The development of twin-tip skis during the 1990s allowed skiers to ride forward or backward, and it kicked off a revolution in the sport.
How then, do we explain the most significant equipment trend in the snow-sports industry this season — the exploding sales of twin-tip skis?
You'll probably need a pair of twin-tip skis to do this correctly.
All of the young Alpine racers in Sweden, Carlsson said, now have a pair of twin tips for freestyle.
Inspired by the boarding moves and their culture, the rise of terrain parks and twin-tip skis, "new school" skiers pushed at the sport's traditional boundaries.
Many of those youngsters will no doubt migrate to twin-tip skis as they get older.
The basic principles of structural equation modeling of twin data have been outlined elsewhere [49].
However, the genetic correlation estimated from twin studies could be biased due to misspecification of the model of twin similarity for genetic and non-genetic effects.
ALMOST everyone interviewed said the twin-tips were versatile skis for varied terrain and with the many models now available — virtually every major manufacturer offers them, as do boutique ski makers — there are twin-tip skis for every ability level.
Added to the mix are the children of those children, who are more likely to be on whippy, twin-tip skis.
