Alpine Skiing
It was Sondre Norheim who invented ski binding so that skiers were able to turn while moving downhill and Slalom was born. Slalom is also known as Telmark skiing. Sondre Norheim is considered to be the father of modern day skiing. Using the new maneuvering tactics, skiers could now move from one location to another. In the beginning skiing had a more practical use with people using skis to get to one place to another through snow. However, the binding changed all this. It allowed skiers more freedom of movement on skis and soon skiing changed from practical to fun to challenge to sport.
Years ago, people had no clue about Alpine skiing. It was something known only to a few people and was predominant in the European Alps. As people started coming to the Alps to ski, a few hotels and lodges opened which were used by a handful of people who used to come in winter to taste the adventure of Alpine skiing.
However, as time passed, skiing became a popular sport and went from a few hundred to over forty million skiers. As soon as the first good snowfall hits the mountains, people from across the globe head to the mountains to taste this adventurous and exhilarating sport. Every continent has at least one good skiing mountain and this is also true for the Antarctica. There are forty countries which are popular for their skiing slopes on their mountain chains and people are ready to travel to these countries even if it means enduring long haul flights.
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