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| | |  Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - StylesThere are three main styles used in cross-country skiing. Specially adapted equipment is available to suit each.
The Classic style was the first technique that was used and although not the fastest (in the same way as the breaststroke swimming technique) it is still used today by many, especially beginners, as it tends to be the easiest to learn. However, this technique takes many years to perfect.
The skating style, developed as a result of racing and is harder to learn but once mastered the skiers can travel much faster. Sk ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - Sports events, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Styles |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Technique The edges used in a Telemark turn are the same as with a parallel turn, but a Telemark turn involves leading the turn with the outside ski while trailing the inside ski. When initiating a turn, the skier edges the outside ski (which becomes the downhill ski at the completion of the turn) with a flat heel while simultaneously lifting the heel on the inside ski to shift the ski to the back of the Telemark stance. Through the turn, the skier's weight is shifted onto the outside ski by a ratio of 60/40 up to 80/20 depending a snow conditions, an ...
See also:Telemark skiing, Telemark skiing - Telemark, Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival, Telemark skiing - Equipment, Telemark skiing - Technique, Telemark skiing - Competition Events, Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom, Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic, Telemark skiing - Telemark Sprint Classic, Telemark skiing - Mountain Telemark, Telemark skiing - Trivia Read more here: » Telemark skiing: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Technique |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Styles There are three main styles used in cross-country skiing. Specially adapted equipment is available to suit each.
The Classic style was the first technique that was used and although not the fastest (in the same way as the breaststroke swimming technique) it is still used today by many, especially beginners, as it tends to be the easiest to learn. However, this technique takes many years to perfect.
The skating style, developed as a result of racing and is harder to learn but once mastered the skiers can travel much faster. Sk ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Styles |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Waxes There are a wide variety of waxes for Nordic Skiing. The waxes can be classified into three main categories: glide waxes, kick waxes, and klisters.
Cross-country skiing - Glide wax.
Glide waxes are used to make a ski glide faster, and are applied by ironing onto the ski. Glide waxes range widely in price, depending on quality; racing waxes can be very expensive, over $200 per pair at the national level. They are generally in the form of blocks, though they can be found as powders or li ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Waxes |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Equipment Telemark skis are similar to alpine skis, and many Telemarkers use alpine skis. In recent years, they have been getting significantly wider. Many Telemark skis sold today are more than twice as wide as the skinny Nordic skis used just 15 years ago. Recently an asymmetric ski has been produced specifically for Telemark, which enables better weight distribution over the ski in both the forward and back position.
Leather boots are still used by some, but plastic is now the usual choice. The boots have a plastic "duckbill" at the front, w ...
See also:Telemark skiing, Telemark skiing - Telemark, Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival, Telemark skiing - Equipment, Telemark skiing - Technique, Telemark skiing - Competition Events, Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom, Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic, Telemark skiing - Telemark Sprint Classic, Telemark skiing - Mountain Telemark, Telemark skiing - Trivia Read more here: » Telemark skiing: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Equipment |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival The revival in the Telemark technique, after its death in the mid-1940s, first started out in United States in the 1970s as a back-to-basics reaction to the high-tech equipment developments of Alpine skiing, and the increasing reliance on crowded groomed pistes (trails). The use of traditional clothing was often (and sometimes still is) part of the Telemark skiing revival.
The revival came to the attention of a larger public with a demonstration by a team from the Professional Ski Instructors of America at Interski, Ital ...
See also:Telemark skiing, Telemark skiing - Telemark, Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival, Telemark skiing - Equipment, Telemark skiing - Technique, Telemark skiing - Competition Events, Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom, Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic, Telemark skiing - Telemark Sprint Classic, Telemark skiing - Mountain Telemark, Telemark skiing - Trivia Read more here: » Telemark skiing: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Telemark The Telemark turn came to the attention of the Norwegian public in 1868, when Sondre Norheim took part in a ski competition, impressing with his ability to turn so easily and fluidly. The technique soon dominated skiing, and in Norway it continued to do so well into the next century. However new types of technique based on the stem were gradually starting to replace Telemark in the Alpine countries in the 1910s, since it was easier to master and enabled shorter turns better suited to the steeper alpine terrain and skiing downhill. The Telemark turn became the ...
