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Australian LW6/8 skier Mitchell Gourley competing in the Super G during the second day of the 2012 IPC Nor Am Cup at Copper Mountain, Colorado.. LW6/8 is a para-alpine and para-Nordic standing skiing sport class, a classification defined by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for people with an upper extremity issue who have paralysis, motor paresis affecting one arm, a single upper ...
The mono-ski was quickly used by German skiers who built their own at a workshop in Tübingen. The mono-ski uses the same skis used for non-disabled alpine skiing, adapted so that the skier sits on a chair attached to the ski via a spring. The mono-ski was first used at the 1988 Winter Paralympics. [33]
Armada was founded in 2002 by a group of professional skiers and the ski and snowboard photographer Chris O'Connell. Purchased by Amer Sports March, 2017. [2] Atomic: alpine skis, cross-country skis, ski jumping skis, twin tips, bindings, ski boots, ski clothes: Austria: 1955: Founded by Alois Rohrmoser.
Lange is a major producer of ski boots used in alpine (downhill) skiing, founded in 1948 in the USA.They introduced the world's first plastic ski boots in 1962, and a greatly improved model aimed at the racing market in 1965.
Although disabled ski competitions date to the mid-20th century and the first Winter Paralympics were held in 1976, the Disabled Alpine World Cup is relatively new.An unofficial circuit began in the late 1990s, and the first FIS-sanctioned World Cup race was held in Breckenridge, Colorado, United States in December 1999, with the first World Cup titles awarded in the spring of 2000.
In para-alpine, skiers in this classification compete with one skis and two ski poles. [1] [5] The para-alpine ski configuration is sometimes called a 3 track.[15] [16] FIS rules for para-alpine ski boots and binding heights are modified for this class from rules applied to able bodied competitor's equipment. [17]
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Para-alpine skiing classification is the classification system for para-alpine skiing designed to ensure fair competition between alpine skiers with different types of disabilities. The classifications are grouped into three general disability types: standing, blind and sitting.