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Sentence Examples Barbara has driven her Skidoo, loaded with custom-made leg-hold traps and other gear, me riding my skis at the end of a tow rope behind. However, a skilled skier can get adequate grip from a wide variety of skis and waxes. Visually impaired skiers follow the sound of the guide's skis and poles on the snow. A woman sitting next to me on the ski lift claimed she actually skis best when she's wearing Prada. Alpine farmers checking their flocks, woodsmen, hunters, postmen and border guards used skis as pure tools for transport. If you're a skier, slap a pair of climbing skins on your skis and you've got an impressively efficient way to get uphill. Ascending with climbing skins is easier than kicking steps, and skis let you make a fast exit when bad weather rolls in. We huddle together to fit skins to our skis, fingers instantly numbed to frozen sausages. Climbing skins stick to the bottom of your skis or snowboard and let you motor uphill. We strap our skis to our packs, and McLean hands me a ski pole with a Whippet grip before we start kicking our way upward again. Three instructors and the 10 others had to carry the skis, ski sticks, and boots to the higher snow slopes for their daily lessons. So Deer Valley is catering to the rich and famous, who actually do buy this year's latest and greatest skis and skiwear. The first hour today was one part exhilaration, nine parts exhaustion, as he demonstrated how to inch sideways up a snowy knoll in skis. But before the couple arrived in Northern California, life on the water meant an afternoon with an inboard motor and a pair of skis. It offers skis for downhill and cross country enthusiasts, as well as sleds, tubes and snow shoes. Under the act, an age restriction regulation applies to the operator of jet skis and other pleasure craft. He was striding at cruising speed with his skis in one hand and his poles in the other. In general, klister is required for classic skiing on waxable skis when the snow is icy, slushy or really wet. They will be sailing among a fleet of 200 yachts, dinghies and jet skis raising money for medical research. Since then the skis have been gathering dust and the local children have had very few opportunities to throw snowballs at one another. Show More Sentences In no time flat, we borrowed a pair of skis from a friend and piled into her Subaru wagon, loaded down with water, Gore-Tex and gorp. This was a hoot, since the exam was given on an alpine hill that I skied on with my long, skinny, wooden skis. Once you've selected a character and a snowboard or skis, you'll begin racing. Upon arrival at the destination there will be one set of skis or a snowboard for each team. When the leisured classes took to skis, though, they did so first for amusement, then for sport. For the leisure industry, they stock wet suits, surf and ski boards and Yamaha Jet skis. Alternatively, you can eschew the usual headlong rush of the resort and take off into the back country on a pair of snowshoes or touring skis. On skis, get some speed, rise abruptly to unweight your skis and turn both skis sideways by rotating your legs from your hips. Tips and tails during unweighting are always lower than the center of the skis prohibiting any attempt at a slide. We tune skis, mend Gore-tex, modify toys, and attack piles of forgotten gear on total faith that it will snow before Christmas. At the end of the day, thoughtful valets unbuckle your boots, toss them onto a warmer, stash your skis, and hand you a cup of cocoa. Seconds later, a family friend on skis went over the same bump and crashed into Jack after failing to spot him lying in the snow. Each canister contains enough for applications on 13 pairs of cross country skis. At last we have our skis, meaning we can now tow our pulks in true explorer style. In his infectious enthusiasm for the event, Mayor Rybak purchased roller skis to practice off-season for the City of Lakes Loppet. So in 1976 I started taking routes that were really climbs on the Continental Divide, and I'd take my skis. They also teach the often-overlooked basics about how to move about on skis, encouraging you to clump around on a carpet fully kitted up. Paradise Beach has traditional water sports available such as water skiing, jet skis, banana boats, pedalos etc. Outdoor recreation or the marina is also a good place to rent life vests, skis and a towrope for a reasonable price. Two women, in their mid-40s, traveled 1,717 miles of frozen, mountainous, treacherous terrain on skis and parasails. Show More Sentences I step over the yard toys and around the cross-country skis to reach the front door of the clapboard house on the shore of Lake Champlain. Huge cracks blemished the skis, the bindings were grotesquely twisted, and the poles bent at right angles. Participants leave the clinic skiing better with the knowledge of how to care for and prep their skis. But he got into his stride and, 600 feet from the top, the team shed their skis and used ice