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It seems easy to do when you watch downhill skiers on TV. It looks so effortless, unless they take a fall of course. Cross Country was the first skiing sport until the invention of tow lifts which brought Alpine Skiing. The Swiss, Austrians and Italians have dominated the sport. As soon as they can walk, some young children in the Alps region can ski and go to school on their skis everyday. Most people ski as a leisure pursuit and leave the Olympic ambitions to the daredevils. Snowboarding, particularly popular with the young, has joined Alpine Skiing. Racing down slopes on planks of wood does seem a crazy thing to do. I have tried it and I know how exhilarating it is. I have skied in Scotland in the fog and over sheer ice. I hit a sheet of ice one day and couldn't stop myself from crashing into a picket fence. There was this cabin at the top of the hill where they sold coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. You can also feed from your hand the local herd and reindeer when they came up near the cabin. Yes Alpine Skiing is really amazing! I had another great skiing experience in Austria. The weather and snow conditions were almost perfect there. Nothing can beat Alpine Skiing when the sun shines and the snow glitters in the sunlight. I love Après Ski too and I remember drinking a lot of great wine. I resided in a picture postcard little village in a classic Alpine cottage. The village contained the most amazing church and was adorned with frescoes and gold. One day I had to put my Alpine Skiing on hold because the night before, me and my friends had rather too much schnapps at the local bar. I promised myself to go skiing again and try to get better. A very big dry slope has opened near my home, and that could be a good way to get back into it again. I might even take snowboarding lessons; I don't see why the young should have all the fun. We had a trip to Innsbruck when I was in Austria and we walked around the old site for the Winter Olympics there. I stood at the top of what was the ski jump hill, and the incline is unbelievable. of what ski jumping is like from television. I am sure it must feel like flying sometimes. The only time that I ever flew was by pure accident!
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