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2. Ski boot - Wikipedia

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   Modern alpine ski boots have rigid soles and attach to the ski at both toe and heel using a spring-loaded binding. The interface between boot and binding is standardized by ISO 5355, which defines the size and shape of the hard plastic flanges on the toe and heel of the boot. Ski boots are sized using the Mondopoint system.

3. List of ski brands - Wikipedia

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   alpine skis, cross-country skis, ski boots, twin tips, bindings, snowboards: France: 1947: Began as a family-owned shop making saw blades, then ski edges beginning around 1947. Expanded to make bindings (1955), then ski boots (1979) and cross-country ski gear, then golf (1985), the alpine skis (1989).

4. Comparison of North American ski resorts - Wikipedia

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   Marble Mountain Ski Resort: Steady Brook: Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,791 33 1,759 230 40 5 192 $34 December 1, 2019: White Hills Ski Resort: Clarenville: Newfoundland and Labrador: 1,227 482 745 55 27 2 100 $38 December 1, 2019: Ski Wentworth: Wentworth: Nova Scotia: 990 715 815 150 20 3 150 $35 December 1, 2019: Mount Sima: Whitehorse: Yukon ...

5. Ski binding - Wikipedia

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   A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasingly specialized, differentiated between alpine (downhill) and Nordic ( cross-country, Telemark, and ...

6. Shoe size - Wikipedia

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   The Mondopoint shoe length system is widely used in the sports industry to size athletic shoes, ski boots, skates, and pointe ballet shoes; it was also adopted as the primary shoe sizing system in the Soviet Union, [18] Russia, [19] East Germany, China, [20] Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, and as an optional system in the United Kingdom, [21 ...

7. Lange (ski boots) - Wikipedia

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   Lange is a major producer of ski boots used in alpine (downhill) skiing, founded in 1948 in the USA. They introduced the world's first plastic ski boots in 1962, and a greatly improved model aimed at the racing market in 1965. After several World Cup and Olympics wins in 1967 and 1968 made them a must-have on the circuit, Lange has remained a ...