Para-ski
Para-skiing (also paraski or paraschi) is a combination of giant slalom and parachute target jumping in alpine terrain (see also alpine skiing ).
history
Parachute / ski or also called paraski has a great tradition in the Alpine countries. The sport developed out of mountain and avalanche rescue missions in the 1950s , when helicopters were not yet available with the required performance. The mountain rescuers trained in parachuting were therefore parachuted over the area of operation from an airplane, and skis and the salvage material were thrown off with parachutes. In the landing area, the rescuers then buckled on their skis and drove to the scene of the accident, where the mission could begin after a short time. This required people who could land precisely with a parachute in narrow and uneven loading areas, and who could bring the injured safely down to the valley on skis. The paraski-sport competition developed from training for such missions.
A first cup took place in Flims in 1963, the first Para-Ski World Cup was also held in Flims in 1973. Since 1987, Para-Ski has been officially recognized by the Olympic Committee along with other skydiving disciplines. In 1987 the first world championship was held in Sarajevo .
The first competition of the again newly created Paraski World Cup Series 2014 in Sankt Johann im Pongau won with Anton Gruber from Austria, ahead of Marco Valente from Italy and Thomas Saurer from Switzerland. In the women's category, Magdalena Schwertl from Austria won ahead of Romana Prochazkova from the Czech Republic and Christina Franz from Switzerland.
Competition rules
Giant slalom and parachute target jumping are held one after the other as individual disciplines. The target point in parachuting has a diameter of two centimeters and the alpine terrain on which the target point is located is on a slope with at least 25 ° incline.
The time lag after the giant slalom is converted into centimeters, with one second behind the best time equating to a deviation of about 3 cm in the target jump. During the subsequent target jump on an inclined slope, it is important to steer the parachute precisely onto the landing mat in order to land as precisely as possible in the middle. Anyone who hits the so-called “dead center” with a diameter of 2 cm exactly when touching the ground for the first time has a “zero”. Every inch of deviation means one point of error. The one who has collected the fewest points at the end is the winner.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Precision on land and in the air Para-Ski World Cup 1973 in Flims
- ↑ Paraski Germany - What is Para-Ski
- ↑ List of results men , PDF
- ↑ Results list women , PDF
- ↑ [1] Retrieved January 3, 2014
- ↑ FAI regulations ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved January 3, 2014.
