- Skiing is a mountain sport that consists of gliding through the snow, by means of two skiis attached to the sole of the boots of the skier. A person who practices ski is called a skier, or snowboarder if carriers a board.
- Skiing is practiced throughout the year, as there are places with glaciers like Tignes in France, where the annual season for the practice of this sport starts there by the end of September
- There started still controversy about the origin of skiing, some historians argue that it occurred in Scandinavia and northwestern Russia, while others say it was in the region of the Altai
- Several typesof skiing are popular, especially in cold climates and many types of ski competitions are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Ski Federation and other sporting organizations.
- Ski means ' wooden stick '
- The first indications of the existence of skiing date back to the year 8000 BC, taking place in the Altai (China), however this theory is controversial, as others say that this practice came to the region much later.
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