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monoski

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From mono- + ski.

noun monoskis

  1. A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
  2. A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.

Similar: uniski

verb monoskis · monoskiing · monoskied

  1. To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

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@misc{monoski_2026,
  title = {monoski},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monoski},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}