00311234 The Amazing Sport of Skiing

Slide 1: By Student 00311234, Green Pod

Slide 2: (2 )  Pe o ple o f the Te lemark area of Norway have be e n c re dite d with de ve loping s kiing into a s port in the e arly 1700s  The No rdic s ki o nly mounte d the toe , the he e l fre e to mo ve up and do wn, now a days this is known as Te lemark s kiing  In the 1930s Alpine s kiing was de ve loped, having bo th the to e and the he e l mounte d to the s ki  Aus tria and S witzerland de ve lope d the firs t Alpine Ski Re s orts (1 )

Slide 3:  The ke y fac to r in having a g re at day o f s kiing is the s no w  Mo untains in the Canadian Ro c kie s are kno wn to have e pic amo unts o f s no wfall  This ye ar alo ne Fe rnie Mo untain Re s o rt has had mo re than 800c m o f s no w

Slide 4: S no w pac k re fe rs to the to tal s no w bas e adve rtis e d at a re s o rt. This pie c hart illus trate s the pe rc e ntag e o f s no w pac k by re s o rt fo r the to tal re s o rts ide ntifie d in the RCR g ro up. As the c hart indic ate s , Fe rnie g e ts the hig he s t pe rc e ntag e o f s no wfall in the s ki s e as o n.

Slide 5:  Anyo ne c an le arn ho w to s ki, jus t s ig n up fo r s o me le s s o ns and yo u will be c ruis ing do wn the mo untain in no time .  The firs t mo ve yo u le arn is the “pizza”, po int yo ur fe e t s o the s kis fo rm the s hape o f a pizza. A s les np c ingth p ki s o ra tic e izza

Slide 6:  The re are various type s of  Alpine s kis us ually have a s kis inc luding fre e s tyle rounde d tip, but the bac k s kis , powde r s kis , and is flat. alpine s kis .  Fre e s tyle s kis ’ bac ks and tips are both rounde d.  Po wde r s kis are ge ne rally quite wide s o that the y c an glide e as ily o ve r po wde r, the y us ually have bo th e nds rounde d, tho ug h not as muc h as park s kis .

Slide 7: Powder Ski Freestyle Ski Alpine Ski Volkl “Mantra” Volkl “Bridge” Volkl “Tigershark”

Slide 8:  A type o f s kiing that has be c o me po pular o ve r the ye ars is Fre e s tyle s kiing .  Fre e s tyle s kiing has be e n a me mbe r o f the s kiing c o mmunity s inc e 1979.  Fre e s tyle made its Olympic de but in 1988 with Mo g uls be ing its o ffic ial me dal s po rt.  Mo s t fre e s tyle s kie rs c an be fo und in the Te rrain Parks g o ing o ff o f jumps , rails , and the half pipe .  Whe n c ruis ing o n the mo untain Fre e s tyle r’s g o in s e arc h o f c liffs and o the r natural jumps to te s t the ir s kills o n.

Slide 9: (1) Skier in the air after going off a jump. (2) Skier about to go onto a rail.

Slide 10:  S lide “His to ry o f S kiing ” info rmatio n fo und fro m http://www.s pe e ds ki.c o m/His to ryo fS kiing .htm g raphic s fro m (1) http://www.s kiarc hive s .o rg /Imag e s /s kibus .jpg and (2) http://www.te le mark-s wis s .c o m/imag e s /firs tc o urs e .jpg  S lide “S no w” bac kg ro und fro m http://www.s ae nzplac e .ne t/Imag e %20html/pho to 11.html  S lide “The Bas ic s ” g raphic fro m http://www.e as ie r.c o m/myads /imag e s /141721-S kiAus tria.jpg  S lide “Type s o f S kis ” g raphic s fro m http://ms nbc me dia3.ms n.c o m/j/ms nbc /Co mpo ne nts /Pho to s /061212/0 and http://www.mo untainmag ic .c o m/e quipme nt/s kiing /alpine /vo lkl.htm  S lide “Fre e s tyle S kiing ” info rmatio n fo und fro m http://www.fre e s tyle s ki.c o m/e n/fre e s tyle /inde x.htm g raphic s fro m (1) http://www.tuto rialc e nte r.o rg /070410_ne ws /vis ual_e dito r_pre vie w_fi and (2) http://img .s c o o p.c o .nz/s to rie s /imag e s /0608/5fa14958dc 3e 97e 6e 72b.j