Some ski terms, what do these terms actually mean by?

Question

Fall line:

Uphill/Downhill:

Slope:

Terrain (Bump/Powder/Icy):

Knee up/down:

Knee side-to-side:

Weighted/Un-weighted:

Applying/Releasing Pressure:

Lean:

Edging:

Carving:

Turning:

Wedge stop:

Answer 1

Fall line: The Line a marble would take if it were rolling down a hill

Uphill/Downhill: The uphill leg is the leg that is higher on the hill

Slope: The hill that you ski down

Terrain (Bump/Powder/Icy): Bumps are naturally formed moguls, jumps, half-pipes

Knee up/down: Absorbing bumps with your knee

Knee side-to-side: Pressing your knee in towards the slope to increase the angle of the ski edge

Weighted/Un-weighted: Describes amount of weight on a ski

Applying/Releasing Pressure: Using the weighting/unweighting to force the ski into reverse camber

Lean: Body angulation

Edging: steel edge of ski biting into the snow

Carving: When the steel edge is in reverse camber opposite of skidding

Turning:

Wedge stop: Skis form a wedge to stop

Answer 2

Fall line: The most direct route down a slope as if pulled by gravity. If you were a ball on the top of a slope, where would you roll? That's the Fall Line.

Uphill/Downhill: Just what it sounds like...Uphill is uphill...down hill is downhill.

Slope: Can mean the actual ski slope itself or the grade of the slope...ie. "That's a 70% slope!"

Terrain (Bump/Powder/Icy): What you are asking is not terrain...it's snow conditions. Ask ina seperate question because there are about 50 kinds of conditions with dubious and various meanings. Terrain itself falls into many forms. "Easiest", "More Difficult", "Most Difficult" and "Expert Only" are the standard terrain descriptions. It varies by mountain. What may be "Easiest" ant on hill may be "More Difficult" at another hill.

Knee up/down: Refers to position of the leg in a turn.

Knee side-to-side:Refers to position of the leg.

Weighted/Un-weighted:Refers to turning.

Applying/Releasing Pressure: It's how you make a turn or stop.

Lean: Just what it sounds like...leaning.

Edging: Using your edges, as opposed to a flat turn where you don't engage the edges.

Carving:Really using your edges.

Turning:Ummm...turning. Not going in a straight line.

Wedge stop: The beginner level stop.