KSPE 1071 Snow Skiing

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1."skiing" Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service: recreation, sport, and mode of transportation that involves moving over snow by the use of a pair of long, flat runners, called skis, attached to shoes or boots.

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2. Thermal Body Shirt, thermal pants, ski socks, fleece jackets or sweater, ski pants, ski boots, ski helmet hat or beanie, ski goggles, ski jacket, skis, ski bindings, ski gloves, and ski poles

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3. Modern Skiing developed in 1850

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4. It is believed that the first skiers used skis from the bones of large animals

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5. Powder, crud, crust, slush, and ice

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6. Mogul Skiing - Common Mogul Problems and Basic Drills

Moguls, also called Bumps, are humps or mounds of Snow which are developed when skiers perform turns on the same slope. They can increase in number, as well as in size, as skiers make turns around and over them. If an area on the slope becomes packed with Bumps, that section is named as a Mogul field.

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7. 95% of people who are caught in avalanches are caught by a slide that was triggered by themselves or a member of their party.

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8. Apline, Alpine touring, Backcountry, Carving, Cross Country, Freeride, Freestyle, and Telemark.

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9. Shovel is at the top of the ski.

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10. Is the amount of space beneath the center of a Ski when it lays on a flat surface and its weight rests on the Tip and Tail. The responsiveness and liveliness of a skier is related to the Camber.

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