See also:Telemark skiing, Telemark skiing - Telemark, Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival, Telemark skiing - Equipment, Telemark skiing - Technique, Telemark skiing - Competition Events, Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom, Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic, Telemark skiing - Telemark Sprint Classic, Telemark skiing - Mountain Telemark, Telemark skiing - Trivia Read more here: » Telemark skiing: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Telemark |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots Three different binding systems are used in modern cross-country skiing:
NNN (New Nordic Norm) – including the new R4 NIS variant
SNS (Salomon Nordic System) Profil
SNS Pilot
Older styled, "three-pin" bindings (of the "rat trap" variety) are still used by backcountry enthusiasts.
Cross-country skiing - NNN.
New Nordic Norm (NNN) bindings, made by Rottefella, Rossignol, and Atomic, can range from BC (Backcountry) to the R3 Skate and R3 Classic to the ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Competition Events As a competition event, the sport is governed by the International Ski Federation Telemark Committee. The Telemark disciplines are:
Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom.
Similar to Giant Slalom, but including a jump marked for style and distance.
Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic.
Classic involves a Giant Slalom section, a jump (with time penalties of up to 7 seconds for errors), a 360° turn, and an uphill sprint.
See also:Telemark skiing, Telemark skiing - Telemark, Telemark skiing - The Telemark Revival, Telemark skiing - Equipment, Telemark skiing - Technique, Telemark skiing - Competition Events, Telemark skiing - Telemark Giant Slalom, Telemark skiing - Telemark Classic, Telemark skiing - Telemark Sprint Classic, Telemark skiing - Mountain Telemark, Telemark skiing - Trivia Read more here: » Telemark skiing: Encyclopedia II - Telemark skiing - Competition Events |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport As a hobby, cross-country skiing may be viewed as a kind of "bushwalking on skis", where skiers tackle trails of various lengths and difficulties. Some skiers stay out for extended periods using tents and equipment similar to bushwackers, whereas others take relatively short trips from ski resorts.
As a sport, cross-country skiing is one of the most difficult endurance sports, as its motions use every major muscle group and it (along with rowing and swimming) is one of the sports that burn the most calories per hour in execution. Succ ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles The skis are long and thin, to distribute the weight of the skier and allow the skier to move quickly. Typical ski dimensions are 2 metres in length, about 5 centimetres in width and one to four centimetres in thickness, depending on the ski brand and which point of the ski is measured.
As in downhill skiing, cross-country skiers carry two poles, usually made of aluminium or fiberglass. More expensive poles are made of graphite or some other light material. Poles have a spike at the end to provide a fixed pivot when the pole penetrate ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - Sports events, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles |
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| | | | Skiing and Skiing Topics: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - History Cross-country skiing originated in Scandinavian countries in prehistoric times. It may have also been practiced by Native Americans for similar lengths of time, although the Norwegian emigrants Snowshoe Thompson and Jackrabbit Johannsen are widely credited for introducing the sport to North America.
The sport has been used by explorers by means of transport, and all Scandinavian armies train their infantry on skis for winter operations. Traditionally, all of the equipment was made of natural materials: wooden skis and bamboo poles wit ...
See also:Cross-country skiing, Cross-country skiing - The hobby and the sport, Cross-country skiing - Sports events, Cross-country skiing - History, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: skis and poles, Cross-country skiing - Equipment: bindings/boots, Cross-country skiing - NNN, Cross-country skiing - SNS Profil, Cross-country skiing - SNS Pilot, Cross-country skiing - Waxes, Cross-country skiing - Glide wax, Cross-country skiing - Kick wax, Cross-country skiing - Klister, Cross-country skiing - Waxless skis, Cross-country skiing - Styles, Cross-country skiing - Classic, Cross-country skiing - Free/Skating, Cross-country skiing - Telemark, Cross-country skiing - Summer skiing, Cross-country skiing - Notes Read more here: » Cross-country skiing: Encyclopedia II - Cross-country skiing - History |
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