SPECIAL EDITORIAL NOTE FROM SPORTS_NUT, 2/26/2011
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Welcome to the retirement edition of Funny Sports Quotes.
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The Funny Sports Quotes blog was created in 11/2007 after I could see I could become a blogger very easily using Google's 3-step process for creating a blog online.
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For me, like most, work is not my idea of a fun experience, so I had to choose the topic that I would most enjoy pursuing and that, for me, was finding and posting funny sports quotes for entertaining and, in some cases, educating an audience on facets of sports even the most ardent sports fans may not have been aware of.
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At the same time, I decided to compile a database of funny sports quotes that sports fans and quote fans could visit for "one-stop" shopping, thereby helping them to avoid the need to search elsewhere for sports quotes.
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So, from 11/2007 until 2/2011. I have compiled quotes on the Funny Sports Quotes blog and its sister blog, FSQuotes, that is accessible only from the Funny Sports Quotes blog.
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As of 2/26/2011, I believe I have achieved my objective first set in 11/2007, which signals for me the end of my funny sports quotes database project.
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Kindly note that I have already made the last post (SI Swimsuit) to the blog, shut off further entries to Comments, and I will shut off the email address sports.quotes@gmail.com on 03/14/2011.
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Also note that many features previously cited on this page have been removed, so that a bare-bones FSQ remains for your future reference.
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I do hope that my venture was successful in bringing a smile to your face or a skip to your step, since that was all FSQ was created for, your entertainment and pleasure.
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In closing, I wish you and yours, Godspeed!
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Thursday, May 1, 2008

FUNNY SPORTS QUOTES \ Source: zoozoo2.com


SKIOLOGY
Skiing terms, definitions and ski slang - skiology

Here are a few skiing terms, ski definitions, skiing slang and sayings so you don't feel out of place in the snow. I am sure there are loads more but this is all we have heard of.

AFD - This stands for Anti-friction Device and is a small pad located behind the toe-side piece of your ski bindings

Angulation - arcing the body at the hip, knee and ankle joints to achieve a higher degree of ski edge

ATS - American Teaching System. Developed by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA), as a teaching/ learning system

Avalanche - Caused when huge masses of snow slide down a slope. This can be seriously dangerous

Balancing - Maintaining a given posture while standing still or moving


Basket - A round and usually flat disc located near tip of the ski pole

Base - The bottom of the mountain where the lodge is situated, or the average depth of snow on a mountain


Bumps - Another term for Moguls (see below)

Cants - Devices to change the orientation of the legs relative to the skis. Put a ski more (or less) on edge

Carving - Making turns on the ski or snowboard with the edges cutting into the hill


Extreme carving - As it says taking carving to the extreme. Sliding down a piste linking and lying all the turns.

Counter-rotation - Simultaneous rotation of the upper body and legs in opposite directions

Crud - This is a type of snow with uneven surface and lumps of soft powder-like snow and slippery patches

Cruising - Making a long run at less than breakneck speed


DIN settings - Deutsche Industrie Normen. An internationally agreed scale to ensure that ski bindings worldwide release under the same force

Edge - Metal strip found at the bottom corners of ski's


Edge angle - Angle of the ski relative to the snow's surface

Fall line - The straightest and steepest line down any slope


Flex adjustment - To change the amount of resistance to the forward movement of your ankle

Flexion - Opposite of extension. Movement resulting in the bending of a leg joint


Frostbite - Occurring when parts of the body are exposed to extreme cold for a period of time

Gaper - A skier who pauses to take in the scenery

Garland - A series of "fake" turns


Gondola - Also called cabine lift, this is the largest and most comfortable lift
Grass skiing - Skiing on grass. A year round discipline done on grassy slopes using special equipment

Heli-skiing - Off-trail skiing reached by helicopter


Herringbone - Technique of moving upwards. Named after the marks left by the skis when this technique is used

Hypothermia - A life - threatening condition where the body temperature of the person drops dramatically below normal [more information]


Matching skis - When skis are brought parallel or facing in the same direction

Milk run - The first run of the day


Moguls - Mounds of snow, both natural and skier made, dotting ungroomed runs [more information]

Parallel skiing - Skiing the the skis parallel. Skis can be either together or apart

Powder - Light, ungroomed snow [more information]


Prerelease - A term used when your skis come off earlier than expected

Pressure control - To adjust the pressure between the skis and the snow


Roller skiing - A year round ski discipline. This is done by skiers to continue training in the off season

Shaped skis - Skis characterised by 'hourglass' shapes. Skis designed to turn

Sidecut radius - The measurement of how deeply or shallowly the ski's cut is from the nose of the ski to the Waist


Side-slipping - A slipping motion straight down the flow line with your skis pointed across the hill

Ski jumping - A term which means flying as far and as smooth as possible with your skis on for maximum lift

Sliding - Skis moving along its length

Slush - Usually this is snow that is starting to melt gradually becoming wetter [more information]


Steering - Changing the direction of the skis

Stem christie - A turn which is completed by skidding on both uphill edges


Traversing - Continuously moving in a direction across the flow line



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