The document discusses the origins of skiing in Slovenia in the 16th century and outlines the development of skiing culture and techniques in the country. It then provides facts about achievements in skiing competitions by Slovenian athletes from the 1960s to present day, including world championships won and crystal globes earned in alpine and ski jumping events. Finally, it profiles some of Slovenia's top ski resorts such as Planica, known for hosting the annual World Cup Ski Jumping Final.

1. THE SLOVENIAN ORIGINS
OF EUROPEAN SKIING

2. As early as the 16th century, inhabitants of
the Bloke plateau and Vipava region of
Slovenia had a highly developed ski culture
using home-made ski equipment and special
techniques for walking on the flat, climbing
and even downhill runs. The first written
sources for what may be the oldest Central
European ski culture date from J.V.
Valvasor‘s book from 1689, The Glory of the
Duchy of Carniola.

3. BLOKE SKIING TECHNIQUE

4. SOME FACTS FROM THE TIME OF MODERN
SLOVENIAN SKIING
 1961 The Slovenians got their ski jumper on the list of world record holders. On 24th February in Oberstdorf,
Joze Šlibar landed at 141 metres. In the same year, two FIS competitions were held in Kranjska Gora and they
both historicized as the first Vitranc Cup.
 1964 First international competition for Golden Fox took place in Pohorje.
 1972 For the first time Planica hosted World Championships in Ski Flying. In subsequent years World
Championships in Planica was held for another four times.
 1980 As a Yugoslav representative Bojan Križaj reached the first Slovenian victory in slalom. In his career he
managed to »collect« eight victories.
 1987 Bojan Križaj won the Crystal Globe in slalom.
 1989 The best Slovenian female skier, Mateja Svet, became the World Champion in slalom in Vail.
 1991 Franci Petek became the World Champion in ski jumping (middle hill)
 1997 Primož Peterka became the winner of the World Cup in ski jumping overall.
 1998 Primož Peterka defended his title of the best ski jumper and won the large Crystal Globe for the second
time.
 2011 Tina Maze becomes a world champion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a vice-champion in super combined.
 Tina Maze becomes one of the alpine skiing legends with a record breaking 2414 points in World cup season.
She reaches the podium 24 times and in the meanwhile in Schaldming becomes Super-G champion in wins
silver medals in giant slalom and super combined.

5. TINA MAZE (TWO GOLD MEDALS AT
THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS)
BOJAN KRIŽAJ (THE CRYSTAL
GLOBE IN SLALOM 1987)
PETER PREVC (THE WINNER OF THE
2016 SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP)

6. SLOVENIAN SKI RESORTS

7. PLANICA
 Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia not far from
another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora.
 Planica is a nordic skiing complex with one ski flying hill, seven ski
jumping hills and cross-country skiing track.
 The origins of ski flying started in 1936. Planica is known as the
proud host of the World Cup Ski Jumping Final every year in March.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfQ5tShwU

8. Winers in Planica
 Czechoslovakia
1969, Jiri Raška; 1984, Pavel Ploc
 Italy
1990, Roberto Ceccon
 Czech
1994, Jaroslav Sakala
 Jugoslavia
1983 and 1988, Primož Ulaga
 Finland
1985, Matti Nykaenen; 1990, Ari Pekka Nikola; 1995, Laitinen Mika Antero;
2003 and 2005, Matti Hautamäki; 2006, Janne Happonen; 2009, Hari Olli
 Slovenia
2012, Robert Kranjec; 2013, Jurij Tepeš; 2014, Peter Prevc; 2015, Peter
Prevc and Jurij Tepeš; 2016 Robert Kranjec and Peter Prevc

9. HOPSCOTCH
 Extras: a piece of chalk and a stone
 Preparation: We draw squares in the shape of an aeroplane
on the ground: first two single squares one after another,
then a double square (one next to another), then a single
square, then again a double square and a semi-circle on top
of it. We write numbers from one to seven in the squares.
 Rules of the game: We throw a stone in the first square and
jump on the numbered squares. We jump with one leg in
single squares, and with two legs in the double squares. In
the semicircle at the top of hopscotch, we can rest. Then we
jump the same way back to the starting point and pick up the
stone. We continue the same way throwing the stone to a
square marked with a higher number. If we don’t throw the
stone into the correct square or we turn over or put both feet
on the ground in the single square, it’s another player’s turn.
The player who successfully completes all seven squares is
the winner.