parallel slalom

English

Etymology

parallel +‎ slalom

Noun

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

1. (uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.
2. (countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.

Synonyms

• PS (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

(discipline):

• alpine skiing
• technical skiing

Coordinate terms

• parallel giant slalom (the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding)
• slalom (the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version)
• giant slalom (a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns)
• super-G (a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns)
• downhill, downhill skiing

Derived terms

• PS (abbreviation)