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Giant Slalom

Giant slalom is an alpine ski racing discipline with wider gate sets, large carving turns and time scoring. Line, edge pressure, rhythm, course inspection and two clean runs are decisive.

LevelVariant FamilyWinter Sport CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Winter Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Alpine ski racing discipline with large turns through gates and timed scoring.

Geeignet für Suitable for confident skiers who like line choice, edging, speed and timed training.

Cost Ski lesson/race clinic plus helmet and suitable skis; first course often in club or ski-school training. Race/suitable skis, boots, helmet, protection, lift pass, club training, course setting, timing and travel. Ski club, masters/youth training, ski school with race training or national federation. Giant slalom is alpine gate-racing timed scoring with cour…

First progress Line understanding after a few trainings; clean race technique takes seasons.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

alpine/race skis
boots
helmet
possible protection
set course
coach
timing

First steps

secure parallel turns
edge training
ski a short GS course
review video/timing

Ski club, ski school, race clinic, masters/youth training or local race calendar.

Only on an approved training slope with helmet, closed course, coach and suitable speed.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases GS, Riesenslalom, Giant Slalom

Tags giant-slalom, winter-sport, wintersport, riesenslalom, gs

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Complete the giant-slalom course legally in the best aggregate time.

Teilnehmer

skiers individually.

Teamgröße

individual start.

Spielfeld

set alpine giant-slalom course.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

run time, aggregate time, gate errors and disqualifications.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

skis
boots
helmet
gates
timing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missed gate
start error
equipment breach
leaving course
interference

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

FIS
Federation Internationale de Ski et Snowboard (FIS)

International Ski Competition Rules FIS · rulebook · high
What is Alpine Skiing? Olympic Events, Rules and Scoring Explained Maison Sport · beginner-blog-guide · medium
Alpine Ski Racing Disciplines Explained Learn to Ski · coach-blog-guide · medium