The Three Most Popular Types of Skiing Presentation

1. The Three Most Popular
Types of Skiing

2. •Bahamas-based businessman and philanthropist Stephen Eric Lawrence
is the founder and managing director of the technology-based private
equity firm Trinity Company.
He is also the founder of the Lawrence Family Charitable Foundation.
When not engaged in professional and philanthropic ventures, Stephen
Eric Lawrence enjoys skiing in popular locations, including Zurs, Austria;
Chamonix, France; and Whistler, British Columbia.

3. •Originally a means of transportation in countries with snowy winters, skiing
eventually became one of the world's most popular competitive winter
sports.
Athletes and hobbyists participate in many different versions of the sport,
including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and freestyle skiing.
Alpine skiing, also commonly referred to as downhill skiing, is probably the
most well-known type of skiing.
It involves gliding down snow-covered hills on a pair of strong skis.
This form of the sport grew in popularity with the invention of the ski lift,
which allowed ski resorts to tow visitors easily to the tops of mountain
peaks.
Characterized by high speeds, especially on steep slopes, alpine skiing
requires a high degree of control over the direction and speed of the
descent.

4. •Cross-country skiing requires large expanses of snowy fields and takes
place mainly in the northern regions of Europe and Canada, although it is
also gaining popularity in the United States.
Both professionals and amateurs enjoy the sport, but it is a particularly
difficult endurance sport that utilizes multiple techniques and varying trail
types.
Often recommended to improve one’s fitness level, the sport works every
major muscle group in the body.

5. •Freestyle skiing, sometimes called hot-dogging, originated among
Norwegian skiers who incorporated acrobatics into alpine and crosscountry skiing.
This style has very few rules and can be quite dangerous. Freestyle only
recently gained acceptance as a sport in competitions.
Several events dedicated to freestyle skiing exist, including the Aerial
event, which involves high-speed jumps and triple back somersaults with
multiple twists.

6. •Freestyle skiing, sometimes called hot-dogging, originated among
Norwegian skiers who incorporated acrobatics into alpine and crosscountry skiing.
This style has very few rules and can be quite dangerous. Freestyle only
recently gained acceptance as a sport in competitions.
Several events dedicated to freestyle skiing exist, including the Aerial
event, which involves high-speed jumps and triple back somersaults with
multiple twists.