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2. Cross-country skiing - Wikipedia

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   Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers ... German Reichswehr military patrol on skis training in the ... Standard skate-skiing equipment is used ...

3. Cross-country skiing (sport) - Wikipedia

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   Related forms of competition are biathlon, where competitors race on cross-country skis and stop to shoot at targets with rifles, and paralympic cross-country skiing that allows athletes with disabilities to compete at cross-country skiing with adaptive equipment. Norwegian army units were skiing for sport (and prizes) in the 18th century ...

4. NordicTrack - Wikipedia

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   NordicTrack is an American company that manufactures treadmills, strength training equipment, ellipticals, exercise bikes, and accessories. It is best known for its Nordic ski machines, low-impact exercisers, ellipticals, and incline trainers. NordicTrack is owned and managed by iFIT Health & Fitness Inc. and is headquartered in Logan, Utah.

5. Ski orienteering - Wikipedia

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   Ski orienteering (SkiO) is a cross-country skiing endurance winter racing sport and one of the four orienteering disciplines recognized by the IOF.A successful ski orienteer combines high physical endurance, strength and excellent technical skiing skills with the ability to navigate and make the best route choices while skiing at a high speed.

6. Ski pole - Wikipedia

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   Wooden Cross Country ski poles, circa 1950. As of 2012, the earliest ski pole was found in Sweden and dates back to 3623 BC, while the earliest depiction of a man with a ski pole was found in Norway in the form of a cave painting, dated at 4000 BC. [4] [5] Early skiers would use this pole for the purposes of balancing, braking, and turning. [4]

7. Ski binding - Wikipedia

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   Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasingly specialized, differentiated between alpine (downhill) and Nordic (cross-country, Telemark, and ski jumping) styles of skiing. Until the point of divergence in ...