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EXPLAINER: 'Grip,' 'chatter,' other Olympic ski racing lingo

As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca โ€” those are the words and phrases that allow folks from various places to communicate in a shared language. This helps Olympic ski racers better understand the conditions they are competing under. For example, โ€˜grippyโ€™ is used to describe snow that really grabs at your edges. That makes it easier for them to make the turns they want. The expressions come from English but they are used by racers and coaches fro...
United States Markus Waldner Ryan Cochran Siegle Andrew Dampf Pat Graham Bryce Bennett
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