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A skwal is the main piece of equipment used for skwalling, a hybrid sport combining the carving of Skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
 and riding feel of snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
. It is similar to a snowboard
Snowboard

A snowboard is a thin, hourglass shaped board ridden down a sloped section of earth covered in snow. Snowboards generally have a length between 140-165 cm and a width between 24 and 27 cm....
 or monoski
Monoski

File:Monoski.JPGThe term monoski can refer to either of two unrelated pieces of skiing equipment. It is the device used in the sport of Monoskiing....
 in that both feet are attached to the same board. On a skwal the feet are one in front of the other, in line with the direction the skwal is pointing in. This differs from snowboards (in which the feet are side-on to the direction of the board) and monoskis (in which the feet point in the direction of the board, but are side-by-side).
skwal was invented by two French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 ski-school instructors Patrick "Thias" Balmain and Manuel Jammes, with the first prototype appearing in 1992.






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A skwal is the main piece of equipment used for skwalling, a hybrid sport combining the carving of Skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
 and riding feel of snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
. It is similar to a snowboard
Snowboard

A snowboard is a thin, hourglass shaped board ridden down a sloped section of earth covered in snow. Snowboards generally have a length between 140-165 cm and a width between 24 and 27 cm....
 or monoski
Monoski

File:Monoski.JPGThe term monoski can refer to either of two unrelated pieces of skiing equipment. It is the device used in the sport of Monoskiing....
 in that both feet are attached to the same board. On a skwal the feet are one in front of the other, in line with the direction the skwal is pointing in. This differs from snowboards (in which the feet are side-on to the direction of the board) and monoskis (in which the feet point in the direction of the board, but are side-by-side).

History

The skwal was invented by two French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 ski-school instructors Patrick "Thias" Balmain and Manuel Jammes, with the first prototype appearing in 1992. They envisaged it as a way to offer different sensations to what skiing and snowboarding
Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
 could offer, at a time when 'carving' skis were only just starting to take off. A French company called Lacroix took an interest, recruited Patrick Balmain, and started producing skwals. A few years later, Patrick left Lacroix and started his own skwal-making company. There are now several other makers of skwals, though the sport has never gained the widespread popularity its creators predicted - possibly due to the perceived difficulty of the sport. The sport is nonetheless gathering a few more adepts every year.

See also


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    Skiing

    Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
  • Mogul Skiing
    Mogul skiing

    Mogul skiing is a type of freestyle skiing where skiers pass between different bumps or moguls....
  • Grass skiing
    Grass skiing

    Grass skiing was started in France in 1966 as a method for training for alpine skiing. Short skis that were actually rolling treads, much like those on tanks, or wheels were used....
  • Monoskiing
    Monoskiing

    Monoskiing is a snow sport that uses Monoski. There are three types of monoskiing, one is used for waterskiing one for snow skiing and the final is a new experimental design that is equivalent to mountain boarding....
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  • Skiboarding
    Skiboarding

    Skiboarding is a winter sport which combines elements of skating, snowboarding, and skiing. Skiboards are generally 80-120 centimeters long, symmetrical, twin tipped, and wider than traditional skis....
  • Snowboarding
    Snowboarding

    Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is either partially or fully covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding....
  • Snowshoe walking
    Snowshoe

    Snowshoes, sometimes colloquially referred to as webs, are footwear for walking over snow. Snowshoes work by distributing the weight of the person over a larger area so that the person's foot doesn't sink completely into the snow, a quality called "flotation"....
  • Snowkiting
    Snowkiting

    Snowkiting is an outdoor winter boardsport, combining similar kites and techniques used in kitesurfing, with the footwear used in snowboarding or skiing....
  • Water skiing
    Water skiing

    Water skiing is a sport where an individual is pulled behind a motor boat or a Cable skiing on a body of water wearing one or more skis. The surface area of the ski keeps the person skimming on the surface of the water allowing the skier to stand upright while holding the tow rope....
  • Skiing
    Skiing

    Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
  • Teleboard
    Teleboard

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  • Freestyle skiing
    Freestyle skiing

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  • Alpine skiing
    Alpine skiing

    Alpine skiing is a recreational activity and sport involving sliding down snow-covered hills with long skis attached to each foot. Alpine skiing takes place at specially developed ski resorts where trees are cut, slopes are manipulated, snow is groomed & avalanches controlled to facilitate the activity....
  • Sports
    • Winter sport
      Winter sport

      A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter. As a formal term, it refers to a sport played on snow or ice, but informally can refer to sports played in winter that are also played year-round like basketball....


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