The beauty and adventure of the Australian backcountry

In the Australian backcountry, the terrain and experience during winter is usually like no other place. People go to explore the best of Australian backcountry on skis or board. The Australian backcountry is generally known for skiing and adventure sport. Skiing is a snow sport with many advantages for the person who practices it. A sport that will make you feel liberated and let you enjoy a rise of adrenaline. But it is also an activity to do as a family, and enjoy with your loved ones a day in the snow.

Skiing and adventure sport in the Australian backcountry comes with its own risks, so individuals must be physically and mentally ready for the task. Preparing for skiing is important to make the most of your vacation and avoid getting hurt. You must strengthen your muscles, but also your balance, your resistance, and your vigilance.

Good physical fitness is essential to prevent skiing accidents. With some advice to perform physical exercises adapted to your lifestyle, some elementary principles and good hygiene of life, will be well prepared for winter sports. Ski accidents are becoming more frequent, especially joint injuries. Very often, they are due to a lack of physical preparation before going out to ski.

Preparing yourself for skiing:

In general, practice daily gymnastics exercises, they stand out for developing resistance to fatigue.

Start riding a bike: biking activities stimulate the same muscles as skiing.
Go for a swim: swimming allows you to relax while the whole body (thighs, arms, back).
Running is also a good exercise to work your cardio, jogging for 40 minutes for 2 to 3 times a week is recommended to develop respiratory capabilities. If possible, run on rough terrain, to develop your sense of balance during the effort.

Following these few tips will allow you to take better advantage of your mountain vacation.

During the adventure:

Once you have reached your station, your body will have to get used to the change of air, altitude and intense physical effort. All this is going to ask for an additional effort, in addition to the accumulated fatigue of going down the tracks every day.

To help you stay fit during your stay, we give you some complementary tips:

Make sure you do not skip breakfast
Drink plenty of water since dry air increases dehydration
Think about getting warm a little before starting your first descent, walking a little, and doing some leg flexes. This will prevent your muscles and joints from having to suffer a violent cold effort.
If you get too tired, do not force and stop, or go for the easiest tracks.
Do not hesitate to go to bed early, and avoid alcoholic nights, sources of fatigue and dehydration.
Do not forget to check your ski bindings by a professional badly adapted bindings are responsible for 43% of the knee sprains.

Snowboarding History

Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. Dubbed the "snurfer" (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold about a million snurfers over the next decade. And, in 1966 alone, over half a million snurfers were sold.[4] Later versions of the "snurfer" were flat planks of wood with a pointed bent upward tip with a rope connected to help keep control of the board and later models closer to the modern snowboard made up of various components.[citation needed] In February 1968, Poppen organized the first snurfing competition at a Michigan ski resort that attracted enthusiasts from all over the country.[5] One of those early pioneers was Tom Sims, a devotee of skateboarding (a sport born in the 1950s when kids attached roller skate wheels to small boards that they steered by shifting their weight). As an eighth grader in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in the 1960s, Sims crafted a snowboard in his school shop class by gluing carpet to the top of a piece of wood and attaching aluminum sheeting to the bottom.[6] He produced commercial snowboards in the mid-70s.[citation needed][7] Articles about his invention in such mainstream magazines as Newsweek helped publicize the young sport.[citation needed] The pioneers were not all from the United States; in 1976, Welsh skateboard enthusiasts Jon Roberts and Pete Matthews developed their own snowboards to use at their local dry ski slope.[8][9][citation needed] Also during this same period, in 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter, a Vermont native who had enjoyed snurfing since the age of 14, impressed the crowd at a Michigan snurfing competition with bindings he had designed to secure his feet to the board. That same year, he founded Burton Snowboards in Londonderry, Vermont.[10] The "snowboards" were made of wooden planks that were flexible and had water ski foot traps. Very few people picked up snowboarding because the price of the board was considered too high at $38 an were not allowed on many ski hills, but eventually Burton would become the biggest snowboarding company in the business.[11] Burton's early designs for boards with bindings became the dominant features in snowboarding. In the early 1980s, Aleksey Ostatnigrosh and Alexei Melnikov, two Snurfers from the Soviet Union, patented design changes to the Snurfer to allow jumping by attaching a bungee cord, a single footed binding to the Snurfer tail, and a two-foot binding design for improved control

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The beauty and adventure of the Australian backcountry

The beauty and adventure of the Australian backcountry

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