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    all off. After wiping them completely dry, you can use a base cleaner to remove any remaining wax. Finally, rub some shiny new wax over the bottom. The wax you use is going to depend on your type of skiing. For alpine skiing, you’ll use a glide wax to make you faster. For classic cross-country skiing, you’ll need a grip wax to help you get enough traction to move forward but still let you glide once you get going. If you’re looking for more information about cleaning your skis, REI has a great article

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    a small township named Bridger. It is located in central-southern Montana, just above the stunning Pryor Mountain Range. Bridger has a population of around 1,000 people. It is surrounded by small foothills and mountains. Montana is known for great skiing, it’s eyeful scenery, and there is an opportunity for adventure around every corner. One thing that is great about Montana is it’s looming mountains. The Pryor Mountain Range consists of one magnificent peak surrounded by meager foothills.

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    Ski Culture The four stages of culture shock had never felt more real than the culture of skiing. The first time I ever skied I was 8 years old and my dad took my younger brother and I to Ski Liberty in western Maryland. One could say that this was stage one of culture shock: The Honeymoon. I truly underestimated the greatness and size of the mountain before I was actually on it. The snow captivated me. There was this feeling of enchantment as I sat waiting to depart from the ski lift. The view

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    one turn were told to take. It was -5 degrees on Sunday River, one of the largest ski resorts in Maine, The website seid that most of the snow was covered with ice, not the best conditions but by all means not the worst. My friend Ben and I were skiing for the first time on Sunday River. We were told that as long as we took the turn on the Snowbound trail, we would end up at the lodge that our parents would be in, But no matter how many times we kept saying to ourselves that we had to make a turn

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    In the following paragraphs, I will explain to you what Alpine Skiing Team Event is, and how it came to the Olympics. Alpine Skiing Team Event is a new sport in the Olympics. This is the first year that they are going to feature this sport. Although this is its first year in the Olympics it is not a completely unknown sport. This sport has been in the World Championships since 2005, then in 2011, they added Parallel Alpine Skiing Team Event to the World Championship. To summarize, although this sport

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    to eventually reach the minute, small, yet wondrous Jackson Hole Airport. Weeks, months, and even years before our vacation my dad had shown me videos and pictures of the beauty in a Jackson Hole and the terrain we would be skiing. He had told me, “That’s what you’ll be skiing,” though I never believed him until I was face-to-face with the breathtaking taking mountain peak over two miles above sea-level. That slope that I was about to

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    tournament at my grandparents pond where he has done a competition, he does very well and so does everybody else, but every time he skis I believe that he should win because he is very well trained. Another reason my grandpas is active is he goes skiing in Bellefontaine. My grandpa likes to snow ski at Bellefontaines Mad River Mountain. I have gone with him to this place and I have taken classes there to learn how to ski like him, after I was done with the classes

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    It was a feeling of freedom. I have been skiing for more than half of my life and it’s something I want to do every winter, so when I for the first time could experience the Norwegian mountains. This hobby has helped me find new friends and socializing into the Norwegian society. And it was a place for me to be on the weekends. I choose this track because I used to listen to while I was skiing and because it´s the theme song the from the Salomon Freeski TV I watch

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    Francisco Peaks, where the Ski resort is located. The San Francisco Peaks are located in Northern Arizona, seven miles outside of Flagstaff. The weather on these peaks is not very consistent. Some winters there’s excess of snow for skiing, then there are years like the 2001- 2002 ski season where there were only four inches of snow the whole winter. This

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    mountain range and skied these mountains for most of my life. Taos Ski Valley is elevated 12,400 feet above sea level and receives on average, 300 inches of snow during the winter every year. Some of the most memorable times I’ve had at Taos were skiing down double black diamond runs waist deep in 40 inches of new snow fall. What makes Taos my favorite landscape is its tranquility and the memories I’ve created there with the people I love. The first day of the ski season feels like cows getting

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