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Snow Skiing Belt Loop and
Sports Pin
Requirements
Belt Loop
Complete
these three requirements:
Explain
the conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for a ski
activity.
Be able
to explain safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country ski
trip.
Go
skiing. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.
Sports Pin
Earn the
Skiing belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:
Explain
the different kinds of ski lifts and how they work. Use one.
Describe
the four universal symbols used to indicate ski trail difficulty.
Demonstrate how to snowplow (wedge position), hold your position, and get up
from a fall.
Demonstrate how to do a basic christie.
Demonstrate five cross-country skills, such as a kick turn, the diagonal
stride, double poling, sidestepping, the step turn, the herringbone,
straight downhill running, the snowplow, sideslipping, dragging the pole,
the diagonal stride uphill, and a traverse.
Participate in at least three games using skis, such as relays, races,
treasure hunts, and skiing around poles or flags.
Explain
what to do if you see a skiing accident.
Take
skiing lessons.
Watch a
film on skiing.
Talk with
a member of a ski patrol and learn about the job he or she does at the ski
slope.
