Something else that's here to stay - and it's time for everyone to accept it - is the shorter ski.

Learning to ski is easier now than it's ever been thanks to shaped, short skis and high-tech boots.

At both areas, she said, she can reach the best terrain yet always be a short ski away from the base area.

The solution was simply to make the ski considerably shorter, reducing the moment arm and counteracting these effects.

Other equipment is used during training such as ski-tips, ski-bras, and short skis.

Modern outrigger skis have two parts, a short ski attached to the bottom of a Lofstrand crutch.

But the poor snow conditions inspired the company to develop a relatively inexpensive type of short ski that can be used on little snow.

The seat is mounted by a suspension device onto a pair of short, wide skis.

He made important innovations in skiing technology by designing new equipment, such as different bindings and shorter skis with curved sides to facilitate turns.

Today's shorter skis with their hourglass shapes put the emphasis on a more flowing approach, even if power is back in vogue.