History of skiing

Video demonstration of a variety of ski techniques used in the 1940s

Skiing, or traveling over snow on skis, has a history of at least eight millennia. The earliest archaeological examples of skis were found in Karelia (a region in western Russia on the border with Finland) and date to 6000 BCE.[1] Although skiing's origins were purely utilitarian, the modern sport evolved from beginnings in Scandinavia, starting in the mid-1800s skiing became a popular recreational activity and sport, becoming practiced in snow-covered regions worldwide, and providing a market for the development of ski resorts and their related communities.[2]

  1. ^ Sood, Suemedha (22 December 2010). "Where did skiing come from?". BBC. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ Lund, Morten (Winter 1996). "A Short History of Alpine Skiing". Skiing Heritage. 8 (1). Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.