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Village Ski Center. Chestnut Mountain's 20,000 square foot ski center houses an apparel shop, equipment rental area and ticketing outlet. The apparel shop features Rossignol skis and boots, Burton Snowboards and clothing from Burton and Nordica (company). The Ski Center Pro Shop also houses a ski school, first aid station and tuning shop.
Cable bindings, also known as Kandahar bindings or bear-trap bindings, are a type of ski bindings widely used through the middle of the 20th century. It was invented and brand-named after the Kandahar Ski Club in 1929 by ski racer and engineer Guido Reuge. [1] They were replaced in alpine skiing by heel-and-toe "safety bindings" in the mid-1960s.
A number of metal skis were introduced over the years: among them the 1942 All Magnesium; a post-war run of 1,000 Truflex aluminum skis (made of Metalite, a sandwich of aluminum and balsa wood) from Chance Vought; [1] the stainless steel Chris Ski; the TEY Alu-60 (later known as the Aluflex); the Dow Metal Air Ski; and the Gomme from the UK.
The triple crown of alpine skiing consists of winning all three World Cup titles in one season or all three Gold medals at the Winter Olympic Games in Slalom, Giant slalom, and Downhill skiing events. Only two people have ever accomplished the feat: Austrian skier Toni Sailer was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing at the ...
alpine skis, cross-country skis, ski boots, twin tips, bindings, snowboards: France: 1947: Began as a family-owned shop making saw blades, then ski edges beginning around 1947. Expanded to make bindings (1955), then ski boots (1979) and cross-country ski gear, then golf (1985), the alpine skis (1989).
The men's super-G in the 2025 Alpine Skiing World Cup is scheduled to consist of eight events, including the final. The first event of the season is not scheduled until 6 December 2024 in Beaver Creek. The season will be interrupted for the Alpine Skiing World Championships, this time in Saalbach, Austria during 4–16 February 2025. [1]
Ski Bluewood, formerly known as "Bluewood Ski Area," is an alpine ski area in the northwestern United States, in southeastern Washington in Columbia County.Located at the northern end of the Blue Mountains in the Umatilla National Forest, the elevation at the base area is 4,545 feet (1,385 m) above sea level, with a summit of 5,670 feet (1,728 m) for a vertical drop of 1,125 feet (343 m).
Granite Gorge is a small downhill ski resort in southwest New Hampshire, United States. It is located on Pinnacle Mountain in the town of Roxbury, 5 miles (8 km) east of downtown Keene on New Hampshire Route 9. [1] The resort is the reincarnation of the former Pinnacle Peak Ski Area, which operated from 1959 to 1977. [2] The current resort ...