11.   Cross-country skis are available for rental at a trailer adjacent to the lodge.

12.   Demonstration skis are available for a fee at Snowshed and Killington Base Lodge.

13.   His first skis were homemade, and his first ski wax came from melted phonograph records.

14.   His skis are more on edge, his body lower and more forward, his style rhythmic but clearly attacking.

15.   In the beginning, skis were planks of wood strapped to lace-up boots.

16.   Instructors teach that the ski is meant to be on its edges at all times.

17.   Jet skis are particularly annoying to fishermen, swimmers and canoeists who yearn for quiet water and quiet times.

18.   Leirvaag said that as good as shaped skis are, there may be a downside to riding faster down a slope.

19.   Of the areas where jet skis are no longer permitted, Voyageurs, near International Falls, Minn., is likely to provoke the most controversy.

20.   Parabolic skis are extremely responsive to pressure.