Outrigger skis

Outrigger skis are skis that are used by para-skiers to help with balance, turn, control their rate of motion, stop and make easier the direction of turns.^{[1] [2]} They be different in size and level, and have different things.^[3] Being dependent on the total number of skis used by the skier (1 or 2), outrigger ski form is sometimes named "Three Track Skiing" or "Four Track Skiing".^[4][3] When falling, skiers are taught to move their arms to put a stop to falling on the outrigger ski and damaging themselves.^[5]

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  Australian skier David Munk goes down a hill at the Winter Paralympics with the aid of outriggers
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  Allison Jones using outrigger skis

References

1. Kosut 2010, p. 338. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKosut2010 (help)
2. Vanlandewijck & Thompson 2011, p. 304.
3. Winnick 2010, p. 560.
4. Bainbridge 1985, p. 30.
5. Bainbridge 1985, p. 36.

Bibliography

• Bainbridge, Donna Bernhardt (1985). Recreation for the Disabled Child. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-86656-263-8. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
• Bradburn, Morris (2011). Growing Up North. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-1894-9. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
• Moore, Lisa Jean; Kosut, Mary (2010). The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9565-1. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
• Winnick, Joseph P. (2010). Adapted Physical Education and Sport. Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0-7360-8918-0. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
• Vanlandewijck, Yves; Thompson, Walter (2011). The Paralympic Athlete: Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4443-4828-6. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

Other websites

• Media related to Outrigger skis at Wikimedia Commons