To slalom is to
zigzag
A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular.
In geometry, this pattern is described as a ...
between obstacles. It may refer to:
Sports
;Alpine skiing and/or snowboarding
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Slalom skiing
Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates. These are spaced more closely than those in giant slalom, super-G, super giant slalom and Downhill (ski competition), downhill, necessitating ...
, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
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Giant slalom
Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline. It involves skiing between sets of poles ("gates") spaced at a greater distance from each other than in slalom but less than in Super-G.
Giant slalom and slalom make up t ...
, an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline
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Super-G
Super giant slalom, or super-G, is a racing discipline of alpine skiing. Along with the faster downhill, it is regarded as a "speed" event, in contrast to the technical events giant slalom and slalom. It debuted as an official World Cup event d ...
or Super Giant Slalom, a racing discipline of alpine skiing
;Other
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autocross
Autocross (also called "Solo", "Auto-x" or "Autoslalom") is a timed competition in which drivers navigate one at a time through a defined course on either a sealed or an unsealed surface. It is a form of motorsports that emphasizes safe competition ...
, for automobiles
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Canoe slalom
Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of th ...
, for kayak or canoe, formerly known as whitewater slalom
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Dual slalom
Dual slalom is a mountain bike racing discipline similar to 4X racing.
It consists of two racers racing two almost identical tracks next to each other down a slope. The courses are usually short; one run lasting about 30 seconds. It is filled w ...
, for mountain bikes
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Freestyle slalom skating
Freestyle slalom skating is a highly technical field of roller skating that involves performing tricks around a straight line of equally spaced cones. The most common spacing used in competitions is , with larger competitions also featuring lines ...
, roller skating that involves performing tricks around a line of cones
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Slalom skateboarding
Slalom skateboarding is a form of wikt:downhill, downhill skateboard racing that first appeared in the 1960s and 1970s and has made a resurgence in popularity in the 2000s. wikt:Slalom, Slalom racers skate down a course usually marked by plastic co ...
, a form of downhill skateboard racing
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Slalom waterskiing
Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski. The sport requires suffic ...
, a surface water sport
Other
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''Slalom'' (video game), 1987 Nintendo skiing game
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''Slalom'' (film), 1965 Italian film
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Slalom Consulting, a business and technology consulting firm
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''Slalom'' (Jane Ira Bloom album)
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