Crossword Country Skiing
Across
- 4. One-footed figure skating spin executed while holding the other foot behind your head by the blade.
- 5. Steep part of the ski ramp where skiers gain speed before taking off.
- 6. D-men.
- 8. When a snowboarder inverts themselves sideways at least two distinct times in the air.
- 12. Norwegian for "sloping track".
- 14. Last name of one of two female skiers to have won four World Cup overall championships.
- 16. First name of the youngest athlete in history to win an Olympic slalom gold medal in Sochi 2014.
- 17. French word for sled.
- 18. Figure skating edge jump named after the 1909 Swedish world champion.
Down
- 1. First name of American long track speed skater; first male athlete to win back to back Gold medals in the 1000m.
- 2. French term for downhill ski trail.
- 3. Hockey term for players who score three goals in one game.
- 7. Bony Halloween decoration & fast-paced Olympic sport.
- 9. Maneuver in which the rider transfers weight from the front to the back foot to snap the snowboard off the ground.
- 10. Ridden by two or four person teams and is the only sledding apparatus with a steering mechanism.
- 11. Last name of American short track speed skater; most decorated USA male Winter Olympian; winner of Dancing with the Stars.
- 13. Last name of a French Olympic figure skater known for landing a backflip on one blade.
- 15. Scoring system in speed skating.
- 16. Bump in a ski run.
- 19. Frontside rotation on the backside wall of a halfpipe that also happens to be a basketball offensive play.