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monoski

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/ ˈmɒnəʊˌskiː /

noun

  1. a wide ski on which the skier stands with both feet

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A year later, with no instruction and a $2,000 monoski donated by the Friends of Middlebury Skiing alumni organization, he rediscovered his passion for competitive skiing and, in the process, invented modern monoski technique.

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I head up the ramp, through the door, past rows of specialized equipment and around the corner to "my" monoski bucket.

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It works, all the way down to the NAC, where a supportive crew of Park City Disabled Ski Team regulars greets us at the bench skiers use to transfer themselves between wheelchair and monoski.

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I can't help but recruit my leg, stomach and back muscles in my efforts, but the monoski is unresponsive to my clandestine cheating-it's designed to navigate entirely by flowing movements initiated from the waist up.

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Ironically, my boards looked the least like a surfboard--mine looked like a big fat monoski back then.

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