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What do you get when you cross the sports of rodeo with skiing? An extreme winter sport called skijoring. 

当牛仔竞技运动与滑雪运动交叉时，你会得到什么？一项称为滑雪的极限冬季运动。 

The competition involves riding horses that tow skiers by rope over jumps and around barriers. At the same time, competitors try to lance round targets with a baton, a special stick for the purpose. 

比赛涉及骑马，用绳子牵引滑雪者越过障碍物和障碍物。与此同时，参赛者尝试用警棍（一种专用的棍子）刺穿目标。 

Skijoring is a winter sport that celebrates the combination of rodeo and ski culture in the U.S. Mountain West. 

滑雪是一项冬季运动，旨在庆祝美国西部山区牛仔竞技与滑雪文化的结合。 

Horses — and sometimes dogs, snowmobiles and even cars — tow skiers by rope at speeds as high as 64 kilometers per hour. Skiers can go over jumps as high as 2.4 meters. 

马——有时还有狗、雪地摩托，甚至汽车——用绳索牵引滑雪者，速度高达每小时 64 公里。滑雪者可以越过高达2.4米的跳台。 

One of the most popular skijoring races in the country takes place in Leadville, Colorado. The event, called “The Granddaddy of ’em All,” has been a tradition there since 1949. 

美国最受欢迎的滑雪比赛之一在科罗拉多州莱德维尔举行。这项活动被称为“所有人的祖父”，自 1949 年以来一直是那里的传统。 

“It’s just the pure adrenaline that gets me to do it,” said Nick Burri. He is one of the competitors and said teams get along with each other. “Getting these two different groups of people together with the riders and the skiers…we mesh pretty well.” 

“纯粹是肾上腺素让我这么做，”尼克·布里说。他是参赛者之一，并表示团队之间相处融洽。“将这两类不同的人与骑手和滑雪者聚集在一起……我们配合得很好。” 

Internet reports say skijoring takes its name from the Norwegian word skikjoring, which means “ski driving.” It started as a way to get around in Scandinavia and became popular in