axes and crampons to complete their climb. No one under 12 years of age may operate legally a vessel towing a person on water skis, an aquaplane, a parasail, or similar device. The art of edging is to literally tip your skis sideways allowing the edge to cut into the snow. The kind of place, in fact, where mere mortals who ran out of puff on steep hills and couldn't stay upright on skis would not get much joy. All the equipment needed to sail on skis comes stored in a medium sized daypack. Gradually the sun warms up and then, finally, a band of bright, pale gold hits the snow and the fresh powder begins to sparkle beneath your skis. With time, however, a ski tip would begin to lose its curve and sag, especially when the skis were used in wet, sloppy snow. His only accompaniment was the soft hiss of snow passing beneath his skis and the low whistle of the wind as it shaped the loose powder. The Whitewoods line will offer packages of cross country boom, skis, poles and bindings. I galloped down the stairs from the deck of the lodge, jumped into my skis, and secured my poles. The list of gear for skiers and snowboarders include skis, boots, poles, avalanche safety equipment, helmets, bindings and goggles. I walked down to the beach carrying my skis, boots and poles and changed from sandals to my skating boots. So if it's only your feet, skis, and knees that are coming across, then the pole is not a problem. If I'm lucky, I'll win a downhill ski bag to store our family's five sets of skis and poles. Start with your skis off, but grab your poles for added confidence and balance. The click of poles and chattering of skis was reminiscent of the tinkling of an old-time piano. My skis straighten, the bottom of the slope rushes at me, and I find myself in a heap, ploughing up a furrow of snow. Show More Sentences Camouflaged in white clothing on white skis, the Finns inspired American skiers. These are confident skis that can take advanced skiers who rarely leave the piste to places they've never seen. Thus Bridget descends by parachute into a pigsty full of excrement, struggles hopelessly on skis, and gets drenched by passing London lorries. Before those 1968 Olympics, he would be tinkering with 15 pairs of skis at a time, like a saxophonist with his reeds, and finally choosing. Clubs and individuals can win Spirit surf skis and Malibu boards just by entering. They invited visitors to pose for Polaroids against a photomural of a ski chalet, on a set equipped with skis and covered with artificial snow. I wasn't so elegant, but following Ken's lead I could feel my skis snapping me up out of the crud. We moved silently, talking in whispers, inching along on our scraping skis. So when I strapped on a pair of skis two years ago, it was a rather tentative individual who stepped on the snow. Okay, you've got both skis mounted with the toe units, they're epoxied and the boot-heel center marks line up perfectly with those on your skis. But as I began mentally working out the plot of my next unpublished novel, I heard the unmistakable scrape of skis approaching from behind. But, all too often, it is used as a stepping stone to conventional skis or wakeboarding and the skill of kneeboarding is taken no further. A great wax job and properly fitted skis are a tremendous help when you want good grip. I love to glide my skis along the easy and moderate paths, crossing snowcovered meadows and scrublands. All you need to do is take your skis into the shop and get some expert advice on the type you need. Then quickly pivot both skis under your body into a sideslip in the fall line. Along with snowboards and snowblades the latest skis lead the freeriding movement, said by supporters to be an entirely new approach to skiing. It boasts a ski rental of over 400 sets of equipment, including snowboards, carving skis, snow blades and even some cross country skis. When five-year-old Andrew strapped on skis for the first time, he begged his parents to let him go up the rope tow alone. We paused to let some Berber muleteers pass us, their donkeys' panniers loaded with the skis and packs of another climbing party. Show More Sentences Also, they have a great used gear selection, and a clever trade-up program for children's skis to help keep the family skiing together. I listened to the hiss of his skis, watching him disappear in a vapor trail of white smoke. Will better skis, more expensive wax or an extra helping of spaghetti help me shave a few minutes off last year's time? Also, skiers doing long traverses with little emphasis on making turns found the lightweight edged Nordic skis to be a good tool. From there, your party will don crampons and climbing helmets, strap skis to packs, and climb another 4.4 miles above treeline. And nearly all the village used to wave them off as they tromped down to the station with mountains of luggage, skis and snow boots. We practise sliding downhill with skis at 90 degrees to the fall line, edges biting deep. My poles and skis were attached to my pack and the downward trudge