WINTERS GAMES and SPORTS

1. WINTERS GAMES and SPORTS By ZAINESCU ALEXANDRU a VI-a A

2. SKI • A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, either with a free, lockable, or partially secured heel. • Originally intended as an aid to travel over snow they are now mainly used recreationally in the sport of skiing. • Skis are also fitted to vehicles dedicated to traveling over snow such as snowmobiles and snowcats.

3. ICE HOCKEY • Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice in which skaters use sticks to shoot a hard rubber hockey puck into their opponent's net to score points. In some countries, such as Canada, the United States and those of Europe like Germany and Sweden among others, it is known as "hockey"; the name "ice hockey" is used in countries where "hockey" generally refers to field hockey. • A team usually consists of four lines of three forwards, three pairs of defensemen, and two goalies. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team. Each team has a goaltender who tries to stop the puck from going into the goal.

4. SNOWBOARD • Snowboarding or board snowing is a winter sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow while standing on a board attached to a rider's feet, using a special boot set into a mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.

5. SKY-JUMP • SkyJump is a provider of adventure, and AJ Hackett, provider of particularly spectacular bungee jumps, a joint development by Waitomo adventures. This extreme sport is based on a "fan-descenders" called technology used for parachute jump training and stunts. • The most popular places where SkyJumping is currently offered are the Sky Tower (Auckland), the Macau Tower and the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas.

6. BOB • The grain is a winter sport in which teams of two or four people do a race on a sinuous ice slope in a vehicle on skates, which reaches speeds of over 130 km/h.

7. FIGURE SKATING • Figure skating is a sport and activity in which individuals, duos, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport included in the Olympics, in 1908.[1] The four Olympic disciplines are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Non-Olympic disciplines include synchronized skating and four skating. In senior-level competition, skaters generally perform two programs (short and long) which, depending on the discipline, may include spins, jumps, moves in the field, lifts, throw jumps, death spirals, and other elements or moves.

8. Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics • Freestyle skiing has been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, France.

9. BIATHLON • The Winter Olympic sport of Biathlon is a discipline which combines both cross-country skiing and target rifle shooting events. The sport was first developed as a training exercise for Norwegian soldiers - the first competition was held in 1767.

10. CURLING • Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area which is segmented into four concentric rings. It is related to bowls, boules and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called rocks, across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a circular target marked on the ice.[2] Each team has eight stones. The purpose is to accumulate the highest score for a game; points are scored for the stones resting closest to the centre of the house at the conclusion of each end, which is completed when both teams have thrown all of their stones. A game may consist of ten or eight ends.