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1skiing — /skee ing/, n. the act or sport of gliding on skis. [1890 95; SKI + ING1] * * * I Sport and mode of transportation involving moving over snow on a pair of long flat runners (skis) attached to shoes or boots. Skiing was born in northern Europe;… …
2Ski — This article is about the sporting device. For the related activity, see Skiing. For other uses, see Ski (disambiguation). A shaped, twin tip alpine ski A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to… …
3Snowshoe — Snowshoes, sometimes colloquially referred to as webs, are footwear for walking over snow. Snowshoes work by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person s foot doesn t sink completely into the snow, a quality… …
4Longboarding — is the act of riding, on or performing tricks with, a longboard. A person who rides a longboard is referred to as a longboarder.Longboarding is variety of skateboarding, a relatively modern sport mdash;that originated as sidewalk surfing in the… …
5Skiing — This article is about snow skiing. For water skiing, see water skiing. For other related articles, see ski (disambiguation). Alpine skier carving a turn Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are… …
6Wildfire — This article is about uncontrolled outdoor fire. For the New York rock band, see Forest Fire (band). For other uses, see Wildfire (disambiguation). Crown Fire redirects here. For the 2010 wildfire in Southern California, see 2010 California… …
7Longboard (skateboard) — This page is about skating Longboards, see longboard (surfing) for information about longboards of the surfboard variety. A longboard is a skateboard with a longer and sometimes wider shape used for longboarding. They are most commonly used for… …
8Alfred Hitchcock — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock …
9History of skiing — Skiing, or traveling over snow on wooden runners, has a recorded history of almost five millennia. Ancient history The first hints to the existence of skis are on 4500 to 5000 year old rock drawings, e.g. at Rødøy in Norway (discovered 1933) or… …
10Mountainboarding — MBS Pro 100 Mountainboard with noSno soft bindings Mountainboarding, also known as Dirtboarding, Offroad Boarding, Grass Boarding, and All Terrain Boarding (ATB), is a well established[1] if little known extreme sport, derived from snowboarding.… …
