Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

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lilcliffy
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Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

Post by lilcliffy » Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:07 am

Cross-country AND down-hill skiing in the backcountry.
Unashamed to be a "cross-country type" and love skiing down-hill.

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Re: Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

Post by fisheater » Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:47 pm

Well, the results of the Norwegian team are certainly impressive. I remember when I was a younger man the Norwegians were certainly not an alpine skiing power. On the other hand, Alberto Tomba was fun to watch as well. He had a reputation as a party guy. I remember he was going to be serious about the Olympics. Instead of partying with 3 women until 5 in the morning, he would party with 5 women, but only until 3 in the morning.



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Re: Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

Post by STG » Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:08 pm

lilcliffy:

Thanks for posting this. It is refreshing to see community building rather than shameless self-promotion and runaway individualism. We also know that Norwegians make great skis (e.g., Asnes).



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Re: Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

Post by kumachan » Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:56 pm

I think this is a better explanation for Norwegian dominance at Winter Olympics:



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Re: Secret to skiing mastery- no jerks allowed!

Post by lowangle al » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:03 pm

^^^^ That's what I think, a higher number of participants at a higher level of participation. Also, their Nordic team kicked ass, do they have the same kind of rules?



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