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Only 48 hours after returning from Beijing, Alpine skier and two-time Olympian Travis Ganong was at his niece and nephew's school in Squaw Valley to talk about his time competing in the Winter Olympics.
As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — those are the words and phrases that allow folks from various places to communicate
As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — 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, ‘grippy’ 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 from all over the world. More than 80 countries are represented in Alpine skiing at the Beijing Games.
BEIJING (AP) — American skier Tommy Ford thought the cascading wall of large white flakes during the first snowy Alpine race of the Beijing Olympics left the slope for Sunday’s giant slalom with a handful of “grippier” spots and “a little chatter here and there.”
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics: