Comments on: Three Freestyle Skiers Stranded http://www.hikerhell.com/2009/01/three-freestyle-skiers-stranded/ Learn from other hikers' mistakes (and triumphs). Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.hikerhell.com/2009/01/three-freestyle-skiers-stranded/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Anonymous Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:36:00 +0000 http://thechroniclesofgnarnia.com/?p=882#comment-482 Originally "Freeriding" specifically referred to all-mountain and backcountry snowboarding (essentially favouring natural terrain over man-made obstacles or courses), as opposed to snowboard racing or riding in terrain parks. Recently the extreme skiing fraternity have adopted this term to describe skiing in similar conditions. Originally “Freeriding” specifically referred to all-mountain and backcountry snowboarding (essentially favouring natural terrain over man-made obstacles or courses), as opposed to snowboard racing or riding in terrain parks. Recently the extreme skiing fraternity have adopted this term to describe skiing in similar conditions.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.hikerhell.com/2009/01/three-freestyle-skiers-stranded/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:08:00 +0000 http://thechroniclesofgnarnia.com/?p=882#comment-478 Actually, there is a mistranslation here: "Freestyle" skiers are competitors in moguls, ballet and aerial competitions. Free RIDE skiers are all-mountain freeform acrobats. Ever since the spate of extreme ski videos took orr, this includes lots of steep couloir skiing and cliff jumping. These guys were undoubtedly freeriders, not freestylers.<br/><br/>Just noting. Actually, there is a mistranslation here: “Freestyle” skiers are competitors in moguls, ballet and aerial competitions. Free RIDE skiers are all-mountain freeform acrobats. Ever since the spate of extreme ski videos took orr, this includes lots of steep couloir skiing and cliff jumping. These guys were undoubtedly freeriders, not freestylers.

Just noting.

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