began as I suffered. For the adrenaline junkies, jet skis, water skiing and tubing are just a few examples of the water sports available at the beach. In the effort to win, they lubricated their skis with concoctions of vegetable oil, animal fat, whale oil, and tree sap. All the skis are waxless, have significant sidecut and are sized from 163 cm to 193 cm. Shorter skis weigh less, are easier to carry on a pack, and will turn with ease through the tightest trees and narrowest couloirs. Everybody's got more jet skis and Dustbusters now and sneakers with lights in them. He skis backward into the jump, turns to his right, then whips out three head-over-heels flips while grabbing a ski. Downhillers can rent skis or a snowboard at the Como Ski Center in St. Paul. She also donned her first pair of skis only a month after she mastered walking. Where the wider skis like the Chubbs stand out is in the windslab, breakable crust, Sierra cement type conditions. Among the strange contents of the vessel, which was towed to Sanday, were two swords, a pair of skis and a helmet. Walk into any ski shop these days, looking for a new pair of skis, and you'll be greeted by a blizzard of colour, shape and terminology. At present the team is covering about 13 miles a day on foot and skis and they are hoping to reach their destination in about 60 days. Show More Sentences Rick Sylvester donned skis for the breathtaking ski jump that has been ranked among the ten best stunts ever captured on film. If you own waxless skis, try a pair of waxable skis on a day when it is below freezing. In my experience, the fit of the ski is not nearly as important as whether you have a good pair of skis. Now, my father-in-law can't even strap on a pair of cross-country skis for there is not enough snow to ski on! When I finally pulled myself together, I had decided to exchange my snowboard for a pair of skis, something I would feel comfortable on. Next he dives into an explanation of wedging, offering a physics lesson on why skis are so darn slippery. The skis get hot, and when the aircraft stops the skis can stick to the ice. In addition to her gymnastic training five days a week, she skis and skates in the winter. If the beginnings of sport on skis are to be found among the upper crust, skiing is today largely a bourgeois sport. If you're on ice forgo your skis and use crampons until you find skiable snow. At the lake we fed the grey jays, which sat on our skis and even ate out of Paul's hand. Only two months were left of our field season, and that was spent largely on cross-country skis, hauling sleds laden with carboys full of seawater. A coating of pine resin waterproofed the fir splice and his skis. At least one U.S. intelligence official says that clapper might have gotten just a bit ahead of his skis. After we send the packs and skis over, Ken ties into the cord. Many skis were just a whipsawed piece of lumber four to six inches in width with an upturned tip, but they worked well enough to transport the skier to where he wanted to go. It has two speedboats slung over the back, many windsurfers, two jet skis, 12 cabins, a crew of eight and the usual range of bar stools coated in whale foreskin. My first encounter with a rare herd of red deer wintering in the Austrian Alps came after a four-hour ascent on skis through snowed-in forests and steep terrain. If a personal watercraft is towing another person on skis, kneeboards, or other devices, a second person must face the rear to monitor the person being towed. Less weight equals less fatigue on the ascent, and releasable skis are safer in avalanches because they don't act as anchors pulling victims down. Show More Sentences You can stand your feet on the same edge, angulate better than you can on skis, and now split-boards take away the problem of ascent in deep snow. The driver dumped my skis in the dark and revved off to California. Send up some rooster tails as you zip across the lake on water skis. In 2012, FIS announced a new requirement increasing the minimum turn radius of GS skis by eight meters. Surfer was the comically subversive tale of a group of ski bums visited by a mysterious stranger who skis magically and imparts mystical knowledge. Neither of the fundraisers have even put on a pair of skis or salopettes, but they intend to glide down the slopes with ease in the 26 mile event. It can be used for telemark, backcountry touring, and downhill, and is not wedded to tracks because it is shorter, wider, and more stable than traditional cross-country skis. Put on a scarf and mittens, dig out your car, get on your bike, strap on some skis, or head to the subway. So, book those lift tickets, strap on your skis, and get ready for the ride of a lifetime. He managed adequately, though, in subzero temperatures by wrapping his feet in meal sacks which were nailed to his 12-foot long skis and lashed in place with leather thongs. In winter it becomes a snowy playground where tobogganers sail down a 1,700-foot sledding track while others try out snowshoes or