Giant slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding competitive discipline. It involves racing between sets of poles spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom, but less than in
A skier attacks a gate in GS
Olympian Lotte Smiseth Sejersted in a GS race
Top: giant slalom skis from 2006, bottom: slalom skis.
Theodore Sharp Ligety is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics. Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics i