Speed skiing is the sport of skiing downhill in a straight line at as high a speed as possible, as timed over a fixed stretch of ski slope. There are two...
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Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over...
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FIS Speed Ski World Cup, and was demonstrated at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville. Freestyle skiing – Includes mogul skiing, aerials, ski cross...
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Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country...
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Eddie the Eagle (redirect from Eddie Edwards (ski jumper))
Large Hill events. He held the British ski jumping record from 1988 to 2001. He also took part in amateur speed skiing, running at 106.8 km/h (66.4 mph),...
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with specific speed skiing equipment S2, the second class, performed with standard alpine skiing equipment (also called Production then Speed Downhil (SDH))...
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François Bon, Antoine Montant), who coined the term speed-riding ('riding' from freeride skiing, and 'speed' for the velocity that gives non-rigid wings their...
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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...
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closing) Les Arcs – Speed skiing Courchevel – Ski jumping and Nordic combined Les Ménuires – Alpine skiing (slalom men) Méribel – Alpine skiing (women) Méribel...
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Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics. The venue was in Les Arcs, about 60 km from the host city, Albertville. Michael Prufer...
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