What Is Skimo? The New Olympic Sport, Explained in 60 Seconds

So, what's the new sport at the Olympics that involves running up a mountain on skis and tearing down the slopes. Here's everything you need to know about ski in 60 seconds. It's short for ski mountaineering.The basic objective of ski is to ski up and down the course as fast as possible. There's three phases: uphill, transition, and downhill. Skiers put these sticky strips called skins on the bottom of their skis to prevent slipping as they run uphill.On the steepest sections, competitors take off their ski ...