Skiing is the activity of gliding downhill on skis, using bindings to connect the boots to the boards and moving with momentum and balance. It can refer to the sport as a whole or to the act of riding down a slope. The term encompasses both recreational and competitive contexts, including cross-country variants. Its pronunciation emphasizes the long /iː/ vowel in the first syllable and a crisp /ɪ/ in the second.
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