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 ...
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 ...