The FIS ( International Savate Federation ) is the official World Federation.

Nearby is the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1996 were held.

Ski racing is controlled by a set of rules which are enforced by FIS.

One discipline administered by the FIS but not usually considered part of racing is speed skiing, in which competitors strive to achieve the highest total speed in a straight line, with no gates or turns.

This form is on the program for the 2007 – 08 FIS Nordic Combined World Cup.

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a major event of these sports and happens in winter of odd-number years between Winter Olympics.

Below is a list of Nordic skiiers that have won at the Winter Olympics, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and Holmenkollen events.

It is possible to make parallel turns using Telemark equipment, which is why penalties are assessed if the boots are not staggered by at least a boot's length in FIS Telemark competitions.

The International Ski Federation, known by its name in French, Fédération Internationale de Ski ( FIS ) is the main international organisation for ski sports.

The off-run during the 2005 – 06 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup ; the stage is mounted above the off-run

The FIS Alpine Ski World Cup is the top international circuit of alpine skiing competitions, launched in 1966 by a group of ski racing friends and experts which included French journalist Serge Lang and the alpine ski team directors from France ( Honore Bonnet ) and the USA ( Bob Beattie ).

" She emphasizes that CI is directed not at all hostile actions against one's own countries, but those originated by foreign intelligence services ( FIS ), a term of art that includes transnational and non-national adversaries.

:# Offensive Counterespionage is the set of techniques that, at a minimum, neutralizes discovered FIS personnel and arrests them or, in the case of diplomats, expels them by declaring them persona non grata.

As of 2010, it is the only city to host the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships six times, doing so in 1926, 1938, 1958, 1978, 1989, and 2001.

The start point in FIS races is chosen so that, in theory, skiers should not exceed 200 km / h, hence competition is aimed at winning a particular event, not breaking world speed records.

According to the most recent salary survey ( 2005 ) on the Faculty's website, the median salary of FIS graduates is approximately $ 49, 000 per year.

In addition to being one of the technically most challenging downhill races, the Lauberhorn is the longest race in the FIS World Cup circuit and arguably the most scenic.

The downhill course is the longest in the world ; its enormous length of results in run times of two and a half minutes ( about 30 – 45 seconds longer than standard downhill races ); top speeds approach 160 km / h ( 100 mph ) on its Haneggschuss, the highest speeds on the FIS World Cup circuit.

Deer Valley is a regular host to FIS World Cup events, having hosted men's and women's mogul and aerial competitions yearly since 2000 ( with the exceptions of 2003 and 2004 ).

The OPM is also responsible for a large part of the management of security clearances ( Federal Investigative Services a / k / a FIS conducts these investigations ) for the United States Government.

GT. M is used as the backend of their FIS Profile banking application, and it powers ING DIRECT banks in the United States, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Holland and the UK.

On 6 December 1990, after the FIS was successful in local elections, Nahnah established his own party and called it Hamas ( later renamed Movement of Society for Peace, or MSP ).

Still, the FIS term remains the usual way of referring to the threat against which counterintelligence protects.

Today's counterintelligence missions have broadened from the time when the threat was restricted to the foreign intelligence services ( FIS ) under the control of nation-states.

Defensive counterintelligence starts by looking for places in one's own organization that could easily be exploited by foreign intelligence services ( FIS ).

FIS are especially able to explore open societies, and, in that environment, have been able to subvert insiders in the intelligence community.

In January 2013, Stoneham will host the FIS snowboard world championships.

The Winter Olympics, the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the FIS World Cup events ( including the Holmenkollen and the Tour de Ski, a grueling 9 race series completed in eleven days ) have long been a showcase for the world's fastest cross country skiers.

All three employed the same chipset as used on the LSI-11 / 03 and LSI-11 / 2 in four " microm " s. There was an option which combined two of the microms into one dual carrier, freeing one socket for an EIS / FIS chip.

A FIS World Cup downhill, for example, requires a team of several hundred course workers that may spend over two weeks preparing a course prior to a week of racing, during which the course workers will continue to maintain the course.

At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won two medals with a silver in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit ( stepping up when the original medalist Jari Isometsä was disqualified for hemohes use ), and a gold in the 50 km freestyle race.

Support for the arabization of Algerian society — including the elimination of French as the second national language and emphasis on an arabized education curriculum — and the recent success of the FIS indicate a growing fervor in Algeria for asserting an independent national identity.

The initial mission of the base was to act as a fighter-interceptor defense against an enemy bomber attack, the 484th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was activated on 8 June 1956, and authorized Northrup F-89D Scorpion interceptors, however the 484th FIS was never equipped or manned as much construction was necessary to bring the airport up to Air Force standards for a military airfield.

On September 4, 1985 the last three F-106 Delta Darts from the 87rh FIS departed K. I. Sawyer for AMARC at Davis Monthan AFB.

The Concourse E FIS can be utilized by flights arriving at all gates in Concourse E and most gates in Concourses D ( all D gates will be able to route passengers to the FIS by fall 2011 ) and Concourse F. The Concourse J FIS can be utilized by flights arriving at all gates in Concourse J and most gates in Concourse H. However, all gates in Concourse G and some gates in Concourses D ( temporarily ), F, and H, do not have the facilities to route passengers to any FIS, and therefore can only be used for domestic arrivals.

* FIS, stock symbol for Fidelity National Information Services

Following the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1940 being awarded to Oslo, the Association for the Promotion of Skiing decided to build a larger in-run.

Following Oslo's decision to bid for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1966, it became evident that more upgrades would be needed to meet the International Ski Federation's requirements.

In 2002, the Association for the Promotion of Skiing and the city started the process of applying for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009.

Following Vikersundbakken being awarded the FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 2012 in 2008, the general assembly of the Norwegian Ski Federation that year decided to terminate the plans for a ski flying hill in Rødkleiva.

Lindsey Vonn with 8 crystal globes, including 3 large ones for FIS World Cup overall titles and 5 smaller ones for various discipline titles.

In an attempt to increase safety, the 2003-2004 season saw the FIS increased the minimum sidecut radius for Downhill skis to from, and impose minimum ski lengths for the first time: for men, and for women.