Category: Advanced Ski Tips
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Off Piste\Backcountry Skiing – What’s all the fuss about?
The vast majority of recreational skiers get out on the slopes once or twice a year during the winter season. As skiing is a relatively easy sport to learn and progress quickly in, enjoyment levels are extremely high even for first time beginners. That’s why we all get hooked! But transcending the ability levels from…
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The Top 5 Swiss Ski Runs
The Skiing Department has written an Article describing The Top 5 Swiss Ski Runs. You can view this article on the Ski-buzz Blog : The Top 5 Swiss Ski Runs Photo: Eric Titcombe (CC 2.0)
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How to Adapt to Skiing Moguls
The Skiing Department has written a Blog Post about How to Adapt to Skiing Moguls. You can view the post on Dave Barton’s SkiBlog-SkiBlog: How to Adapt to Skiing Moguls
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Top 5 European Ski Resorts for Freeride Skiing
The Skiing Department has written a Blog Post about The Top 5 European Ski Resorts for Freeride Skiing, on the Extreme Sports Trader Website.
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Introduction to an Avalanche Story
One of the most common causes of injury or death, in an avalanche situation, is the skier starting the avalanche themselves. This can be due to the skiers weight on the snow triggering a slide or the movement of the skis running through the snow and cutting the surface like a knife.
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An Avalanche Story or why you should be properly equipped and prepared when going off piste
A personal friend of mine wrote a short story about one of his experiences with an avalanche in Verbier, Switzerland in 1999. I wanted to publish this story as I felt it really made you feel close to understanding the situation that is presented when encountered with this force of nature.