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2. Freeriding (winter sport) - Wikipedia

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   One estimate posits that about 80% of all avalanche deaths in the Alps occur among freeride/backcountry riders. [1] While the term “freeriding” originated in snowboarding, some skiers have adopted it in recent years. For many years, the skiing equivalent of freeriding was known as freeskiing and referred specifically to off-piste skiing.

3. Snowboard - Wikipedia

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   Used from all-mountain to off-piste and backcountry riding, to 'extreme' big-mountain descents - in various types of snow from groomed hard-packed snow to soft powdery snow. Powder: Highly directional boards that typically have a rockered nose and tapered shape (wider tip than tail). All-Mountain: Most common.

4. K2 Sports - Wikipedia

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   K2 Sports, LLC, known simply as K2, is an American sporting goods company headquartered in Seattle, Washington focused primarily on winter sports equipment. K2 operates under the labels K2 Snow and K2 Skates, as well as its subsidiaries Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. [1]

5. Dual Edge Snowboard - Wikipedia

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   Deuce Snowboards introduced a modern version of the DES that has undergone extensive engineering design and testing. According to Deuce Snowboards, the DES is the next evolutionary step of the snowboard, but it appears that they are evolving the ski sport as well. Board tracks showing the dual edge ride and control

6. Snowboarding - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. List of ski brands - Wikipedia

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   Started production under the Rønning brand in 1936, and is currently the only producer of wooden skis in Norway. Still produces all skies by hand. Rossignol: alpine skis, ski jumping skis, cross-country skis, twin tips, ski boots, bindings, snowboards: France: 1907: Introduced one of the first successful all-round fibreglass ski designs.