If you are talking about brands, Head, Salomon, K2, Rossignol, Nordica. If you mean styles of skis, park and pipe, all mountain, powder, race and performance. The difference between race skis and performance skis is that race skis are made for racing on a race track for a professional, performance skis are made to use on regular runs at fairly high speeds for the advanced to expert recreational skier.
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There are two main parts of skiing which are sand skiing and snow skiing. classes include trick skiing and freestyle skiing.
There is alpine skiing, cross country,Nordic,freestyle, speed skiing, acrobatic and ski jumping
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Downhill, cross country, slalom.
There is different types of skiing but freestyle skiing includes tricks like twiser, spread eagle, iron cross, and the helicopter.
for different types of skiing such as racing or cross country or ski jumping etc.
Water skiing, Downhill skiing, cross country skiing, freestyle skiing, ski jumping, so on.
There is freestyle, where you do tricks off jumps and rails. There is slalom, where you race between two sets of poles. Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, where you just go skiing for the fun of it. Cross country skiing, in which you push yourself forward on mostly flat terrain using your poles and skiis. Well, there's some!
No cross-country skiing and skiing are two completely different things. They require different equipment. There are "slope" skis which most people are used to that attach to your foot and boot completely. The cross country skis have your heel loose to make it easier to propel yourself forward. Skiing is done on a slope or mountain and cross country isn't necessarily on a hill. They go across all sorts of terrain.
The difference with Heli Skiing and normal Skiing is normal skiing you have chair lifts and lift lines. Whereas Heli skiing has a helicopter that takes you from the ground right up to the top
Soccer. Volleyball. Basketball. Baseball. Tennis. Football. Swimming. Skiing. Snowboarding. Gymnastics. Lacrosse. Water Polo. Ice Skating.
Different areas of skiing are developing while others are decreasing. Freeride skiing is the newest form of skiing and is growing extensively. Ski racing, however is rapidly losing interest because it is so gay.
It is different in different parts of the world, usually the coldest part of the year.
They are not. They are two completely different activities.
alpine\nordic
Crosscountry skiing, otherwise called Nordic skiing or XC skiing, is a colder time of year sport that includes skiing across significant distances over fluctuated landscape. Nordic skiing is the name given to it because it was first practiced in Scandinavia and other Nordic countries during the winter as a means of transportation. Crosscountry skiing varies from downhill skiing in that it includes skiing on compliment territory, and the skis are longer and more slender, permitting the skier to skim over the snow as opposed to cut turns. It is a popular winter exercise and endurance sport that is enjoyed by both recreational and competitive skiers.