Flying skiers from American photographer Grant Gyundersona Bashny.Net

Grant takes photos for many sports publications, but he recognizes that skiing - it's his strongest passion.
This photographer produced pictures that leave no one indifferent.



The first ski competitions were held in Norway since the middle of the XIX century, after which a few decades this craze quickly spread across the European continent and even penetrated into the distant America. Of course, in those days there were no special rules, techniques, methods, and such a variety of skiing. It was enough, stay on his feet during the descent, to overtake their competitors.

Ski Resort Whitewater, British Columbia, Canada


The program of the Olympic Winter Games include 5 sports disciplines of Alpine skiing: downhill, Super G, Giant Slalom, Slalom and Super Combined. Speed ​​of the sportsman during the passage of individual sections of the route downhill at over 140 km / h and the length of the flight when jumping - 40-50 meters.

Ski resort Portillo Chile


Freestyle - kind of like skiing and snowboarding. The structure consists of freestyle ski acrobatics, ski cross, mogul and Freeskiing-skiing, one of the youngest and most spectacular destinations

Ski Resort Revelstoke Valley, British Columbia, Canada


Freeride - snowboarding or skiing trails and is prepared, as a rule, outside the service area of ​​the ski industry. It is believed that when riding on the virgin snow most fully reveals all the possibilities of skiing and snowboarding. However, freeride skiing and promises many dangers associated with an unfamiliar area, such as the possibility of avalanches.

Mount Baker, Washington, USA - a volcano. And the active volcano. He is part of a chain of volcanoes in the Cascade Mountains, which are part of the Pacific Fire Belt.


AIDS-skiing - downhill skiing, carried out on a specially prepared slope. Speed, which regularly reach skiers in the sport, more than 200 km / h. Determining the speed of the skier is made on a special segment of track length of 1 km.

Athlete-skier Charley Ager


Mogul - a descent on rough, hummocky slope. Maneuvering between the hillocks, the athlete is constantly turning legs with skis in one direction and then the other. Pistes contains two springboard, which shows a skier jumping. Speech is evaluated on the following criteria: technique turns, jumps and complexity of the quality of their performance, as well as the descent.

Again Mount Baker, Washington, USA


Ski Cross - racing on a ski run, which includes snow obstacles in the form of various jumps, waves and turns. Competitions in ski cross takes place in two stages. In the first phase, qualifying athletes are on the track one time. According to the results of qualification athletes are divided into groups of four people to participate in the finals. The finals take place on the Olympic circuit, with a knock-out, winning the one who comes to the finish line first.

Flying skier, Mount Baker, Washington, USA


Red Mountain, British Columbia




Ski resort Termas de Chillan is located at an altitude of 1650 m above sea level, 82 km from the city of Chillan, Chile