What is the giant slalom event?
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles (gates) spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G. Giant slalom and slalom make up the technical events in alpine ski racing. The Super-G stands for ‘super giant slalom’, an event that combines the speed of downhill with the more precise turns of giant slalom. There’s less of a vertical drop than the downhill and gates are placed closer together.
What is the top speed of a slalom ski?
For average size women, the best speeds are between 24 MPH to 28 MPH. Many times advanced open-water skiers (never skied a course) have progressed to speed well above those used in the course. For men, the top speed used in the slalom course is 36 MPH and for women the top speed is 34 MPH. Results. A total of 4164 speed observations were recorded for snowsports participants at ski areas in the US; the average speeds were 34.According to the initial results, 75% of skiers have a top speed in excess of 50km/h. Nearly a fifth of skiers even exceed 70 km/h. There are also a significant number of skiers who regularly exceed 100km/h – as fast as a car on the motorway.
Who is the greatest male skier of all time?
Ingemar Stenmark is widely regarded as the most successful Alpine skier of all time. He began skiing at the age of five. Three years later, he won his first national championship. At his fourth Winter Games, Frenchman Johan Clarey captured the first Olympic medal of his career with a silver in the men’s downhill, becoming the oldest skier to reach the podium at 41 years old.