The stem christie or wedge christie, is a type of skiing turn that originated in the mid-1800s in Norway and lasted until the late 1960s. It comprises...

ski geometry. Early techniques included the telemark turn, the stem, the stem Christie, snowplough, and parallel turn. New parabolic designs like the...

teaching skiing, beginners start with the snowplough then proceed to Stem Christie and then the parallel turn as their skills improve. It may be thought...

contrasts with earlier techniques such as the stem Christie, which slides the ski outward from the body ("stemming") to generate sideways force. Parallel turns...

toxic effect of the gas. The reaction, and Christie's exaggeration of the effects of the attack, stemmed from an underlying histrionic personality disorder...

efficient in allowing the skier to maintain speed because, unlike the older stem Christie and parallel turns, the skis do not create drag by sliding sideways...

Oslo, Norway in 1868. Norheim impressed spectators when he used the stem christie in Christiania (Oslo) in 1868, the technique was originally called christiania...

The Christie, formerly known as Christie Hospital and The Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, is a specialist National Health Service oncology...

Roller skiing Water skiing Stem techniques The Snowplough - (also known as the wedge) - see snowplough turn The Stem Christie Parallel turn Carve turn Telemark...

direction. This control led to the development of the telemark and stem christie ski turns. Starting in 1894, Fritz R. Huitfeldt invented a binding with...