these PST skills to enhance their performance‚ little do they know it takes 10-20 minutes each day to improve these skills. Every sport‚ or exercise program requires a unique skill to accomplish the task or competition at hand. This is why I chose snowboarding because not only is it my new found passion‚ but it is a very individualized sport which requires incredible focus and relaxation. Without focus and relaxation a snowboarders routine may be affected during his/her freestyle run lowering your overall
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28 August 2013 Basis of Modern Snowboarding Snowboarding is an incredible simple sport that only requires a rider to strap their feet onto the board and glide down a snow-covered slope. Snowboarding can actually be seen all the way back to the 1920s. At that time though‚ they would have just tied piece of plywood‚ or planks from old barrels‚ to their feet. Usually they would use twine or horse reins to attach these pieces of wood to their feet. Then in 1965 Sherman Poppen invented a toy for his
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One Saturday morning‚ I crawled out of bed and went downstairs to have breakfast. I looked out the window and saw a fresh blanket of snow which meant that it was a perfect day for snowboarding! About an hour later my brother‚ Jacob also came down and ate his breakfast. "Hey Jacob‚ want to go snowboarding today?" I asked. "Sure‚" he replied. We got on our gear one piece at a time. Snowpants‚ boots‚ coat‚ scarf‚ and gloves. "We’re going to the park‚" I announced to my parents
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following the curve of the trail‚ and skis out of sight. When I finally catch up to him I am shocked at what I see. My dad is getting up from a fall – he never falls – and both his skis and poles are scattered around the trail. In all his years of skiing‚ as far as I know‚ my dad has never been injured despite some careless falls. As I ski down to my dad I pick up his matching black skis and poles. I get closer to him and see a look in his eyes that worries me. I hide my concern and calmly ask‚ “Are
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It’s the last day of 2014 and my family and I are out skiing in the Black Hills‚ SD for winter break. As an alpine ski racer‚ i generally like to downhill ski instead of cross country ski. But on January 31st‚ I make the stupid decision to go cross country skiing with my dad and sister. WORST DECISION I EVER MADE. We had about a half hour drive to the rental shop for my dad and I to get rental skis. My sister already had skis because she races for the school Nordic team. Once we had gotten our
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I jump into the calm‚ cold‚ dark blue water anxious to water ski for the first time since last year. My family likes do many different sports and activities together and one of the many sports is water skiing. Every year me and my family go up to lake arrowhead to water ski and this year we went during the summer. It has been a year since I water skied but I was anxious to get back up on skis. My uncle driving the boat asks me if I am ready and I nervously nodded my head yes‚ as the boat started
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Nowadays‚ skiing is one of the most popular sport in the world. Have you ever ski once in your life? I did‚ I extremely enjoy this sport because of the sense of it’s excitement and freedom. My first experience of skiing was hard‚ but leaving the best memory in my life. For me‚ ski with the worst coach I have ever met is just like a nightmare. I don’t know how to control my speed‚ so I went headlong‚ and got a big bruise on my knee. On this sunny day‚ I rolled down the hill moreover to ski down
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Skiing was not my forte or my favorite activity to do. My emotions were enraged at the way I tumbled down the slope. My body ached by falling and tumbling through the freezing cold snow and ice. Home sounded so marvelous right now‚ anywhere but here‚ my confidence had hit rock bottom. My face red and frozen from sobbing. I concluded that there was some other way down‚ nevertheless there wasn’t. It was a gorgeous day about five years ago. My family and I had left to Sugar mountain to practice skiing
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shape‚ surface‚ and overall speed of an object (John Polson‚ 2013). Air resistance is present in snow skiers and can inhibit their performance in a race greatly if the proper precautions and positions are not met. Three of the main aspects of snow skiing are posture‚ clothing and location; all of which are affected by air resistance. The drag force of an object is influenced by size‚ shape surface area and velocity of the object. The force of drag is
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people that want to truly escape into an untouched environment. The summit was used for cattle grazing. In 1994 the decision was made to develop the mountain for downhill skiing and the future for the mountain was not looking bright. Fortunately‚ the Victorian government announced in 1997 that the plans to develop the mountain for skiing have been overturned and to keep Mt Sterling all season‚ nature based tourist‚ recreational‚ and also an educational mountain that is inviting for everyone. Now at Mt
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