parallel giant slalom

parallel +‎ giant slalom

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

1. (uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.
2. (countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.

• PGS (abbreviation)

(discipline):

• alpine snowboarding

• parallel slalom (the equivalent event in alpine skiing)
• giant slalom (the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version)

• PGS (abbreviation)