Jens Byggmark is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer who specialised in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom.
Byggmark in 2008
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill, necessitating quicker and shorter turns. Internationally, the sport is contested at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, and at the Olympic Winter Games.
Tonje Sekse competes in the slalom
Nathalie Eklund skis slalom at Trysil, Norway in 2011
Bottom: 2013 FIS legal slalom race skis, top: giant slalom race skis from 2006