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unusual facts about skiing


Ski cross

Most freestyle skiers believe that Ski Cross should be considered an Alpine discipline rather than a Freestyle discipline.


1952 Winter Olympics torch relay

While similar to the inaugural Summer Olympics torch relay of 1936 the Olympic Flame did not start in Olympia, instead the relay began in Morgedal, Norway, the birthplace of competitive skiing.

Alex Schlopy

Schlopy's mother, Holly Flanders, was a three-time winner on the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit.

Alpine skiing combined

The change to super combined resulted in major disapproval in the slalom-oriented part of the skiing community, the loudest critic being Ivica Kostelić.

Beskid

Beskid (ski), heavy-duty Soviet tourist skis for mountain skiing manufactured in Mukacheve

Birger Ruud

In 1987, a bronze sculpture of Birger Ruud, by the Norwegian sculptor Per Ung, was set up in Ruud’s native town of Kongsberg, and in 1991 he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris for his achievements in ski jumping and alpine skiing.

Boardsport

;Snowboarding (1977) :A cross between skateboarding and skiing, the board medium is snow, although the condition of the snow can have a major impact on snowboarding style and technique.

Boreal Loppet

In 2002, the idea of organizing a competition of long distance cross-country skiing (loppet) north of Forestville make his way trough the mind of Dave Delaunay, physical education teacher, and Eric Maltais, langage teacher of the local high school and both keen skiers.

Bree Munro

While skiing at Apex Mountain while preparing for the 2006/2007 World Cup season, she injured her knee.

Bror-Erik Wallenius

He usually commentates athletics together with Antero Mertaranta, basketball with a colour commentator (Jukka Toijala and Henrik Dettman in the 2000s), and skiing with color commentator too (Juha Mieto, Pekka Vähäsöyrinki and Kari Ristanen in the 2000s).

Chile at the 2006 Winter Olympics

7 of Chile's 9 athletes in Turin participated in alpine skiing, including the country's top finisher, Noelle Barahona, who was 30th in the women's combined.

Chréa National Park

The park, located in a mountainous area known as the Blidean Atlas (which is part of the Tell Atlas) includes the ski station of Chréa, one of the few ski stations in Africa where skiing can be done on natural snow, and the grotto of Chiffa.

Collegiate Nationals

The 2008 event hosts were Jonny Moseley, Olympic champion in moguls skiing, and Jenn Brown.

Combined

Nordic combined (skiing), the combination of cross country skiing and ski jumping as a single event

Conway Island

It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 for Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, an English mountaineer and a pioneer of polar skiing during his crossing of Vestspitsbergen in 1896.

Daniel Mahrer

In 1991, he won the Bronze medal in Downhill skiing at the World Championship in Saalbach.

Disabled skiing at the Winter Olympics

Disabled skiing was a demonstration event at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions, in 1984 and 1988.

Disabled Sports USA

The Diana Golden Opportunities Fund is an endowment that supports and encourages junior athletes with disabilities in their pursuit of excellence in skiing by providing scholarships for purchasing equipment or participating in an adaptive race or development camp.

East Coast Road

Muttukadu boat house - Located at 23 km from Adayar, this backwater area is maintained by the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation, and offers rowing, wind surfing, water skiing, and speedboat riding.

Epidural hematoma

On March 18, 2009, actress Natasha Richardson died as a result of an epidural hematoma sustained two days earlier while skiing in Mont-Tremblant, Québec, Canada.

Fritz Steuri

Fritz Steuri came into contact with skiing in the early 1890s when he saw the Englishman Gerald Fox (who lived at Tone Dale House) skiing in Grindelwald.

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis

There, Thurn und Taxis worked in both television and in radio programs as a sports reporter and commentator and reported on several Olympic Games, football, skiing, and Ice Hockey World Championships events.

Garmisch Classic

The area hosted the World Championships in 2011 and 1978, and alpine skiing debuted at the Winter Olympics here in 1936.

Gilford, New Hampshire

Penny Pitou, first US woman to win an Olympic medal in downhill skiing

Hilkka Riihivuori

For her successes in Nordic skiing World Championships and at the Holmenkollen, Kuntola received the Holmenkollen medal in 1977 (Shared with Helena Takalo and Walter Steiner.).

