AFirst, the crowd appears incompatible. It seems as if someone took a wrong turn. Cowboy caps, helmets, skiing, ski shoes, belt confusion and snowy population – these two types of equipment are usually not cut from the same fabric. But at the end of this week in the Middle West, at the extreme ski event this year, they roam together like “Minnesota” and “Nice”.
The sun excels on the snow -covered path in Canterbury Park, 25 minutes from the center of Minneapolis, where the fur, margin of the stands and the old schools are filled with loudspeakers. It is a back, but people are already taking Soseki. There is Besson called Kidd Buffalo at a distance, and the American flag strikes on the wind.
There is no doubt about it, we are now at Cowboy Country.
After the opening ceremony, prayer and national anthem, it goes to races. At about 40 miles per hour, horses and falling down the snow -filled track flies while the skirt or skate is grabbed a 30 -foot rope connected to the scrub 8 to 10 feet behind the horse. the Courses Include a length of 6 feet length, grabbing the skiing with plastic rings with his arm, while maintaining balance, speed and grip of the clouds. The skiers fall, while others crawl over the finish line, but most of them hold the air.
In about 20 seconds, the entire range has been completed.
Ski, or Skikjutering In the Norwegian language, it means “ski leadership”, and it originated in Scandinavian countries, where the retiné withdrew for transportation.
Competitive skiing began for the first time in North Games in Sweden in 1901, and by 1949, a slower version of the carnival event was presented to the United States in Colorado.
Today, the West is largely dominating sport. Every year, the world skiing championship is held in Whitefish and Montana, and dozens of races occur in Colorado, Idahu, Woyelg and Utah. Outside, Switzerland, France, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, they are all fat in this sport as well.
One day it was an exhibition at the Olympic Games, but it is mostly a sport of exciting people concerned. The major teams receive the prize money and the Rodio belt.
In the Middle West, horse skiing is less common, as skiing mocked themselves to one or several dogs instead. Often, people skate on the country’s paths with a personal puppy for a picnic, not a competition.
But in a good northern style, Minnesotan always finds a way to their Scandinavian roots. In 2018, Ted Salaraar of Extreme Events Mn presented skiing event to the region in Canterbury, and the rest is the date.
Rachel was the daughter of Slaths ski since she was thirteen years old. She has long lost her dialect in the Middle West, carrying a Western drawing while her chapters pulled her jeans and offer us her horses.
Six years ago, at the age of 17, her own work started, Daisy if you doWestern clothing company. She says she took a wrong turn in Amarello, Texas, and “the first flight from there” was caught to Steluter, Oklahoma, where she says she found God.
Slathhar cooperates with Benton Obregon on the ice, which is racing under the name “Winning Team”. Oberjon, the original Minnesotan, now lives in Bismarck, North Dakota. The couple returns to their original condition every year to compete in this event.
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Above: Chat Rachel Slot of Stelooter, Oklahoma, speaks with a girlfriend preparing for the opening parties at the extremist ski event. Below: Nathan Obergon ice skiing fly after a jump during a free race.
He says: “Trust and chemistry is everything in skiing.” “Rachel and I have been partners from the beginning, and her skills as a contestant make my job easier. Although we cannot speak exactly during operation, our training sessions help us to adjust everything from time to choose the path.”
There is a lot of magic that occurs between the rope and the skate. It is not easy. The cloud rope holding is an art in itself, in addition to that the added sports need to remain victorious over their cherries. During running, the rope will travel up and down and through the hands of the skiing. They will keep it with one hand, turn it tight, and let it tear it.
The ice -skiing Obergon began when he was five years old. By eight, he was competing in regional events. This will be his seventh year competing with Salaraar in Canterbury Park.
The ski event is scheduled to be through different categories: youth, novice, ice skiing, free and open. The winners of the race are determined as soon as possible and all the episodes are achieved. If the episode is missed or dropped, the team will get a 2 -second penalty kick. Frityle winners, when the skipper is pulled into a jump and allows the rope to make a trick, and they are judged for elegance, difficulty and general impression.
As one team, Salaraar and Opejon They are racing heroes and got titles in free. “We even have a demand to throw the first dual jet in competitive skiing,” says Ubergon.
“The ability to rely on my contestant to maintain a pace in a row and make slight adjustments during running is the key to success. As a skating, the contestant must be able to rely on to make flight adjustments depending on the speed of he and the horse, not to mention the adherence to the failure to fall.”
They fall, do.
The crowd is prepared with “OOHS” and “AAHS” while skiers and skiers fall on their backs or lose the rope, retreating towards snow. Last year, someone broke their arms.
Fraanta, sports classes with turquoise, and his teammate, Spencer Sansifer, first appeared in skiing in 2023. “Since I have been skiing for more than 20 years and Spencer has since been riding before he could walk, we thought we would make a good team.”
Last year, they ranked second in the beginners department. This year, the competition is more intense as it participates in the open section.
“Since I remember, the currents and panels of the area that do not deviate from endless outdoor activities have provided me,” says Franka. But, he says, the Middle West “has not grabbed the pleasure of skiing” so far.
Whether more areas in the region pick up skiing on horses or not, Franta says: “You will definitely find me competing in skiing as long as I have a horse and a passenger to pull me.”
Ubergon repeat this feeling. He says that the uniqueness of skiing is returning, despite his retirement from ice skiing as a professional profession last year.
He says that the event is distinguished for the region. “I am grateful to be part of it. The vision of sport grows in the Middle West, especially here in Minnesota, exciting.”