what is the definition of super g in skiing?
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Super-G stands for super giant slalom and is a cross between the downhill and the giant slalom events. It marries the wide, long turns of giant slalom to the steep slopes of downhill. For this reason it's often nicknamed the slow downhill or fast giant slalom. The top skiers almost glide through the long turns without losing any momentum. \n\n\nRules\nOne run, fastest down the mountain wins. Just like the giant slalom you get disqualified if you don't stay within the gates marking the course. \n\n\nHistory\nSuper-G is a modern concept in Alpine racing and only became part of the FIS World Cup circuit in 1985. The discipline became an Olympic event in 1988. \n\n\nRandom fact\nThe course is shorter than downhill but longer than a giant slalom course. At Olympic level any piste must have a minimum of 35 changes of direction for the men's race and at least 30 changes of direction for the women. \n\n\nThe lowdown \nIt's one of the most technical Alpine disciplines demanding precise, technical turns at very high speeds. \nSuper-G is often raced without any training runs. The competitors just get to inspect the piste on race day. \nMarcus Wasmeiner won the first men's overall super-G title in 1986. \nItaly's Daniela Ceccarelli is the current Olympic women's champion, while Norway's Kjetil Andre Aamodt holds the men's title.
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A supercharger (also known as a blower) is an air compressor used to compress air into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. The additional mass of oxygen that is forced into the cylinders allows the engine to burn more fuel, which improves the volumetric efficiency of the engine and makes it more powerful. A supercharger is powered mechanically by belt- gear- or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft. It is similar in purpose to the closely related turbocharger, but a turbocharger is powered by the flow of the engine's exhaust gases driving a turbine. Superchargers may absorb as much as a third of the total crankshaft power of the engine, and in many applications are less efficient than turbochargers. In applications where a massive amount of power is more important than any other consideration, such as top-fuel dragsters and vehicles used in tractor pulling competitions, superchargers are extremely common.
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Wet snow makes the best snow men. Dry powdery stuff is great for skiing.\nPack an armfull of snow into a ball shape and begin rolling it around until it is the size you wish for the bottom. Flatten the top surface to make the next step easier.\nForm another ball and when it is about 2/3 the size of the first, roll or lift it on to the first. Pack snow around the meeting point to keep the second part stable. Flatten top of second ball.\nRoll snow for the head, lift onto body and pack connecting area with more snow. \nThen accesorize!\nGood luck.
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GGT has to do with protein synthesis. In terms of steroid use, they increase synthesis. Just a side effect.
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Freestyle Skiing\nThe word "mogul" comes from the Austrian word "mugel," which means "small hill" or "mound."\n\nFigure Skating\nMen's gold medal favorite Yevgeny Plushenko is the first and only skater in history to successfully land a quad-triple-triple jump combination in competition. \n\nCurling\nCurling is one of four winter Olympic sports contested indoors. The other three are hockey, figure skating, and speed skating.\n\nLuge\nGerman Luge master Georg Hackl will attempt to add to his legend and win a medal in his sixth straight games at Turin in 2006. Hackl is already the only athlete to medal in the same event in five straight games.\n\nNordic Combined \nNordic combined is one of three current Olympic Winter Games events in which the United States has never won a medal. (Biathlon and curling are the others.)\n\nSnowboarding\nAccording to the National Sporting Goods Association, U.S. consumers spent nearly than $270 million on snowboarding equipment in 2004. That's more than hockey and football equipment combined ($225 million).\n\nSkeleton\nAmerican Jennison Heaton won the first skeleton gold medal in 1928, beating his brother John, who took the silver, by one second. A 39-year-old John Heaton would win the silver again in 1948, finishing second to Italy's Nino Bibbia. American Jim Shea, Jr., won the men's gold in the 2002 return of the sport to the Olympics. \n\nIce Hockey\nIce hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The first Winter Olympics didn't take place until 1924.\n\nSpeed Skating\n American Shani Davis narrowly failed in his historic attempt to compete on both the long track and short track speed skating teams at the same Olympics but as the world record holder in the men's 1500 meters he will still be a favorite to medal in the long track events at Turin.\n\nAlpine Skiing\nAmerican skier and Turin gold medal threat Lindsey Kildow was awarded a cow by some local dairy farmers for her World Cup win in Val D'Isere, France in 2005. She had a choice between the cow or an additional $1,200 in prize money. She went with the cow.\n\nBiathlon\nThe first known biathlon competition took place between two Norwegian guard companies in 1767.\n\nBobsled\nIt's been 18 years since the Jamaican bobsled team made its debut at the Olympics. \n\nSki Jumping\nThe oldest man to receive a Winter Olympics medal is 83-year-old Anders Haugen. The Norwegian-American actually received his ski jump bronze medal 50 years after he competed in 1924 when a scoring error was discovered in 1974.\n\nWinter Olympics Through the Years\nThe Shea Family of Lake Placid, New York, is the first to produce three generations of Olympians. Father Jack, 91, was a double-gold medalist in speed skating, son Jim, Sr., was a U.S. ski team member at the 1964 Innsbruck Games, and in 2002 grandson Jim, Jr., won a gold medal in skeleton.\n\nAll-Time Medal Standings\nOnly two countries south of the equator have ever won medals at the Olympic Winter Games—Australia and New Zealand.\n\nWisconsin\nLegends Eric Heiden and Dan Jansen , as well as current stars Chris Witty and Casey FitzRandolph, are from the same U.S. state, Wisconsin.\n\nNorway\nNorway has won more gold medals at the Winter Games than any other country.
