Monoski

Quick meaning: Monoski is a noun meaning To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

Meaning

To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

More Meanings

1. A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
2. A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.

Word Forms

• monoskis
• monoskiing
• monoskied

Synonyms for monoski

Depending on context, synonyms include uniski.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sled, mono-ski, uniski, monoskier, monoboard, dualski.

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