SKIING

SKIING WAS A PREHISTORIC ACTIVITY;

THE OLDEST KNOWN SKIS DATE TO
BETWEEN 8000 AND 7000 BCE AND
WERE DISCOVERED IN RUSSIA.

SKIING BOTH AS RECREATION AND AS A

SPORT WAS A NATURAL DEVELOPMENT
FROM ITS UTILITARIAN APPLICATIONS.
EQUIPMENT:
EQUIPMENT:
TYPES OF SKIING

•ALPINE
•NORDIC
•FREESTYLE
•BIATHLONS
 ALPINE
• THE SPEED EVENTS ARE CONTESTED
IN SINGLE RUNS DOWN LONG, STEEP,
FAST COURSES FEATURING FEW AND
WIDELY SPACED TURNS.
• SLALOM
• DOWNHILL SKIING
 NORDIC
• NORDIC, OR CLASSIC, SKIING CONSISTS OF
TECHNIQUES AND EVENTS THAT EVOLVED
IN THE HILLY TERRAIN OF NORWAY AND
THE OTHER SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES.
• CROSS-COUNTRY
• SKI-JUMPING
 Ski-jump

Cross-
country
skiing
 FREESTYLE
• FREESTYLE SKIING FOCUSES ON
ACROBATICS AND INCLUDES THREE
EVENTS: ACRO, AERIALS, AND
MOGULS. FORMERLY KNOWN AS
BALLET, ACRO WAS INVENTED IN THE
EARLY 1930S IN EUROPE.
BIATHLONS
winter sport
combining
cross-country
skiing
with rifle
marksmanshi
BIATHLONS
TIPS IN SKIING:
• PRACTICE
• FULLY-GEARED
• ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES
• SEEK FOR ADVICES
(PROFESSIONAL IN SKIING)
• KNOW YOUR LIMITATIONS
 BENEFITS OF SKIING
• USE FOR HUNTING
• SKIING ALSO HAS LONG BEEN EMPLOYED FOR
MILITARY PURPOSES
• COMPETITIONS WITH MONETARY PRIZES
• FOR ENJOYMENT
DISADVANTAGES OF SKIING:

•FALL
•HYPOTHERMIA
•AVALANCHE
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