Skating Styles

Let's try to understand the slang and styles of skiers skiing on the ski slopes.

 

   Carving. Horse cutting rotations of prepared ski tracks. Techniques skis in turn is based on the processing of both skis on Kant in all phases of rotation. Carving skis are different from the classical geometry - the presence of side-cut (they were already in the waist, and by the heel and the toes extended), the design, as well as the skating technique.

Carving skis make it possible to develop a high speed on the highway, lay a large diameter arc. For this style of driving is recommended long and tough ski with a small diameter of the lateral openings. There is another option carving - short and fast-cut turns. For such a style recommended it short skis and skiing to be at lower speeds.
 
Fan-carving or extreme carving. Short cut turns on steep mountain slopes and high speeds. Skier almost fall on the slope, the maximum zakantovyvaya skiing. Skiing without poles is performed on smooth and steep mountain slopes, preferably rigid. For driving a fan-carving, skiing establish a platform for increasing the distance between the boot and ski.
 
Freeriding. Free skating, usually on unprepared slopes. Launching a large arcs at high speed on the virgin snow. Extreme - the most radical, the direction of freeride, requires the skier a high level of skill. Not every risk of avalanches down the slopes and the margins, with jumps from the rocks and ride on forested slopes. Skis for freeride are distinguished by their geometry. They are long and wide, usually tvintip or "dovetail" with a small lateral cut. Allow yourself to feel comfortable, as the virgin snow, and small hard naduvah (chips).
 
Skiboarding. Skiing at skiborde (short skis) is prepared to ski the slopes with jumps and snoubordparkami.
 
Racing. Sports skating competition in slalom, giant slalom and downhill racing. Skiing involves carefully prepared ski trails.
 
Rowde. Skiing on the ski slopes in the soft and deep snow, turning of medium and small radius.
 
Cruising. Horse cutting medium and large turning radius in medium and high speeds on a wide rigid ski slopes.
 
Freestyle. Divided into the mogul, ballet and freestyle "new school". Mogul - skiing on prepared slopes to the uneven implementation of the elements of acrobatics while jumping. Ballet - skating on the flat prepared ski slopes with the implementation of artistic elements. Freestyle "new school" - the direction of driving the last time. It creates a special form of skiing (including Twin-tipy0 and special ski slopes - the stadiums, snow parks, hafpaypy. Includes jumps, traffic backs forward, the various exercises on the walls of Paipa and in the air. Branch is freestyle-bekkantri - Skating with the same elements that occur on the natural slope unprepared. Skis for freestyle-bekkantri - have a broad waist like a virgin models.
 
Boarder-cross and Ski-cross. Very entertaining discipline: 5-6 athletes chasing down each other, performing jumps and tricks, allowed the power struggle. To Border and ski-cross requires special slopes with Bugra and jumps.
 
Backcountry. Skiing on the unprepared, overgrown forested slope, preferably away from human settlements. Or consider freeriding.
 
Freeskiing. A new style of skating, involving fluent in several styles of skiing when there is a possibility. Usually it is skiing on the steep slopes unprepared. Skis for friskiinga more conventional, allowing confident feel on the snow virgin soil. Friskiingom enjoyed by experienced skiers. This pleasure is not cheap. Even if you do not take into account the cost of equipment - but only with the equipment it makes sense to engage friskiingom - to keep himself in shape, you need to carry out in the mountains all winter and summer have the opportunity to roll somewhere in the glacier. New ground in European resorts often flatten out, thus friskiing very often associated with renting a helicopter.
 
Heli-ski.  Skiing with the use of helicopters as a means of delivery to the mountain. Heli-skiing is popular with fans outside the route of this ride on a virgin soil. The helicopter allows you to choose the best slopes, so a feeling of complete freedom of movement, the group always escorted by experienced guides to help you to stay on the planned route. Each participant receives avalanche probe and is coaching.