There
are two different types of skiing, Alpine and
Nordic.
Nordic
includes ski jumping and cross-country. Ski jumping is
mostly for professionals. Cross-country is for all skiers.
Cross-country skiing uses body strength, pushing with the
poles and using the feet sliding them back and
forth.
Ski jumpers go down hill and use
a ramp to gain speed. The skier tries to go as fast and far
as possible and tries not to fall.
Alpine skiing is mostly for anyone. It includes downhill
and slalom.
Downhill's tracks are usually
around three miles. Downhill is where gates are set to guide
you down a track. Gates are two flags set up across from
each other that you must go through. If you miss one, then
you are disqualified, unless you are willing to go back up
the hill and go through it again.
The slalom course is much
shorter than the downhill course. Like downhill, there are
also gates, although these gates are much closer. There are
as many as seventy gates on one course. Because they are so
close together, skiers try to memorize the course before
they start the race. Back
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