Talk:Ski
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Is the difference between the backcountry ski and the alpine touring ski pronouced enough to justify two separate categories? The two seem to be functionally identical. The descriptions only suggest differences in the manufacturers or the part of the world they are used in. I suggest combining the two.
Much may better be moved to ski or skiing. Patrick 13:01 Jan 6, 2003 (UTC)
Exactly! The austrian alpine history can also be placed under alpine skiing.
"Telemark" is a county in Norway, and the Telemark should cover that IMHO.
"Telemark" is also a downhill skiing event with traditions from Telemark, and should have an article, I would suggest "Telemark skiing"
"Telemark" is not a synonym for "ski"
Egil 00:52 Jan 26, 2003 (UTC)
Since much of the material was historic, I moved it all to History of skiing, and also added a few minor articles on Sondre Norheim and Morgedal.
I've also made a page for the county [[Telemark] akin to other couties in Norway. The Telemark ski is now just that. Telemark skiing is the modern sport.
Wrt. the Telemark ski, I did not rewrite the description, but perhaps it should be rewritten to say that the Telemark ski has a "sway" or "swing" in the profile? I'm not sure what the common english term for this is. Because that is the crux.
Egil 11:26 Jan 27, 2003 (UTC)
The local slang for "Twin-slip skiing" is "freestyle skiing" or simply "freestyle". (By Local, I mean in Canada. I suspect the same slang is used across North America.) I haven't heard the term "twin-slip" until reading this page.. (which doesn't make it wrong, of course.) -g 01:22:14 Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)