parallel giant slalom
English
editEtymology
editFrom parallel + giant slalom.
Noun
editparallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)
- (uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.
- (countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.
Synonyms
edit- PGS (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
edit(discipline):
Coordinate terms
edit- parallel slalom (the equivalent event in alpine skiing)
- giant slalom (the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version)
Derived terms
edit- PGS (abbreviation)