Cyprien Richard is a retired French World Cup alpine ski racer.
Richard in 2011
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
A skier attacks a gate in GS
Olympian Lotte Smiseth Sejersted in a GS race
Top: giant slalom skis from 2006, bottom: slalom skis.