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SURFISTA [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
DEF

A person who participates in the sport of surfing, either recreationally or professionally.

CONT

Surfers represent a diverse culture based on riding the naturally occurring process of ocean waves. Some people practise surfing as a recreational activity while others demonstrate extreme devotion to the sport by making it the central focus of their lives.

OBS

Surfing is the practice of riding a surfboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Personne qui pratique le surf.

CONT

[...] si on ne donne pas à plus de surfeuses les moyens de courir et une chance de se mesurer aux meilleurs, comment générer alors de nouvelles générations de surfeuses?

CONT

Bien qu'il y ait des vagues à G-Land pour tous, le surfiste expérimenté trouvera ici des tubes parfaits, longs et puissants, qui furent témoins des prouesses des pros de l'ASP World Championship trois années de suite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esquí acuático y surfing
DEF

Persona que practica el surf.

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Record 2 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
DEF

A person who practises the sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard ...

CONT

A snowboarder (or "shredder") stands on the board, with his boots fixed in bindings. He stands with one foot in front of the other, diagonally across the board. Unlike skiers, snowboarders do not use poles; they use their arms for balance.

CONT

The typical profile of an injured boarder is a young male from a non-skiing background who has had no professional instruction.

OBS

snowboarder: term used by Parks Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

La personne qui pratique [le surf des neiges] s'appelle «surfeur» ou «surfeuse» des neiges.

CONT

Le surfiste des neiges Brendan Davis a pour sa part obtenu une médaille d'argent en demi-lune.

OBS

Le terme «planchiste» est souvent utilisé par ellipse dans les centres de ski.

OBS

Même si on relève le terme «néviplanchiste» dans les documents de Parcs Canada, selon Radio-Canada, il ne faut pas confondre «surfeur des neiges» et «néviplanchiste». Le «néviplanchiste» (on dit également «niviplanchiste») pratique la planche à voile sur neige.

OBS

néviplanchiste; planchiste : termes en usage à Parcs Canada.

Key term(s)
  • niviplanchiste

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esquí y snowboard
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Record 3 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

[A user who wanders] quickly on a network, from site to site, without having in mind a specific goal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

[Personne qui parcourt] rapidement un réseau, d'un site à un autre, sans but précis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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