Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing differs from the skiing at the Nordic way because one is clamped with the entire foot in alpine skiing at the ski. In the Nordic way one is only attached with the front foot and the heels are free.

Alpine skiing arose when the ski (born in Norway ) found its way to the steeper and higher Alps (late 19th century ). It soon became clear that the long descents more practical foot clamp on the ski. The binding was invented for this purpose by Mathias Zdarsky, who also organized the first slalom race and who wrote the first textbook about skiing.

Meanwhile, it is no longer reserved for alpine skiing in the Alps. The technology has outstripped the Nordic way and is practiced all over the world -including the Nordic country. This is especially due to the development of ski lifts, with which it was much easier to get to the higher mountains, for there will therefore be in "alpine" style to descend.

Alpine skiers standing on ski programs that are fixed with a strong bond to a rigid ski boot that the skier reaches well over the ankle. The skis are usually more than 6 inches wide and have an iron to cut the tread. The alpine skier makes - just like the Nordic cross-country skiing - using ski poles .

The alpine skier skiing usually at or near groomed slopes was built, along which all kinds of infrastructure: cable car or chairlift , snowmaking, bars and restaurants, first-aid posts and other safety features. Experienced skiers also ventured outside the groomed slopes. This is called "deep-snow skiing", " off-piste "or" freeride called-skiing. "

Content

 * 1 Safety
 * 2 From beginner to recreational skier
 * 3 Ski Sports
 * 4 See also

Security [ edit ]
To make things as safe as possible, there are some safety measures taken and traffic made. Skiers do well for them to go up the slopes of the weather forecast and warnings for avalanches be read. Avalanches can also end up on the slopes.

From beginner to recreational skier [ edit ]
With beginners is about the encounter with the gear: the appropriate ski gain and attract and engage the material. The first lesson is usually getting in and out of the bond, the attitude, the steps on skis and safety turn around the body axis. The second lesson teaches one stop on an incline and the team. Then the first corners: the team-arcs. After the first two lessons all kinds of curves. One consecutively learns the stemm-arms, the base curve and the cross-parallel-braking. Finally, they will learn to create parallel arcs and can also learn techniques like deep-snow skiing.

[Ski sport edit ]
Indoor skiing with skiing and cross-country skiing is in alpine skiing can be distinguished:
 * Slalom
 * Giant Slalom
 * Super G
 * Descent
 * Alpine combination