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Have you ever used your skis to fly off a jump backward this upcoming winter. Some of you, with extreme hearts that beat instead of thud did it. Most of you did not. Today there is an active, expanding group of new school-free skiing youngsters who  flying off in all directions.

Those of you who practice these extreme movements need twin-tips equipment. Twin-tips are skis rounded and curved up at the tail the same as the front of a traditional ski. They were introduced more than 10 years ago to make it easier to go off jumps backward and to land backward. These types are  as old-fashioned as it is modern: Twin-tips are new, cool and make people feel young. So middle-age men and women are buying them, and not just for their sons and daughters. A lot of people really like the feel and you’re not quite as good a skier, you can sit back a bit because it won’t shoot you into the next turn.

Photos by: Robert Stoianik