Kuyini ukushushuluza eqhweni?
Ukushushuluza kwe-cross-country (noma "i-nordic"), ngokungafani nokushushuluza kwe-downhill, kubhekisela emidlalweni yasebusika yeqhwa lapho umhlanganyeli ehamba khona enhlabathini eyisicaba ngaphandle kosizo lwe-chairlift noma olunye usizo lomshini ekukhuphukeni. Kunezigaba ezintathu eziyinhloko ze-cross-country ski ezitholakalayo: i-classic, i-skate ne-touring, zonke eziza nezinhlobo ezikhethekile zezulu. Ukushushuluza kwe-cross-country okuvamile kuhilela inqubo yokuhamba ngezinyawo lapho umuntu oshushuluzayo egcina ama-ski akhe ehambisana futhi kwenziwa kangcono kakhulu emzileni omncane, olungisiwe. Ukushushuluza nge-skate kubhekwa njengokuyinselele kakhudlwana ukufunda futhi kuhilela inqubo yokushushuluza efana nokunyakaza kokushushuluza eqhweni nokushushuluza nge-roller. Ama-skate skiers nawo ngokuvamile asebenzisa umzila ohlotshisiwe kodwa ubanzi futhi ubushelelezi kunemigodi emincane yokushushuluza okuvamile. Ama-ski okuvakasha avumela abashushuluzi ukuba bashushuluze kalula emizileni phezu kweqhwa elingahlanziwe.