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What is a superduper.
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The meaning is : (he-she-it) will win over or overtake you by means of words.-\nTe superabit=will win over you.\nverbis= by means of words.\n\n The sequence is fine.-\n\nCiao........John-John.
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G -- in the middle of n-i-g-h-t -- Key of G\n\nForce of nature in flight -- G force, short for gravitational.
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It's an alpine race that fits between the downhill and the giant slalom. It has a steeper course than the GS, with wider spacings between the gates.\n\nIf I read the rules correctly, in GS, the gates have to be at least 10m apart. In Super-G they must be at least 25 meters apart.\n\nA GS the vertical drop is 250-450 meters, in Super-G 500-600 meters.\n\nIn GS, you take 15% of the vertical drop to compute the number of gates, i.e. 300 m drop, 45 gates. In Super-G its 10%.\n\nYou can read the rules here: http://www.fis-ski.com/data/document/ICR04.pdf
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Chamonix is a popular winter sports resort in France with some of the best skiing runs in the world. The 1924 Winter Olympics were held here. As the highest European mountain west of Russia, Mont Blanc holds a special allure for mountain climbers, and Jon Krakauer, in an essay in his collection Eiger Dreams, described the town as "the death-sport capital of the world." This is because Chamonix serves as an ideal playground for almost all types of outdoor activity, especially in their more extreme variants like ice climbing, rock climbing, extreme skiing, paragliding, rafting, canyoning.\n\nChamonix is famous for its spectacular cable car up to the Aiguille du Midi (3842m). Constructed in 1955 it was then the highest cable car in the world. Together with a cable car system going up to the Point Helbronner (3462m) from Entréves in the Aosta Valley (Italy) it is possible to cross the entire Mont Blanc Massif by cable car.
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I love it.  I have been skiing for over 40 years and hope to be able to continue skiing for at least another 20 years.  Alpine skiing is exhilerating.  Cross country skiing is certainly an excellent aerobic exercise.\nSome of the places where I have enjoyed skiing are in Quebec: Mt. Tremblant, Mont Ste. Anne; and in Kitzbuehel, Austria.
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Actually g is the gravitational force of the earth this equals to 9.81 m/s for an example in order to lift yourself from the ground (with a jump) you need to accelerate the mass of your body for a litlle bit more than 9.81 m/s, in a rollercoaster if you get a force of 2g's this means that you've been acelerated at 2*(9.81)=19.62 m/s (meters/seconds),and this is what a g is, also in a free fall (not considering air resistance) your aceleration will be 1G, that's why a rock and a piece of paper hit the ground at the sametime, in an air emptied tube...have you heard about this?
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You're most likely referring to the 'Course Rating' which in conjunction with the 'Slope Rating' of the course can be used to apply your GHIN to the course you're playing. \n\nSee an explanation here:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_rating
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you can find skiers via the web on epicski.com or teton gravity research.com
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A lady learning to ski. She was heading straight for the only tree in the vicinity and didn't seem to know which way to go to avoid it. She hopped to point her skis one way and then changed her mind and hopped to go in the other direction. She was about to hop and change direction again, when she ran out of snow and went crashing into the tree. It was hilarious! (Well I thought so anyway!)
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Once you can wedge turn you want to increase the pressure to your outside (of the turn) ski while releasing pressure of the inside ski then rapidly turn across the hill and pressure both uphill edges
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A supervolcano refers to a volcano that produces the largest and most voluminous kinds of eruption on Earth. The actual explosivity of these eruptions varies, but the sheer volume of extruded magma is enough to radically alter the landscape and severely impact global climate for years, with a cataclysmic effect on life.