This glossary will let you enhance your general knowledge about skiing. Then you will be able to better understand what's being said when you stop by the Skiset shop, or simply able to participate in the locals' conversations during your stay in the mountains.

• Shovel
• Waist
• Tail
• Edge
• Base
• Core
• Snowboard
• Sidecuts
• Curve radius
• Flex

• Outer shell
• Liner
• Buckles
• Bi-injection
• Comfort
• Thermoforming

• Downhill
• Slalom and giant slalom
• Super G
• Ski jumping
• Combined
• Cross-country skiing
• Off-piste skiing
• Rider
• Freestyle
• Freeride
• Tricks
• Skicross / Boardercross
• Half Pipe
• Slopestyle
• Backcountry freestyle
• Flat trick snowboarding