giant slalom

From giant +‎ slalom.

• (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
• (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

giant slalom (plural giant slaloms)

1. (skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.
2. (snowboarding) An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.

(skiing):

• alpine skiing
• technical skiing

(snowboarding):

• alpine snowboarding

(skiing):

• slalom
• super-G
• downhill, downhill skiing
• parallel slalom
• alpine combined

(snowboarding):

• parallel giant slalom

• (skiing, snowboarding): GS (abbreviation)
• (skiing): Super-G/Super G, Super-GS/Super GS, super giant slalom, SG/SGS
• (snowboarding): PGS, parallel giant slalom

• OED 2006