When the term first surfaced circa the late 1980s / early 1990s, it was used for adult sports such as skydiving, scuba diving, surfing, rock climbing, snow skiing, water skiing, snowboarding, mountain biking, mountaineering, storm chasing, hang gliding, and bungee jumping, many of which were then growing in popularity.

When slalom skiing is done properly, the skier will experience numerous isometric contractions ( good training for core muscles ), and extreme upper body torque, making it a good form of exercise.

When freestyle skiing began in the late 1990s only a select few resorts were home to a terrain park.

When the mine closed for good ; the snow which once tormented Telluride's miners had become the town's new gold, in the form of skiing and tourism.

When the 1960 Winter Olympics came to Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe was put firmly on the map as the skiing center of the western United States.

When her boss, Katharine Parker ( Sigourney Weaver ), breaks her leg skiing, Tess uses Parker's absence and connections, including her errant beau Jack Trainer ( Harrison Ford ), to put forward her own idea for a merger deal.

When skiing off-piste in light powder the weight ratio can be different than the suggested 50 to 80 percent on the outside ski.

When skiing in thick powder it is important that the skier not lean back ; staying forward and facing downhill allows quicker response to changing conditions.

When skiing downhill, the skier could clip the cable under the hooks, locking down the heel and providing much greater control.

When skiing is the primary goal, skis are carried on backpack as far as the mountaineers go ; when not, they are removed and cached until the climbers return from their continued ascent.

When Laurent Boix Vives bought the company in 1956, the company only focused on skiing equipment and began to sell them worldwide.

When skiing backcountry ( off piste ), the wrist strap is not normally used, because there is a risk of wrist injury if the pole should catch on an unseen branch or root.

When skiing, the friction between the snow and skis will cause the wax to rub off on the snow and sorb to the snow grain surface and particles in the bulk snow.

When he was younger, Hrbatý was European junior competitor in skiing and from the age of 11, he focused on tennis full time.

Crystal Peaks originally had a ski theme, When one was in the central atrium there was a cable car and skiing mannequins suspended from the glass roof.

When they are there, Marge decides that she wants to avoid skiing or snowboarding for fear of injury.

When it debuted in 1999, Weatherscan operated five collective services for local weather information: Weatherscan Local features animated weather information with a complete local weather segment every two minutes ; Weatherscan Radar featured a continuous Doppler radar loop, along with severe weather advisories when warranted ; Weatherscan Plus, which debuted on April 30, 1999 featured activity-specific forecasts for golf, skiing, boating, beachgoing and business and leisure travel ; Weatherscan Plus Traffic, which launched on May 31, 1999 featured the same format as Weatherscan Plus with traffic information included ; Weatherscan Espanol, which launched with Weatherscan Plus Traffic, was a Spanish-language version of Weatherscan Plus allowing regional or international weather information.

When his parents received word that Richard had perished in a skiing accident, they suspected that it was really a suicide after Richard learned the truth of his father's identity.

When, in late afternoon on the last day in June, he saw two people top the ridge to the south and walk toward the house, he quit work immediately and strode to his rifle.

When he saw the expression in her eyes, he knew he couldn't send them on.

When they turned in the saddle they could see the men behind them, strung out on the prairie in a flat black line.

When one of the men in the hall behind us spat on the floor and scraped his boot over the gob of spittle I noticed how the clerk winced.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

When Fred Powell's brother-in-law, Charlie Keane, moved into the dead man's home, the anonymous letter writer took no chances on Charlie taking up where Fred had left off and wasted no time on a first notice:

When I fell on my back, I saw a vulture hovering.

Joyce went on, `` When we'd finished, Lou -- Mr. Thor -- asked me to stay a little longer.

When we opened the door again for business and switched on the lights she said:

When he sank on his knees, they had allowed him to char without administering the stroke of mercy.

When he got closer to the tree, Matsuo noted the wild look on his face.

When he rolled on the left side, propping on his left elbow, Matsuo seized his hair and pulled him back over.

When her hand touched his, fire went through Jack and he felt weak, but he managed somehow to get her on her feet.

When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.

When you pass a church on an Irish bus, all the hands flurry in the sign of the cross.

When he was stripped, deloused and numbered by his guards, his much-thumbed sketchbook was seized and thrown on a pile of prisoners' goods to be confiscated.

When combined with the metaphysical notion that pure forms of this universe are best appreciated when least embodied in a material substratum, it becomes clear that while earth will be dross on a scale of material-formal ratios, celestial bodies will be of a subtle, quickened, ethereal existence, in whose embodiment pure form will be the dominant component and matter will be absent or remain subsidiary.

When the family business failed, Mercer left school and on his mother's urging -- for she hoped that he would become an actor -- he joined a local little theater group.

Besides doing a single song, `` When The Sun Comes Out '', they worked on the ambitious American-Negro Suite, for voices and piano, as well as songs for films.

When I returned to make my report, the Hetman did not remember having sent me on the secret mission.

When Fred wheeled him back into his room, the big one looking out on the back porch, and put him to bed, Papa told him he was very tired but that he had enjoyed greatly the trip downtown.

When the young biologist, Dr. Ballard, began to show interest in our daughter Elizabeth, this induced a corresponding interest, on our part, in him.

When he turns briefly to literary style, in the Third Book, he again looks to the effect on the audience.