Ma’anar ƙamus na “ski jumper” shi ne mutumin da ke gasa a wasan tsalle-tsalle, wanda ya haɗa da yin tseren kan tudu mai tudu da harba kansa a cikin iska, da burin yin tafiya mai nisa kafin sauka. Yin tsalle-tsalle na hunturu wasa ne da ya shahara a ƙasashe da yawa, musamman a Turai. Masu tsalle-tsalle masu tsalle-tsalle dole ne su sami ƙarfin motsa jiki, gami da saurin gudu, ƙarfi, da daidaito, da kuma ikon sarrafa jikinsu a cikin iska. Wasan an san shi da yanayi mai ban sha'awa kuma galibi mai haɗari, kuma yana buƙatar ƙwarewa da horo sosai don ƙwarewa.