Skiing originated in northern Europe over 6,000 years ago and was used as a mode of transportation and in warfare. It later evolved into a recreational sport starting in Scandinavia in the 1840s and spreading to North America by the 1860s. Improvements to ski equipment and the development of ski lifts in the 1930s increased the popularity of downhill skiing. Now major ski resorts exist around the world in mountainous regions.

2. It’s a sport and mode of transportation involving moving over snow on a
pair of long flat runners (skis) attached to shoes or boots. Skiing was born
in northern Europe; the oldest skis, found in Russia, are some 6,000 years
old. The earliest skis were often short and broad. The first written
references to skiing come from the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) and
describe skiing in northern China. Skiing was used in warfare in
Scandinavia from the 13th century or earlier to the 20th century. The
earliest mode of skiing developed into the sport now called cross-country
skiing. Competitive cross-country skiing began in Norway in the 1840s and
had reached California by the 1860s. Improvements on primitive bindings
c. 1860 led to greater popularity of recreational skiing. Ski-jumping
competitions date from the 1870s. Downhill skiing was limited by the
need to climb the hill before or after skiing down; the building of ski lifts
began in the 1930s. Skis were originally made of a single piece of wood,
usually hickory; laminated construction began in the 1930s, plastic
running surfaces were introduced in the 1950s, and no wood has been
used in the construction of downhill skis for several decades. The business
of skiing began its serious growth in the 1930s and became explosive in
the 1950s and '60s; huge resorts now dot the Austrian, Swiss, and Italian
Alps, the Rocky Mountains, and other mountainous regions. See also
Alpine skiing.

3. Skiing is sharing good
times with friends

6. Skiing is visiting new places with new
adventures
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