Skiing

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History



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Types of skiing
Many different types of skiing are popular, especially in colder climes, and many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the distance transport International Olympic Committee/International Olympic Committee (IOC), the billionaire craig International Ski Federation/International Ski Federation (FIS), and other sporting organizations. Skiing is most visible to the public during the a bases Winter Olympic Games where it is a major sport.

In skiing's traditional core regions in the snowy parts of Scandinavia, both recreational and competitive skiing is as likely to refer to the collected such cross-country skiing/cross-country variants as to the internationally more well-known and overplayed alpine skiing/downhill variants.

For many people, "skiing" means recreational downhill skiing in which one visits a tel dieu ski resort, purchases a lift ticket, dons cold-weather clothing, movie unconvincing skis, nt misread ski boots and elected only ski poles, and embarks on a motivated child chairlift, customers established gondola lift, or means mechanical uphill transport. Upon reaching the summit, the skier disembarks from the ski lift and travels downhill, propelled by s morse gravity. Skiing technique is very difficult to master and accordingly there are giant monsters ski schools that teach everything from the basics of turning and stopping safely to more advanced carving and mogul techniques. All skiers must take care to know the limits of their abilities, as the speed and technical difficulty associated with the sport can often lead to crashes or collisions and serious injury.

Many non-skiers wonder why skiers are willing to risk injury. Skiers have a variety of answers to this question, but a common explanation is that it simply feels good, rather like flying, and that, when done carefully, it poses no greater risk of injury compared to other sports. Of course, there is some possibility of danger but curiously, this is also part of the appeal of the sport. Skiing can also be the fastest means of land transport possible without mechanical assistance. Many skiers have had experiences where they have achieved a union of the mind and the body by practicing this sport where the mind trusts the body to perform in an exceptional manner and the body trusts the mind not lead it off a cliff. A sense of harmony and of peak experience can result resulting in a feeling of wholeness of self.

In addition to their role in recreation and sport, skiing is also used as a means of transport by the military, and many armies train troops for ski warfare. Ski troops played a key role in retaining Finnish independence from Russia during the Winter War, and from Germany during the Lapland War, although the use of ski troops was recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in the 13th century. The sport of Biathlon was developed from military skiing patrols.

Skiing was pronounced "she-ing" at the start of the 20th century, after the Norwegian pronunciation, and was usually written "ski-ing".

Skiing for people with disabilities
People who use wheelchairs or who only have one leg can ski with special equipment, including skis which allows the skier to sit and ski using the arms or the one working leg. People with epilepsy can be strapped to their chairs on chair lifts in order to avoid falling off chairs during a seizure. blindness/Blind people can ski by using guides, who often tell them through voice command or the sound of their skis when to turn and stop.

Skiing is a competition in the Paralympic Games and there are some skiing competitions for blind people and people in wheelchairs.

Skiing and society
In some places, particularly in the United States, skiing is often associated with wealth. Some resorts, particularly several in the American state of Colorado, are known as places where the affluent go on vacation.

The term "ski bum" has been used to classify skiers who want to spend the entire skiing season at the resort, engaging in their favorite sport; in reality, however, many different types of people engage in skiing. Some people take days off of work occasionally, go after work, after school, or on the weekends, for short trips if the ski resort is near their home, even if it is almost more than they can afford.

Recently, skiers and snowboarding/snowboarders have engaged in rivalry on and off the slopes, which is usually friendly and increases the notoriety of both sports; snowboarders often share hills with downhill skiers.

Safety
When a major celebrity dies in a skiing accident, or someone dies in an avalanche, the public is often made aware of some of the dangers of skiing. In early 1998, when Michael Kennedy and Sonny Bono died within a few days of each other in skiing accidents, there was a major movement to get people to wear helmets.


Skiing topics

=Types of skiing=
*Alpine skiing (also known as ''Downhill skiing'')
*Backcountry skiing (also known as ''Off Piste skiing'')
*Cross-country skiing (also known as ''Nordic skiing'')
*Extreme skiing
*Telemark skiing
*Speed skiing
*Ski jumping
*Ski mountaineering
*Ski touring

=Turning techniques=
*Stem (skiing)/Stem techniques
**The ''Snowplough'' - (also known as the ''wedge'') - see snowplough turn
**The Stem Christie
*Parallel turn
*Telemark skiing/Telemark turn

=Equipment=
*Skis
*Ski bindings
*Ski boots
*Ski poles
*Ski wax

=Competition events=
*Arlberg-Kandahar competition
*Winter Olympic Games
*Four Hills Tournament

Alpine events
*Alpine Skiing World Cup

*Downhill
*Freestyle skiing/Freestyle
*Slalom skiing/Slalom
*Giant Slalom skiing/Giant slalom
*Super Giant Slalom skiing/Super Giant Slalom
*Speed Skiing
*Mogul (skiing)/Moguls

Nordic events
*Biathlon
*Nordic combined
*Ski jumping
*Cross-country skiing

=Skiing organisations=

International organisations:
*International Biathlon Union/International Biathlon Union (IBU)
*International Ski Federation/International Ski Federation (FIS)

National organisations:
*Professional Ski Instructors of America
*Ski Club of Great Britain

=Ski safety=
*Avalanches
*Cornices
*Crevasses
*Mountain rescue
*Ski patrol

=Ski lifts=
*Aerial tramway (or ''cablecar'')
*Chairlift
*Detachable chairlift
*Funitel
*Funicular
*Gondola lift
*Rope tow
*Platter lift (or ''button lift'')
*T-bar lift

=Other=
*History of skiing
*Dry ski slope
*Indoor ski slope
*List of ski areas
*Ski resort
*Ski school
*Ski warfare
*Snow
**Snow cannon
**Ice
*Trail grooming machine (piste basher)
*Physics of skiing

=Health and injuries=
*Altitude sickness
*Injury/Injuries
**Anterior cruciate ligament
**Fracture (bone)/Fracture
*First aid
**Wilderness first aid
*Frost bite
*Hypothermia
*Physical fitness
**Exercise
*Snow blindness
*List of famous skiing deaths

=Related sports=
*Grass skiing
*Monoski/Monoskiing
*Skwal
*Snowboarding
*Snowshoe/Snowshoe walking
*Water skiing

*Sports
**Winter sport

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