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2. List of ski brands - Wikipedia

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   J Skis is an independent manufacturer of small production and limited edition skis. K2: alpine skis, twin tip skis, snowboards, mogul skis: United States: 1962: Founded by Bill and Don Kirschner to make fiberglass skis on Vashon Island, Wash. In 2001, manufacturing was moved to China and the executive offices to Seattle.

3. Marker (ski bindings) - Wikipedia

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   Marker (ski bindings) Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria. Founded by Hannes Marker, the company is known for pioneering releasable binding technology. Marker's first model, the Duplex was followed in 1953 by the Simplex toe ...

4. Twin-tip ski - Wikipedia

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   The first mass produced twin-tip ski (modest rise in the tail) was the Olin Mark IV Comp introduced in 1974. The first company to successfully market a twin-tip ski to ski switch and "Air Carve" was the Salomon Group, with their 1080 ski in 1998. [2] [3] LINE skis [4] also evolved from twin tip ski boards and inspired the newschool freeskiing ...

5. Freeskiing - Wikipedia

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   Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from the growth of snowboarding combined with the progression of freestyle skiing. "Newschoolers", or those who specifically ski in this ...

6. Ski binding - Wikipedia

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   Alpine step-in ski bindings. A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. 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 ...

7. Freestyle skiing - Wikipedia

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   1988 as demonstration event; regular competition since 1992. Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and boxes on their skis.