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Country. Canada. Language. English. Budget. $1.5 million. Ski School 2 is a 1994 comedy film directed by David Mitchell and starring Dean Cameron. Its plot concerns a fictional ski school. The first film in the series, Ski School, also starred Cameron and was written by Mitchell.
Kalvträskskidan at the ski exhibition in Umeå. The oldest information about skiing is based on archaeological evidence. Two regions present the earliest evidence of skis and their use: northern Russia, where the oldest fragments of ski-like objects, dating from about 6300–5000 BCE were found about 1,200 km northeast of Moscow at Lake Sindor, [8] and the Altaic region of modern China where ...
Ski geometry is the shape of the ski. Described in the direction of travel, the front of the ski, typically pointed or rounded, is the tip, the middle is the waist and the rear is the tail. Skis have four aspects that define their basic performance: length, width, sidecut and camber. Skis also differ in more minor ways to address certain niche ...
Ski School was filmed at ski resorts in Oregon and Whistler, British Columbia. [2] [3] According to Dean Cameron, though, they were able to film on a modest budget because it was shot in the springtime so they "got May rates". [2] Pick-up shots were done in Los Angeles about a year after principal production. [4]
Whistler Blackcomb. / 50.10833°N 122.94250°W / 50.10833; -122.94250. Whistler Blackcomb is a ski resort located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. By many measures, it is the largest ski resort in North America and has the greatest uphill lift capacity. It features the Peak 2 Peak Gondola for moving between Whistler and Blackcomb ...
Arlberg technique. The Arlberg technique is a progressive system that takes the skier from the snowplough turn to the parallel christie through measured stages of improvement. The system, or slightly modified versions, remains in widespread use to this day. Modern ski equipment is also capable of a more efficient turning style known as carving ...
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) is a ski resort in the western United States, at Teton Village, Wyoming. In the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains, it is located in Teton County, twelve miles (20 km) northwest of Jackson and due south of Grand Teton National Park . It is named after the historically significant Jackson Hole valley and is ...
Ski helmet. A ski helmet is a helmet specifically designed and constructed for winter sports. Use was rare until about 2000, but by about 2010 the majority of skiers and snowboarders in the US and Europe wore helmets. [1] Helmets are available in many styles and typically consist of a hard plastic/resin shell with inner padding.