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  2. SkiFree - Wikipedia

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    SkiFree is a single-player skiing computer game created by Chris Pirih and released with Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3 for Windows 3.0 in October 1991. The player controls a skier on a mountain slope, avoiding obstacles while racing against time or performing stunts for points, depending on the game mode.

  3. Snowmobile skipping - Wikipedia

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    While it is possible to skim over the water with a stock snowmobile, the practice can be dangerous. For example, in February 2006, a Massachusetts man died in New Hampshire after sinking into the water during a failed skimming attempt. [8] In July 2010, a 40-year-old man died in Anaktuvuk Pass while attempting to skim across Eleanor Lake. [9]

  4. Freestyle skiing - Wikipedia

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    Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics.It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis.

  5. I'm a lifelong skier. There are 6 mistakes I always see ... - AOL

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    When you're queueing up for the lift, leave just enough space between the tips of your skis and the next person's. You wouldn't drive bumper-to-bumper, and you don't need to ski like that either.

  6. Speed skiing - Wikipedia

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    Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line at as high a speed as possible, as timed over a fixed stretch of ski slope. There are two types of contest: breaking an existing speed record or having the fastest run at a given competition. Speed skiers regularly exceed 200 kilometres per hour (124 mph)

  7. Freeskiing - Wikipedia

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    Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from the growth of snowboarding combined with the progression of freestyle skiing.

  8. Speed skiing world records - Wikipedia

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    Speed: Date: Location: Ski: S1 Simon Billy France 255,500 km/h March 22, 2023 Vars: Ski: S1 Junior Ivan Origone Italy 250,700 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: S2 Gregory Meichtry Switzerland 211,020 km/h 2014 Vars: Ski: S2 Junior Jimmy Montès France 204,890 km/h 2006 Les Arcs: Ski: Handisport Michael Milton Australia 213,650 km/h 2006 Les Arcs ...

  9. Carved turn - Wikipedia

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    A carved turn is a skiing and snowboarding term for the technique of turning by shifting the ski or snowboard onto its edges. When edged, the sidecut geometry causes the ski (in the following, snowboard is implicit and not mentioned) to bend into an arc, and the ski naturally follows this arc shape to produce a turning motion.