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...
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pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partially secured heel. For climbing slopes, ski skins (originally...
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downhill. Synthetic skins typically grip better while mohair skins made from Angora Goat hair slide better. Commonly, skins are attached to skis or a splitboard...
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the mesh Uphill skiing using ski skins Skin (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Skinning. If an internal...
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including 'sticky' skins on the bottoms of the skis to stop them sliding backwards during an ascent, then locking the heel and removing the skins for their descent...
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Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely...
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steep terrain. Ski skins: Attached to bottoms of skis, used for walking up slopes.[citation needed] Rope: Are not always used in ski mountaineering,...
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alpine skis. For downhill travel, the heels are locked and the skins are removed. The Nordic disciplines include cross-country skiing and ski jumping...
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of the skis or sticky ski wax in the center pocket are used in lower-angle or rolling terrain. Climbing skins are used when fish scales or ski wax fail...
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turn (skiing) Jump turn Skis Ski bindings Ski boots Ski poles with pole guards if a racer Ski wax depending on the condition and temperature Ski skins if...
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somewhat from year to year. ski skins Removable strips of fabric that attach to the underside of skis, designed to allow the skis to slide forward on snow...
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access: long pieces of synthetic fabric, known as skins, can be attached to the bottom of the skis to allow travel uphill in the backcountry. With the...
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Snowshoe (section Pre-contact Eurasian ski-snowshoes)
"ski-snowshoes", essentially short, wide versions of traditional skis, were used in Eurasia. They were made of light woods such as pine. Slender skis seem...
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(UK-APC) in 1959 for Victor Sohm, Austrian skiing exponent who invented a special type of ski skins and ski wax. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica...
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IV, Nidecker won a gold medal at the 6th International Ski Show in Geneva for their new ski skin system called the Varai-Clix. In 1984, Nidecker joined...
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by SkiFree. A winter skin where the player skis instead of surfs and must run from the SkiFree Abominable Snowman was added to the game in 2021. SkiFree...
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(September 1988). "Your True Colors". Ski. 53 (1): 266. Retrieved 28 October 2015. Johnson Gross, Kim (1997). Woman's Face: Skin Care and Makeup. Knopf. ISBN 9780679445784...
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Skins, stylized SKINS, is an Australian manufacturing company founded in 1996 that designs and produces compression garment for athletes and sports enthusiasts...
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Mont Tremblant Resort (redirect from Mont Tremblant Ski Resort)
journalist, they climbed to the summit of Mont Tremblant with skis wrapped in seal skins for traction. After an exhausting trek to the summit, it is said...
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A ski suit is a suit made to be worn over the rest of the clothes when skiing or snowboarding. Ski suits made for more casual winter wear outdoors may...
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Skin Graft Records (officially capitalized SKiN GRAFT Records) is an independent record label specializing in no wave and noise rock, originally based...
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Salomon Group (redirect from Salomon Skis)
(December 2010). "Georges Salomon". Skiing Heritage: 44. Sirak, Ron (September 17, 1997). "Organizers announce field for Skins Game". Ocala Star-Banner. Florida...
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Emelie Forsberg (category Swedish female ski mountaineers)
December she placed second in a Swedish race in Åre after losing her ski skins and running one out of eight laps on foot. Shortly after, in January 2013...
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Skiing, or traveling over snow on skis, has a history of at least eight millennia. The earliest archaeological examples of skis were found in Karelia...
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Downhill is a form of alpine skiing competition. Whereas the other alpine skiing events (slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, and combined) emphasize...
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it very popular among hobbyists and some traction enthusiasts, especially ski- and sledge-borne expeditions across both Arctic and Antarctic lands, but...
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fennel, coriander, lime, and vodka or aquavit)" klister, "a soft wax used on skis" krill, "planktonic crustaceans and their larvae (order or suborder Euphausiacea...
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album and his third studio album, Skins, was announced as being given a December 7, 2018. The first single from Skins, titled "Bad!", was released on November...
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used mainly for pushing off and was covered with skins. The locomotion, in which a shearing of the skis was advantageous, bears a marked resemblance to...
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long ascent. It usually takes place on flat snow and entirely with skins under skis. It has not to exceed an altitude difference of 700m. Relay race: This...
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