Last week, 37 year old Norwegian pro skier Anders Backe’s switch speed skiing world record was confirmed by Guinness. Backe hit 82.9 mph (133.46 km/h), narrowly surpassing Elias Ambühl’s 81.3 mph (131 ...

Downhill skiing forwards down the world’s largest ski jumping slope would be a challenge for most of us. So massive kudos to Norwegian skier Anders Backe who last week not only skied backwards down ...

Photos by Barton Glasser/Special to the Sentinel In this series of photos, Mike Kruger skis backwards on the black diamond run “Powder Keg” at Powderhorn Mountain Resort. Kruger began skiing backwards ...

There a a number of different skiing disciplines, including downhill skiing, backcountry ski touring, Nordic cross-country skiing and Nordic back country skiing, They are all great winter sports and ...

Twin-tip: Skis with the tips on both ends slightly bent up to allow for easier skiing both forwards and backwards. Used by all halfpipe and slopestyle skiers. Unnatural: When a trick is executed by ...

IRONWOOD, Mich. (WLS) -- Skier Sammy Carlson set a world record on the largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere - and he did it backwards! The 24-story jump at Copper Peak on Michigan's Upper ...

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