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- From: frank@austin.ibm.com (F. Karner)
- Subject: Re: Learn on short or long skis?
- Originator: frank@karner.austin.ibm.com
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 00:22:36 GMT
- References: <102540@netnews.upenn.edu> <djm.724895479@phobos>
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- In article <djm.724895479@phobos>, djm@kbs.citri.edu.au (David Mills) writes:
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- > Wrong there are many non-carved turns that are not windscreen wiper turns.
- > The word christie (german for skidded turn) covers one such family of turns
- > (i.e. stem-christie, parallel-christie etc). Turns where a bump is used to
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- > David.
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- Wrong! I'm no historian, but I think that the term comes from the
- Norwegian town where they were first practiced. The german attribution
- is totally false.
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