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Vivian Caulfield was an English artist and writer. He was born in 1874 and died in 1958. He wrote the book How to Ski which analysed skiing dynamics for the first time, and criticised the method of turning with a single stick which led to the modern style of skiing with a stick in each hand.
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Kurt Kreuger is a Swiss-German actor. He was born in 1916 at Michenberg. He went to the USA in 1937 working as a skiing instructor, and during the Second World War became an actor.
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Sonny Bono was an American singer and actor. He was born in 1935 at Detroit, Michigan and died in 1998 in a skiing accident. He is best known perhaps as one half of the 1960's pop music due, 'Sonny and Cher'.
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The Double Man is a thriller starring Yul Brynner, Britt Ekland, Clive Revill and Anton Driffring in a story about an American spy investigating his son's death after a skiing accident in Austria being unnerved to discover that he has a European doppelganger. The Double Man was directed by Franklin Schaffner in 1967.
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Aquabobbing is a water sport performed on a vehicle like a tricycle, with three water skis in place of wheels, which is towed over the water by a motor launch on the same principle as water-skiing.
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The Biathlon is a combined running and swimming event introduced by the Modern Pentathlon Association of Great Britain in 1968. Men compete over 4000 meters running and 300 meters swimming. Another biathlon involves cross- country skiing and rifle marksmanship, and is employed in military training in some countries.
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Downhill racing is a skiing event consisting of skiing from the top to the bottom of a prescribed course of about 2.5 km 5 km long by the shortest and fastest route possible. Ruts, large bumps (called moguls), and steep pitches add to the hazards. Downhill racing is a test of skiing skill, stamina, and courage.
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Skiing is a competitive sport carried out on snow with the competitors feet attached to long thin shaped runners known as skis.
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Ski jumping is the oldest form of competitive skiing. Competitors (called jumpers) slide down a prepared track and then leaps into the air from a takeoff platform. Jumpers are judged on the distance covered, body control, and style. This event is more akin to flying than to skiing because body control in the air with the skier bent forward almost parallel to his skis is judged more closely than control of skis on the ground. Skis made for jumping are heavier, longer, and wider than alpine skis and are designed for gliding rather than manoeuvrability.
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Slalom is a form of skiing competition in which competitors descend a course made up of a series of ' gates' made from poles that are set singly, in pairs, or in combinations, in the shortest possible time. Olympic slalom events require a course to have a vertical drop of at least 200 meters from the beginning to the finish line.
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