Winter sports Winter sports Bandy is a winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick. It is an ancestor of ice hockey. It likely descended from shinty and in turn field hockey. Bandy is played outdoors on a sheet of ice, and has rules that are similar to association football. It is now played in a few nations, including Sweden, Russia, Finland, Norway, Belarus, The Netherlands, Estonia, Hungary, Canada, United States and Kazakhstan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandy"
The name biathlon is commonly confused with duathlon, the term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. Biathlon, however, refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Another popular variant is summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biathlon"
Bobsleigh is a winter sport in which teams make timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked purpose-built iced tracks in a gravity-powered sled. In the United States the sport is known as bobsled. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bobsleigh"
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual event in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion. Skaters compete in the categories of men, ladies, pairs, and ice dancing. The competition is generally held in January. The 2006 European championship was held in Lyon, France (January 17-22). Russia's current dominance of the sport is shown by them having won all four categories in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2005, and 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "European Figure Skating Championships"
Freestyle Skiing began in the 1930s, Norwegian skiers began using ski acrobatics in alpine and cross country training. While not considered a competitive sport, professional skiing exhibitions in the United States featured performances of what would later be called freestyle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Freestyle skiing"
Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice. It is one of the world's fastest sports, with players on skates capable of going high speeds on natural or artificial ice surfaces. The most prominent ice hockey nations are Canada, Russia, the United States, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, and the Slovak Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ice hockey"
Kicksled is a translation of the Swedish and Norwegian "sparkstötting", commonly called "spark". Some other possible ...more on Wikipedia about "Kicksled"
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The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which competitors involve in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nordic combined"
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down a hill with a take-off ramp (the jump), attempting to go as far as possible. In addition to the length, referees give points for style, on a scale from 1 to 20. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long, with parallel sides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ski jumping"
Skiboarding is a winter sport which combines inline skating and skiing. Skiboards are generally under 100 centimeters, symmetrical, twin tipped, and very wide. In addition, they generally have non-release bindings very similar to snowboard hard-boot bindings. However, skiboards are now in the market which feature ski-like releasable bindings, and lengths upto 120cm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Skiboarding"
Snowmobile Watercross, or Snowmobile Skipping, is a competitive sport conducted on water using snowmobiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Snowmobile skipping"
The Vermont Association of Snow Travelers, Inc. was founded over 30 years ago and is responsible for the maintaining and grooming trails. One of the oldest snowmobiling organizations in the U.S., VAST is a non-profit, private group that includes over 140 clubs statewide, with over 45,000 members combined. ...more on Wikipedia about "Vermont Association of Snow Travelers"
The Winter Pentathlon was a demonstration sport in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, but never became an official olympic sport. It consisted of: ...more on Wikipedia about "Winter pentathlon"
A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. As a formal term, it refers to a sport played on snow or ice, but informally can refer to sports played in winter that could be played at any time of the year. Wintersports are mainly skiing and snowboarding, but may also include snow-blading, monoskiing, skwal and tobogganing. ...more on Wikipedia about "Winter sport" Everybody should like http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
The World Figure Skating Championships in an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. Skaters compete in the categories of men, ladies, pairs, and ice dancing. The competition is generally held in March. The next world championship will take place in Calgary, Canada, March 20 - 26, 2006. ...more on Wikipedia about "World Figure Skating Championships"
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