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From Water Skiing To Snow
676 wordsThe seasons change and a new sport comes. Like many states in northern United States, Minnesota's seasons are drastically different. Being from Minnesota myself, I can attest to all the seasons. With winter comes snow skiing. Water skiing, on the other hand, comes in the spring and summer. Depending on the water temperature and how ambitious a person is, reflect the water skiing season. Water skiing and snow skiing have both differences and similarities. They are different in equipment and seaso...
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Mountain Snow Cold
697 wordsI was the first person to ski off of the chairlift that day, arriving at the summit of Whitetale Mountain. It was the type of day when the clouds seemed to blanket the sky, leaving no clue that the sun, with its powerful light, even existed anymore. It was not snowing, but judging by the damp, musty, stale scent in the air, I realized it would be only a short time before the white flakes overtook the mountain. As I readied myself to make the first run, I took a moment to appreciate my surroundin...
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Top Of The Mountain Four People
827 wordsOn a cold Friday night, we all met at the Church's parking lot. It was 7 PM and the sky was clear, which ensured me that this would be a safe trip to Vermont. It was around mid February, so it was quite cold out. There were about forty kids and about ten advisors that were going on this ski trip. Some people had their own skis, others like me, had to rent a pair of skis. Also, a few others had snowboards, which were a lot harder to use. Finally, around 7: 45 PM, all the equipment was loaded up i...
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Cross Country Weather Conditions
855 wordsCross-Country skiing is a sport and technique of traveling over snow-covered surfaces with the feet attached to long, narrow runners known as skis. The skis distribute the skiers weight over a larger area, preventing the skier from sinking into the snow. Three kinds of skiing have developed: Alpine, Nordic, and Freestyle. Alpine, or downhill, skiing is movement down steep slopes; in races, victory is decided by elapsed time. Nordic, or Cross-Country, skiing, is movement over relatively level sur...
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Major Difference Research Paper
1,284 wordsCompare &# 038; Contrast While comparing and contrasting information from, The Shaped Ski Revolution, by Sonoma County Ski and Snowboard Guide, and an article written by Rich Taylor of Popular Mechanics called Shaped Skis I found information on many aspects of the new shaped ski technology. Information ranged from safety to ski technique. Rich Taylors article is a better source for my final research paper because of its relevancy, accurate depiction, and it is a reliable and accurate resource. T...
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Jake Burton Carpenter Surfers And Skateboarders Sport
815 wordsHistory of the Snowboard What sport borrows from skateboarding, surfing, and skiing but is quite different from each of them? Snowboarding. Snowboards might be compared to an oversized skateboard without wheels, a surfboard that rides frozen waves, or a fat ski without a partner, but a snowboard is unique unto itself. Snowboarding is a relatively new sport. It s ancestor was first created in the mid 1960 s when an American surfer named Sherman Poppen designed the Suffer (Brimner 5). He sold his ...
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Ski Magazine December Ski Magazine December 2000 Skiing
1,061 wordsImproving technology in the ski market is what makes skiing such a fun and enjoyable sport. Each and every year, skiers find themselves with a host of new products to make their sport easier to learn and advance in their ability. One of the most significant achievements in ski technology is the advent of shaped skis or super-sidecar skis. These skis, unlike traditional skis, require little effort to turn them and since their introduction on the market in 1996, shaped ski technology has become an...
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Ski Resorts Younger Generation
2,230 wordsOne snowy Christmas day in Muskegon, Michigan, a young girl by the name of Wendy Poppen tried to stand up on her sled while sliding down the hill. Seeing this, her father Sherman ran into the garage and bolted a pair of skies together with wood to act as foot stops (Crane). While watching Wendy use the contraption, some of the local kids ran up to Sherman and asked him to build one for each of them. Little did he know that he had given birth to the fastest growing winter sport (Prosl) known as s...
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