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Steep
Steep may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Steep'' (2007 film), a film about extreme skiing * ''Steep'' (video game), a 2016 video game Places England * Steep, Hampshire, a village in central Hampshire, England * Steep Hill, a popular tourist street in the historic city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England * Steep Holm, an English island lying in the Bristol Channel Other places * Steep Island, Australia * Steep Island, Hong Kong * Steep Point, westernmost point of the Australian mainland * Mount Steep, Antarctica Science, technology, and mathematics * Slope, an elementary mathematical concept * Grade (slope), in civil engineering People with the surname * Frederick Steep (1874–1956), Canadian amateur football (soccer) player Other uses * Steeping, a cooking technique employing soaking * STEEP analysis, a variant of the PEST analysis In business analysis, PEST analysis (political, economic, social and technological) is a framework of external macro-environment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steep (video Game)
''Steep'' is a sports video game developed by Ubisoft Annecy and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide on 2 December 2016 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. Developed by Ubisoft Annecy beginning in 2013, it was their first original game. It is set in the Alps, where players can participate in several winter and action sports disciplines, skiing, snowboarding, paragliding and wingsuit flying. With later downloadable content, mountains in Alaska, Japan and Korea were also included in the game and rocket-powered wingsuit flying, sledding, BASE jumping, and speed riding were incorporated as additional sports. Furthermore, two of the game's expansions allowed the player to take part in the Winter X Games and the 2018 Winter Olympics. The game places a great emphasis on online multiplayer, focusing on competing in various winter sporting challenges with other players online. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews. While critics lauded the overall grap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steep Holm
Steep Holm ( and later ) is an English island lying in the Bristol Channel. The island covers at high tide, expanding to at mean low water. At its highest point it is above mean sea level. Administratively it forms part of the unitary authority of North Somerset within the ceremonial county of Somerset; between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was administered as part of Avon. Nearby is Flat Holm island, part of Wales. The Carboniferous Limestone island rises to about and serves as a wind and wave break, sheltering the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel. The island is now uninhabited, with the exception of the wardens. It is protected as a nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) with a large bird population and plants including wild peonies. There was a signal station or watchtower on the island in Roman times, but there may have been human habitation as early as the Iron Age. In the 6th century it was home to St Gildas and to a small Augustin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steep (2007 Film)
''Steep'' is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing Extreme skiing is a form of skiing performed on long, steep (typically from 45 to 60+ degrees, or grades of 100 to 170 percent) slopes in mountainous terrain. The French coined the term 'Le Ski Extreme' in the 1970s. The first practitioners incl ... written and directed by Mark Obenhaus. ''Steep'' explores the history of extreme and Freeskiing, Big Mountain Skiing, starting with its roots in 1960s and 1970s North America and Europe, with Bill Briggs (skier), Bill Briggs' now famous first descent of the Grand Teton, and progressing through to the current day sport. ''Steep'' was shot in High Definition and on film in a number of locations including Alaska, France, Canada and Iceland. ''Steep'' made its premiere in the Spotlight Section of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. In North America, ''Steep'' was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and released to DVD on 18 March 2008. Cast and crew Written and directed by Mark Obenhaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steep, Hampshire
Steep is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Its nearest town is Petersfield, which lies south of the village, just off the A3 road. The nearest railway station is Petersfield railway station, Petersfield, at south of the village. It has two public houses, The Harrow, Steep, The Harrow and the Cricketers Inn, with the former being an 18th-century listed building, Grade II listed building. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, it had a population of 1,391. Iron Age and Roman Empire, Roman remains have been found in the area. Steep formerly included two detached Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, exclaves, the larger called South Ambersham, Ambersham, which lay deep inside West Sussex, Sussex. These were two of the three detached portions of Hampshire in Sussex, and were annexed to that county when a new law came into effect in 1844. The church of All Saints was built around 1125. From medieval times, Steep was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
