DirtyHarry Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Whatever happened to ski ballet? It think this sport is rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Wait, true ski ballet was done with longer skis. This is cheating. [A Google search later...] Harry, this picture is about ski dancing. Tsk tsk. Though I guess one of the commonalities between the two <cough> disciplines is that neither will be featured in Torino's Olympic games. drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPaul_Hansen Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 RE: ski ballet & 'freestyle'...evolved into two events Several links exist on the history of FreeStyle Skiing but do not seem to explicitly state why Ballet was de-emphasized in favor of the two FIS sponsered events - Aerials and Moguls. Probably there are several factors, including popular and commerical appeal, ie on the World Cup Circuit and the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. At one time "ski ballet" was a demonstration event at a past Winter Olympics, some time ago. An example of a link with some limited information: http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/sports/freestyleskiing/history.shtml Also see http://www.fis-ski.com http://www.freestyleski.com http://www.ussa.org/PublishingFolder/232.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 History will see that there was only place for one funny looking sport on frozen water, and curling won. My favorite ski ballet figure was the "broken leg." drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerJ Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Problem was it should have been done on Tele skis or a snowboard. Those little skis are like figure skates. -r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Crash Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I vote for a snowboard. Obviously, ridicule hasn't killed the snowboarders, so we know they could take up snowdancing too and survive. drC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transplant Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 I think it is now called ski b'ladding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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