cross-country skis. Marines on skis and snowboards, several with leashed canine companions at their sides. The team used vehicles, skis, snowmobiles, and other means of conveyance to canvass the entire range of remote, frosty Siberian forests where tigers may be living. Telemark skis have taken on radical widths and sidecuts in recent years. He upped his game during the off season and figured out how to ski GS and the new skis better than anyone else. It's a 30-kilometer race where skiers switch out their classic cross country skis after 15 kilometers to skating skis, where they ski for another 15 kilometers. Pictures of Baxter at the age of four on the uncompromising slopes of Aviemore show a boy with a confidence on skis that belied his British background. If all that sounds good, then grab a pair of cross-country skis. He's wearing lightweight ski boots and a pair of alpine touring skis. The machine took flight and landed on its skis and continued to be piloted by some unseen force toward a cropping of baby trees further down the slope. Show More Sentences Begin your powder turn and then instead of hitting your edges hard to carve a turn, stand up on two feet and let your skis slide or skid diagonally across the fall line. Wearing his mukluks on wide skis, he uses his wood skis in all conditions. If I can find a gooshy old pair of Austrian slalom skis I should be okay. The difference is that racers compete using inline skates instead of skis. The competitors who travel by foot and skis pulling sledges with supplies, will cover over 350 miles in four stages from Resolute Bay, Canada, to the North Magnetic Pole. Sports equipment which can be fitted to the feet, for example in-line skates, roller skates, grass skis, skateboards, snakeboards or sports boots are very popular. Along with snowboards and snowblades, they are the latest skis lead the freeriding movement, said by supporters to be an entirely new approach to skiing. Many adults enjoy the tube park, especially those who are a bit too hesitant to entrust their life to a pair of skinny skis or a single snowboard! There were six of us in two cars full of snowboards, skis, cameras, and bags, and only one hotel room that was about the size of my college dorm room. He digs snow pits to look for weak layers in the snowpack, and cuts sections of the slope with his skis to see if he can dislodge unstable pockets. Now it is a barren area of dead brain coral zipped over by jet skis. These races require competitors to climb and descend steep, sometimes dodgy off-piste terrain using climbing skins and lightweight alpine-touring skis, boots, and bindings. I took the skis back to the hire joint and retired for a sleep. He pulled her into the nearest ski shop and outfitted both of them in brand new ski clothes before dropping a disgusting amount of money on a new set of skis for each of them. When we got there we were taken by coach and the children were given rides on sleighs pulled by huskies and were given a chance to ride on jet skis. Sports engineers could use the data to design better skis and ice skates, except in this case they would be looking to engineer surfaces that do slip more easily. The paper test involves standing on top of the skis while the ski technician uses a feeler gauge or fitting card under the ski to determine if the ski fits properly. Be sure to dry your skis well, using a rag to wipe off any excess wax remover and then allow the skis to air dry for at least 30 minutes before applying the pine tar. It's best described as cross-country skiing without the skis. The burning ship soon attracted the attention of other vessels and a flotilla of fishing vessels, pleasure cruisers and jet skis turned up to help. Show More Sentences I do not know how a modern ad agency would choose to create a visual image of the typical easterner, but the stereotype will not be holding a fly rod or wearing skis. Everyone was very friendly and helpful too, apart from one Italian skier who almost decapitated me by turning very suddenly while carrying his skis on his shoulder. With waxed skis, the glide wax must be suitable for the snow conditions. Skis have gotten softer over the years, as manufacturers have learned ways of building in torsional rigidity without lengthwise rigidity. Skis were particularly well suited to travel through snowbound central Idaho, because the trees are sparse. We highly recommend good secondhand equipment over cheap plastic skis, which are prohibited by some ski schools. A full line of water toy accessories such as tubes, skis, kneeboards, and wake boards are also available for rental. You also need flexibility and a perfect match to your skis and boots to prevent them from dragging. That figure includes skijorers, who wear skis while being pulled by one, two or three dogs. When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural. In 1998, Russian adventurer Dmitry Shparo and his son Matvey made the modern crossing of the frozen Bering Strait on skis. Learn-to-ski package, pounds 189, includes ski school