Skiing has been around for thousands of years. There are rock carvings found in caves in northern Norway showing men on long boards with hunting tools in there hands. The first written account of skiing appears in around 1000 AD Viking sagas were kings are described as expert skiers. The first concept of ski races started in Sweden in 1523 though it was cross country races instead of downhill. The father of modern skiing was Sonde Norheim from the telemark region of Norway. He made his skis in a slight hour glass shape and waxed the bottoms for better ability to turn he did this in 1868.

Skiing was introduced in America by Scandinavian immigrants in the late 1830’s. The California gold rush is what made skiing popular for Mountain Men. These skis looked very dif

There is no one field of play for skiing; all the events look different from each other. In the Super G the gates racers have to go through are very wide apart and is on a much larger hill than the Giant Slalom would be. In the Slalom the gates the racers must go through are very close together and the course is not as long. The only two down hill events that do not have gates are the free style events and the downhill. Moguls, ski jumping, and aerials are all grouped in to the freestyle category. While the downhill is when the racers just tuck down a side of the mountain to see what speed they can attain.

In the last few years trick ski jumping has become another form of competition, though it is not an Olympic event. In trick ski jumping skiers go off of jumps and do tricks in the air for points. The event is down a full trail usually just like a ski race. Extreme skiing races have also begun to appear even though it is not an Olympic event. In these racers the participants are timed how fast they go down a mountain how often they fall and how many natural obstacles they did on the way down. Those are the fields of play for downhill events.

Ski equipment for the different forms of skiing is different depending on the event. In the Super G and Giant Slalom racers wear full piece spandex suits to cut down on time. They also use longer and harder skis than a slalom skier would use. The poles these racers use are also formed to cut down the time of a racer. In slalom a racer will wear a spandex suit along with shorter softer skis than a GS skier. In moguls and aerials the type of clothing does not matter but the skis do. Aerial skiers ski on short skis so they can do more in the air. While mogul skiers wear shorter skis than a GS racer but the skis are as soft as a pair of slalom skis. In trick jumping and extreme skiing competitions there are no one ski that people wear. People can wear as long and hard a ski they want or

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