Winter sport
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A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. As a formal term, it refers to a sport played on snow or ice, but informally can refer to sports played in winter that could be played at any time of the year. The main winter sports are skiing and snowboarding, but may also include snow-blading, monoskiing, skwal and tobogganing.
Famous Winter sport resort regions
List of winter sports
See also team sports.
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Sports in which skis are used on snow.
Sports that use sleds going down ice tracks or pulled by something.
- Ice Blocking
- Bobsleigh *
- Luge *
- Skeleton (aka Cresta) *
- Toboggan
- Wok racing
- Dogsled racing ....
Sports that involve teams, played on ice.
- Bandy
- Curling *
- Ice hockey *
- Ice stock sport
- Shinty
- Sledge hockey - (Winter Paralympic Sport)
* denotes a Winter Olympic Games medal sport.
Sports in which skis are used on snow.
Sports that use sleds going down ice tracks or pulled by something.
- Ice Blocking
- Bobsleigh *
- Luge *
- Skeleton (aka Cresta) *
- Toboggan
- Wok racing
- Dogsled racing ....
Sports that involve teams, played on ice.
- Bandy
- Curling *
- Ice hockey *
- Ice stock sport
- Shinty
- Sledge hockey - (Winter Paralympic Sport)
* denotes a Winter Olympic Games medal sport.
- Bandy
- Curling *
- Ice hockey *
- Ice stock sport
- Shinty
- Sledge hockey - (Winter Paralympic Sport)
Recreational sports
Some 'sports' are competed (or simply enjoyed) on a more casual basis, often by children.
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