical slalom speed but a lower 1.06 g on the skidpad.
Businessmen who didn't know a schuss from slalom suddenly got the gospel.
SKIING — GORDON EATON, Middlebury College sophomore, handily won the national giant slalom championship at Pinkham Notch, N.H. over Marvin Moriarty of Stowe, Vt..
Dialled into slalom mode for nimble on - road handling it combined with staggered 19 - inch Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres, ZF Sachs monotube dampers and some judicious body strengthening, to ensure the GS F surprised with its willingness to turn sharply into a tight corner at speed, when understeer was the expected outcome.
We constructed a fairly tight slalom course, as we didn't expect to be driving particularly fast in reverse.
Remakes of old tracks go above and beyond what you'd expect to see and some of the new ones are ingenious too, from the downhill slalom of Mount Wario to the colossal golem as the centrepiece of Bowser's castle.
Its 60.5 - mph slalom pass makes it slightly faster than the 2013 Mercedes - Benz GL450.
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Phil Mahre of White Pass, Wash, won the giant slalom title at the U.S. National Alpine Ski championships in Mission Ridge, Wash..
She had won eight World Cup slalom races in 14 months, more than any other racer, and she skied with graceful professionalism on her first run to take a.49 of a second lead over defending gold medalist Hoefl - Riesch.
Doing slalom in a fat, floaty Dodge Challenger R / T and expecting success is as foolish as a sumo wrestler competing in a synchronized - swimming contest.
Olympic silver medallist David Florence will start his quest for a third successive Olympic Games when the UK Canoe Slalom Championships take place at Lee Valley White Water Centre next weekend.
Grab your spot watching riders duel it out on the Dual Slalom course or check out the action happening at the Pro Cyclocross event.
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Up in Quebec, GT Radial had us drive front - wheel - drive cars shod with IcePro tires through a short slalom course on an indoor hockey rink, back - to - back with Firestone WinterForce tires under the same conditions.
This is evidenced by the car's improved slalom times and superior cornering performance, both of which are nearly 2 % better than the previous version.
Even in tight slalom sections, the M760i changes direction smartly and builds impressive speed before body roll and screeching tires signal its limits.
That's where the similarities end, especially since Shiffrin is a giant slalom racer and Vonn is an alpine (also known as downhill) skier.
Prior to CenturyLink, Mo led various consulting practices at Slalom Consulting, where most recently he developed and managed a national consulting practices focused on business strategy, advanced infrastructure and related technologies.
Swiss champion Marie - Theres Nadig, 25, winner of both downhill and giant slalom gold medals in Sapporo in 1972, has taken six of seven downhills in Europe this season.
Here you go into a series of small turns, which could be called high - speed giant slalom turns.
At the end of the first slalom run he was in fifth place, almost two seconds behind Germany's 18 - year - old Willy Bogner.
Our resort offers cross country, downhill, single - track and dual slalom trails with and without chairlift access.
In her sophomore year in high school she broke her right leg while slalom racing.
We found out just how nicely this all - wheel - drive system works at the track, where the RL tackled our tight, 490 - foot slalom course with ease, requiring but a squirt of the gas pedal at each cone's apex to keep the car snaking through as smoothly as possible.
Its 73.5 - mph slalom pass is 2.8 mph better than the 911 could muster.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: «I knew that I had to push a little harder and I just went for it,» he said of facing a narrow deficit before his final slalom run.
More than 100 entries received for Class C eastern giant slalom here Jan. 15.
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