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inversione di scaletta

English translation: downhill side-stepping

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Italian term or phrase:	inversione di scaletta
English translation:	downhill side-stepping
Entered by:	Kreonia

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12:07 Sep 20, 2011

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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / skiing techniques

Italian term or phrase: inversione di scaletta

Abbandonai i futili tentativi di curva e raggiunsi la valle con diagonali e **inversione di scaletta***.

A text about someone trying to ski in fresh snow without a clue about what to do. He is, however, very skilled in slalom, downhill etc, so only fresh snow is a problem.

I understand 'diagonale' refers to diagonal strides (used in cross country skiing), but I am baffled by the other expression.

Any skiing experts out there?
thank you.

Kreonia KudoZ activity Questions: 42 (2 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0 United Kingdom
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downhill side-stepping

Explanation:
based on the discussion above and because typical side-stepping is used to get uphill. You could go with "reverse side-stepping" but that's not as clear to me.

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downhill side-stepping

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downhill side-stepping

Explanation:
based on the discussion above and because typical side-stepping is used to get uphill. You could go with "reverse side-stepping" but that's not as clear to me.

Example sentence(s):

I made my way to the valley with diagonals and downhill side-stepping.

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