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Climbing skins are strips that attach to the bottom of Nordic, alpine touring or randonnée skis to help while ascending backcountry slopes. They are designed to be removed for skiing downhill. They are typically attached to the skis via a loop on the ski tip, a hook on the tail, and adhesive on the base of the skin.
Line Skis, commonly shortened to Line or stylized as LINE, is a new school ski company owned by K2 Sports. Line Skis was founded by Jason Levinthal in 1995 to produce short, twin-tipped skis for freestyle skiers, and has since moved to produce full-length free skis. [1] The brand also sells items such as ski poles, streetwear, and various ...
Finnish has its own ancient words for skis and skiing: "ski" is suksi and "skiing" is hiihtää. The word suksi goes back to the Proto-Uralic period, with cognates such as Erzya soks, Mansi tåut and Nganasan tuta. [11] The Sami also have their own words for "skis" and "skiing": for example, the Lule Sami word for "ski" is sabek and skis are ...
Different geometry at skis for backcountry skiing (top), allmountain skis and piste skis for carve turns. Ski geometry is the shape of the ski. Described in the direction of travel, the front of the ski, typically pointed or rounded, is the tip, the middle is the waist and the rear is the tail. Skis have four aspects that define their basic ...
Tossing skis in the back of your car isn’t always an option. These expert-approved racks get your gear to and from the slopes.
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.
The origins of the outrigger for para-skiing connect to a crutch with a flip-ski attached to the end that was developed in Canada. [8] [9] When a pair of outriggers are used for a skier with two skis, this is sometimes known as "Four track skiing". [8] [9] When a skier uses one ski and a pair of outriggers, this is called "Three track skiing ...
This template displays an external link to an alpine skier's profile at FIS-ski.com, the official website of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS: Fédération Internationale de Ski et de Snowboard). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article. Template parameters Parameter Description Type Status ID id 1 The ID number in the URL, such as 30 in https://www ...