parallel giant slalom

English

Etymology

From parallel +‎ giant slalom.

Noun

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

1. (uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.
2. (countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.

Synonyms

• PGS (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

(discipline):

• alpine snowboarding

Coordinate terms

• parallel slalom (the equivalent event in alpine skiing)
• giant slalom (the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version)

Derived terms

• PGS (abbreviation)