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Also called a cable car. A class of cable-based transport for snow sports where skiers and snowboarders are carried uphill aboard chairs, cars, cabins, or gondolas suspended from a cable in the air, as opposed to surface lifts, where they remain on the ground. aerial skiing A sub-discipline of freestyle skiing and a competitive Winter Olympic event in which participants ski off of 2–4-metre ...
Snowboarding in Valfréjus, France Snowboarder riding off of a cornice Freeride snowboarding, in areas off of the main trails. The first snowboards were developed in 1965 when Sherm Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill.
In snowboarding, frontside and backside have the same meanings as in skateboarding. When turning, a backside turn is analogous to a toeedge turn, and frontside turn is analogous to a heeledge turn. In the air, frontside means that 90 degrees into your first rotation you will be facing forward downhill and backside means that 90 degrees into ...
Pages in category "Snowboarding" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Video demonstration of a variety of ski techniques used in the 1940s. Skiing has a history of almost five millennia. [1] Although modern skiing has evolved from beginnings in Scandinavia, it may have been practiced more than 100 centuries ago in the Altai Mountains, according to an interpretation of ancient paintings.
Diagram of a Snowboard and its various elements that affect sizing. The bottom or 'base' of the snowboard is generally made of UHMW and is surrounded by a thin strip of steel, known as the 'edge'. Artwork was primarily printed on PBT using a sublimation process in the 1990s, but poor color retention and fade after moderate use moved high-end ...
Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks.
This project covers all content on the English Wikipedia related to the sports of Skiing and Snowboarding. Including all forms and variants of the sports. As well as mountains, resorts, events, athletes, brands, media, etc. It generally does not cover articles of towns where skiing/snowboarding is a major influence.