Not for all events it isn't. They are used for carving events like the slalom. Downhillers still use long, straight skis.

>Long skis are out. It's all curved, shorter skis now.
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>>God I love Ski Cross. Could be made even cooler with a biathalon kind of version where skiiers were issued handguns.
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>>2 man boblsled blows my mind. 100ths of a second determine winners. Brakeman is blind for the whole run.
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>>Slalom, downhill and superG fun because you can imagine doing that ( just a lot slower and more carefully)
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>>Snowboarding still implies a pact with the devil. (and really carves up a hill in ugly ways ... sorry, in my skiing heyday I had a bumper sticker that said "Long skis truck - short skis suck" )
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>>Did I miss the mogul skiing or is that still to come?