Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:

1.Explain conditioning, clothing, equipment, and planning needed for snow skiing or boarding.

2.Be able to explain safety and courtesy codes for a downhill or cross-country trip.

3.Go skiing or snow boarding. Demonstrate how to stop and turn.

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Earn the Snow Ski & Board Sports belt loop, and complete five of the following requirements:

1.Explain the different categories of ski lifts. Use one.

2.Describe the four universal symbols used to indicate ski trail difficulty.

3.Demonstrate how to hold your position, get up from a fall, and do basic turns.

4.Demonstrate how to fall safely to avoid injury.

5.Demonstrate five cross country skills, such as a kick turn, diagonal stride, double pole, side-step, step turn, herringbone, straight downhill running, cross-country snowplow, sideslipping, pole drag, diagonal stride uphill, and traverse.

6.Participate in a game using skis or boards; such as relays, races, or racing around poles or flags.

7.Explain what to do if you see a skiing or snow boarding accident. Discuss the dangers of avalanche.

8.Take skiing or snow boarding lessons.

9.View a film on skiing or snow boarding.

10.Talk with a member of a ski patrol and learn about the job he or she does at the ski slope.

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