Skiing is the most recognizable winter sports hands down. It’s been around for quite some time and makes up the majority of all winter sports enthusiasts. So there have to be some juicy juicy Skiing Facts that will get everyone excited.
I provide you with an arsenal of amazing facts that will tickle even the fussiest persons fancy.
Skiing Facts
#Ski comes from the Norwegian work ‘skíð’ which means split piece of wood.
So technically, next time you are chopping wood with an axe you can yell out ‘SKIIIIIII’ and it actually would make sense
#The first recorded downhill skiing race was held in Sweden, in 1879
Alpine skiing as a sport made its Winter Olympic debut in the year 1936
#Skiing is one of the fastest non-motorized sports on land. 
Ever been a car driving at 156.2 miles per hour???
Probably not for most of us here but if you did you would be rivalling the speed of Simone Origone who was absolutely smashing it downhill in 2006
UPDATE: Now the fastest downhill skier Ivan Origone who set the new record by flying down the hill at 254.958 km/h (158.424 mph)
#‘Skiing’ is one of 2 six-letter words in the English language with a double ‘i’ exactly in the middle
Checked this fact out and it’s actually incorrect, never the less you can still get your less knowledgeable buddies with this one. The other word is ‘obiism’
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#Norway or China, where did it all begin
Most people will say skiing started in Norway, after all, there are carvings depicting skiing dating back as far as 4000BC, but supposedly some people by the name of archaeologists have also discovered a form of skiing near Lake Sindor in Russia. Now supposedly they found a part of a wooden ski here that dated back to approximately 8,000 years ago.
In Xinjiang province of China, they still make skis by splitting spruce trees and wrapping them in dried horse skins, which they use to climb slopes as well as slide down them. The major difference is that they use only one pole instead of 2.
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#You can lose weight skiing
If you like to drink a beer or 2 and find yourself getting a bit of a belly from it, then it is good to know that you can actually drop some weight off while doing a few up and downs of the mountain. In fact, you can lose 350-400 calories per hour with a moderate effort.
Now that is music to the ears, sliding down a mountain and losing weight.
#Skiing is very Popular
Approximately 350 million skiers can be found in the mountains in 80 countries around the world each and every single season.
#Skiing was considered a man’s sport
During the latter part of the 19th century, skiing was considered more of a ‘man’s sport’ and women were encouraged to take up skating instead!
These days Snowboarding is considered a man’s sport considering that there are approximately 75% males hitting up the slopes
#Skiing on the moon
Harrison Schmitt, a crew member of the space shuttle Apollo 17, said that astronauts heading to the moon should learn the art of cross-country skiing.
He believed that the technique involved in skiing helped walking on the moon and even envisioned people setting off for ‘lunar skiing holidays’
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#Jumping in Skiing happened after the invention of the binding for the plastic boot
Telemark bindings invented by Norwegian Sondre Norheim, that bind the ski to the plastic boot made it possible for skiers to jump in the air.
#Look up and down
According to the International Ski Federation (FIS), one basic safety rule of skiing is to look up and down the slope before you start, so as not to collide with other skiers.
#The Longest Ski Jump
Stefan Kraft holds the official record for the world’s longest ski jump with 253.5 meters (832 feet), set on the ski flying hill in Vikersund in 2017.
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#Can’t get enough of the snow
The longest time spent skiing non-stop is 202 hr 1 min by Nick Willey (Australia) at Thredbo, New South Wales, Australia on 2-10 September 2005. He skied down the slopes 916 times travelling over 1,150 kilometres (715 miles) in the process.
#The largest indoor ski facility is 43,919.7 square meters
(472,747 square feet) and was achieved by Harbin Wanda City Investment Co. Ltd (China) in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, on 15 December 2017.
#The true winter sport
Cross-country skiing is one of the seven winter sports that have been a part of every Winter Olympic Games till date.
#Pray to St. Bernard
St Bernard of Montjoux is the patron saint of skiers. He was proclaimed a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1923. Bernard became a patron and protector of skiers as a result of his four decades spent in missionary work throughout the Alps. St. Bernard dogs are named after him.
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