instruction, lift pass, hire of skis and boots. The press, like his skis, has a unique story, and includes parts of a firehose salvaged from the Squamish Fire Department. In addition to skis, Salomon, also a leading Outdoor recreational brand, will introduce its new In-Line Skate Program to The Sports Authority. He's doing a partial vacuum with air being sucked in the front and being shot out under some skis. Inexperienced skiers and beginners, who learn to ski faster with snowblades than with regular skis, tend to fall often. It's their chance to wear their snow garb without loading skis onto the cartop carrier and driving for an hour. They include the bicycle, wheelchair, walking, skateboard, wheelbarrow, rowing, skis, and rickshaw. Seabury Blair, an outdoor writer from Washington, skis down from Sentinel Dome, making graceful bent-knee telemark turns. Everyone who skis down the Planai slope with its 52 percent incline will pass under the triumphal arch. Show More Sentences We'll be displaying the latest wakeboards and water skis from many familiar water sports equipment brands. How about bikejoring, where participants cycle with their dog on a lead, and skijoring, which features skis, rather than running? The 12-berth yacht boasts of comfy leather sofas, mirrors above a giant waterbed, a Jacuzzi, Wi-Fi, a gym, kayaks, snorkelling gear and jet skis. First on skis at the age of two, Sarah, now 19, has grown into one of the premier ski jumpers, and won the 2013 world championship. If you skied 195-centimeter skis 10 years ago, chances are you're on 170's today. They are the Bay State Barefooters, who streak behind speeding motorboats without water skis. After a year and a half of experimenting and building about 30 skis for friends, 25-year-old Turner started selling his skis this winter under the name Sky Pilot Custom. He promised that by mid-afternoon, after a few hours on the snow with him, I'd be using these baby skis to take on the most fearsome mogul runs I'd ever faced. Plus, Graham travels to Austria to try his hand at the sport of skijoring, which involves being pulled around a frozen racetrack on skis by a motorbike. The cards are a mixture of Flat races, trotting races and also a unique discipline known as Skijoring, which is a trotting race in which the riders are pulled along on skis. Over the past decade, it's also occurred in alpine skiing, with the advent of shaped, or side-cut, skis, which have an hourglass shape that makes turning much easier. Tucked away at the back of Argentous is a 35-knot speedboat complete with water skis, wakeboard and stand-up paddle boards for exploring the coast. I feel securely fixed on the careering chair, and with the momentum gained I steer myself as on skis to the guard and come to a stop with a happy little flourish. There are also walkers on skis for people with poor balance. Founded in 1990, Summit Sports boasts top-of-the-line gear and apparel for the entire family, including inline skates, wakeboards, skis, snowboards and kayaks. Police Scotland also operates on the Loch using RIBs and Jet Skis and work in conjunction with the National Park Authority. Here, customers will be offered a selection of wakeboards, water skis, towables, buoyancy aids and wetsuits, boat accessories and a host of other watersport items. The last Olympic appearance for Hart Skis was in the 1994 Lillehammer, Norway Winter Games. They'll explore the back country around Leadville via snowmobiles, cross-country skis and snowshoes, then go snowboarding and alpine skiing at Ski Cooper Resort. In April 1895 the Norwegian explorers Fridtjof Nansen and Hjalmar Johansen struck out for the Pole on skis after leaving Nansen's icebound ship Fram. Show More Sentences The loch is open to every kind of watercraft including kayaks, canoes, windsurfers, jet skis, speedboats and cruisers and they are all very well represented. Personal watercraft, including Jet Skis, have long been the scourge of environmentalists because of the high levels of noise, air and water pollution they generate. Examples from Classical Literature The trail curved sharply ahead and Troy gently manipulated the front fork skis into a snowplow to cut speed. They went on skis from Rollaug to Tin, over the mountains and through the forests to Stavanger. Or, holding yourself back with your sticks, you can place your skis in telemark position, both pointing straight downhill. Investigators are looking at whether the race driver became unclipped from his skis seconds before tumbling headlong into rocks. Every now and then, a cross-country skier glides by, skis making a quiet swish in the snow. With his friends, White used to scale the Worcester Hill where the Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital now sits, on wooden skis, herring-bone style, and ski down. To accompany the Volkl skis, I wore Tecnica's Diablo Fire boots, a top-end, all-mountain model made to take on steep faces, bumps, powder and groomed cruisers. Find more words! 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