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Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice.[1] Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold areas during winter, but artificial snow and artificial ice allow more flexibility. Artificial ice can be used to provide ice rinks for ice skating, ice hockey, and bandy in a milder climate.
Common individual sports include cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski jumping, speed skating, figure skating, luge, skeleton, bobsleigh, ski orienteering and snowmobiling. Common team sports include ice hockey, curling, and bandy. Based on the number of participants, ice hockey is by far the world's most popular winter sport, followed by bandy.[2] Winter sports have their own multi-sport events, such as the Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Universiade.
History[edit]
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Snow and ice during the winter time has led to other means of transportation, such as sledges, skis and skates. This also led to different pastimes and sports being developed in the winter season as compared to other times of the year. Naturally, winter sports are more popular in countries with longer winter seasons.
While most winter sports are played outside, ice hockey, speed skating and to some extent bandy have moved indoors starting in the mid-20th century. Indoor ice rinks with artificial ice allow ice skating and hockey to be played in hot climates.
Outdoor winter sports will likely be severely impacted because of climate change in the next century.[3]
List of winter sports[edit]
Note: the Olympic rings next to a sport indicates that this particular sport is included in the Winter Olympic Games, as of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Paralympic logo indicates the same for a sport not in the Olympics but in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Ice skating[edit]
Skiing[edit]
Skiing
United States biathlete Jeremy Teela at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
- Acroski (no longer part of the Winter Olympics)
Sledding[edit]
An East German bobsleigh in 1951, Oberhof track, Germany
Sports that use sleds going down ice tracks or pulled by something:
Snowboarding[edit]
Snowmobiling[edit]
A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park.
- Free style
- Recreation
- Cross-country
- Hill climbing
Team sports[edit]
Based on the number of participating athletes, bandy is the second most popular winter sport in the world
- Yukigassen (competitive snowball fight)
Other sports[edit]
Recreational sports[edit]
Snowman
Some sports are competed in (or simply enjoyed) on a more casual basis, often by children:
- Ice boating or ice sailing
- Snow bowling[5]
- Snow golf[6]
Notable winter sporting events[edit]
A postage stamp issued by East Germany in 1968 in commemoration of their first Winter Olympics as an independent country under a communist regime
World Cup[edit]
- Skeleton World Cup (toboggan)
World championships[edit]
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined)
- Skeleton World Championships (toboggan)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'winter sports, noun'. Chambers 21st Century Dictionary. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^'Archived copy'. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^Climate Change and Winter Sports: Environmental and Economic Threats
- ^'Cross country for the Winter Olympics'. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^'Snow Bowling'. Strictly Snow Games. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ^'Snow Golf'. Strictly Snow Games. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- Syers, Edgar; Syers, Madge (eds.) (1908) The Book of Winter Sports London: Edward Arnold OCLC4531800
- Dier, J. C. (ed.) (1912) The Book of Winter Sports, an attempt to catch the spirit of the keen joys of the winter season The Macmillan Company
- Jessup, Elon Huntington (1923) Snow and ice sports: a winter manual E. P. Dutton & company
- Cereghini (1955) Five Thousand Years of Winter Sports Edizioni del Milione
- Liebers, Arthur (1971) The Complete Book of Winter Sports NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
- 'Winter Sports: Sport guides'. BBC Online. 20 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
External links[edit]
Look up winter sports in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
- Media related to Winter sports at Wikimedia Commons
- Winter sports travel guide from Wikivoyage
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A basic slide that's a great fit for younger kids.
This slide is only five and a half feet tall and 12 feet long, making it the smallest on this list. There’s a nice cresting wave design at the top of the slide along and support that goes across the top of the slide so kids can swing and bounce themselves down the slide and into the pool at the bottom. It’s recommended for kids up to 75 pounds.
The long, curved slide is just the beginning of the fun kids will have with this inflatable water park. There's also a sizeable wading pool, climbing wall, and dedicated sports area.
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With a basketball hoop, water polo goal, and a volleyball net, kids who love sports will love this one. It has two sprayers — one cascading down the slide, the other drenching kids in the pool — and inflates in just three minutes.
A blue-and-orange slide/wading pool combo that comes with attachable weights to keep it safely on the ground.
The most fun part of this slide, which is about 14.5 feet long and 9.5 feet wide, is the “fill ‘n spill” water bucket. Instead of spraying kids continuously, a nozzle at the end of the slide gradually fills a bucket until it becomes too heavy and flips over. Odds are that your kids — and, face it, you — will be hanging out waiting for the deluge from the bucket.
This mini playground set features one main pool and a squared off, mesh-enclosed in which kids can bounce around.
The enclosed area can be accessed through a tunnel that runs under the slide. Dual sprayers allow kids to spray each other as they play, and will add an extra dimension to water fights as they break out. And speaking of dimensions, this thing is 20 feet long and 12 feet wide. That’s big enough for six kids at a time.
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This is the most elaborate — and one of the most expensive — inflatable water parks on the market.
This behemoth is 16 feet on each side and, at 10 feet high, the tallest apparatus on this list. It features two straight slides—perfect for side-by-side races — as well as one longer, curved slide. There are sprayers positioned at the bottom of each slide and — because why not? — there’s a built-in inflatable basketball hoop as well.
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