Hopfgarten im Brixental

There are also many neighbouring towns with an extended variety of slopes including Itter a perfect slope for those early skiing lessons.

Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode

Since its inception in 1970, the ISPO takes place once a year (end of January or early February) at Neue Messe München where the following categories are being displayed: Outdoor, Skiing, Boarding, Running, Fitness, Sportswear, Beachwear, Teamsports, Soccer, Nordic Sports, Biking, Racket, Triathlon, and Kids.

Jari Porttila

He focuses usually on skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined, Formula One, and ice hockey, but is able to commentate on almost everything in sports.

Jay Peak

Jay Peak Resort, an alpine skiing area located in Jay, Vermont, USA.

Jumping the shark

In the episode, the central characters visit Los Angeles, where a water-skiing Fonzie (Henry Winkler) answers a challenge to his bravery by wearing swim trunks and his trademark leather jacket, and jumping over a confined shark.

LW6/8

At the end of team training while free skiing, the skier fractured the head of their tibia.

Middlebury Panthers

In 2010, two Middlebury Alumni, Garrott Kuzzy '06 and Simi Hamilton '09, represented the United States in Nordic Skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Monkton Combe School

There are also annual (optional) visits overseas, such as an adventure course picked each year for the 3rd Form, Skiing in Austria and a Rowing training camp in Nantes-France, as well as academic trips such as foreign language exchange trips.

Morgan Beck

Morgan Beck legally changed her name to Morgan Beck Miller after marrying Olympic skiing champion Bode Miller.

Nikkaluokta

It is a popular starting point for several hiking and skiing trails in the Kebnekaise area, including the notable Kungsleden.

Nils Karlsson

For his success in cross-country skiing, Karlsson was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1952 (shared with Stein Eriksen, Torbjørn Falkanger and Heikki Hasu).

Richard A. Lovett

He has also cauthored two running books with marathon legend Alberto Salazar, plus two books on bicycle touring and one on cross-country skiing.

Ski

It was popularized by Sondre Norheim of Morgedal in Telemark, when he demonstrated the ski and the Telemark style of skiing to the public at Christiana, Norway beginning in 1868.

Ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering.

Soder Airlines

The airline flew routes from Tampere to Kittilä, Ivalo, and Oulu and from Helsinki to Kittilä and Ivalo directly or via Tampere during the winter skiing seasons.

Steamboat Ski Resort

Nelson Carmichael (* 1965), mogul skier and Olympic bronze medalist; born in Steamboat Springs

Alvin P. Wegeman (* 1927), Nordic combined skier; helped to develop the Steamboat Springs area for skiing

Storlien

The Swedish ski pioneer Olle Rimfors visited the Austrian Alps and returned with practical knowledge of Alpine skiing.

Szrenica

There are 3 routes for downhill skiing: Lolobrigida (4444 m), Śnieżynka and FIS - approved Trasa Zjazdowa; all constitute the system, which length is ca.

The Incandescent Ones

His father Anaxagoras, known as Alex, was a grandson of a Russian priest; Alex taught Peter to ski; he disappeared in the mountains while skiing, presumed dead, when Peter was fifteen.

The Return of the Black Death

The cover of the demo contains a famous Norwegian painting of skiing Vikings (Birkebeinerne, by Knud Bergslien).

The Sandals

In 1967, Dick Barrymore hired The Sandals to score his skiing documentary, The Last of the Ski Bums.

Timothy Gallwey

Timothy Gallwey (born 1938 in San Francisco) is an author who has written a series of books in which he has set forth a new methodology for coaching and for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields, that he calls "The Inner Game." Since he began writing in the 1970s, his books include The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Golf, The Inner game of Music (with Barry Green), Inner Skiing and The Inner Game of Work.

Toini Gustafsson

For her successes in Nordic skiing and at the Holmenkollen, Gustafsson received the Holmenkollen medal in 1967 (Shared with Ole Ellefsæter).

Waterville Valley BBTS

The Waterville Valley BBTS Ski Educational Foundation is a ski and snowboard club based out of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, United States.

Willy Bogner

Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier, participated in cross country skiing and Nordic combined


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