canoe slalom

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noun

a competitive event in which a canoeist maneuvers through a slalom course, usually in white water.

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Origin of canoe slalom

First recorded in 1970–75

This will be the first Games to allow women to compete in their own canoe slalom and canoe sprint events.
How to Watch the Tokyo Summer Games|mlarsen|July 20, 2021|Outside Online
As a boy, by the way, Pierre had set out from Florida in an unsuccessful canoe trip to Cuba!
Canada ♥ Cuba Just Got Complicated|Shinan Govani|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our foreign policy canoe is filled to the gunnels with catch-and-release trout armed with AK-47s.
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul|P. J. O’Rourke|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My partner Brandon and I awake at the crack of dawn for a canoe ride on the milky blue glacial waters of Lake Louise.
Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

So I go out in a canoe and repeat verses over and over and try and learn poems.
‘The Good Wife’s Christine Baranski on Life After Will Gardner’s Death|Jason Lynch|April 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are four disciplines on a scale from technical to speed, with slalom the most technical and the downhill the fastest.
Skiing Prodigy Mikaela Shiffrin Looks Ahead to Sochi|Jake Bright|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A primitive savage makes a bow and arrow in a day: it takes him a fortnight to make a bark canoe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The roomy canoe, if not built for great speed, certainly was built for as much comfort as could be expected in such a craft.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
The canoe touched the grassy bank at the edge of the old Carter place at the far end of the lake just before noon.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
But suddenly Jessie drove her paddle deep into the water and sent the canoe in a dash to the landing.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Her chum came leaping up the hill behind her, having moored the canoe with one hitch.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose