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Watching downhill skiers on TV gives the impression that it's easy. They make it look so natural, unless they take a tumble 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. A lot of young kids in the Alps can ski as soon as they can walk and go to school on their skis everyday.

Olympic ambitions are left to the daredevils as most people ski as a leisure pursuit. Being popular with the young, snowboarding, has joined Alpine Skiing. It seems a crazy thing to do racing down slopes on planks of wood. I have tried it and I know how exhilarating it could be. When I was in Scotland I skied in the fog and over sheer ice. One day I hit a sheet of ice and couldn't stop myself from crashing into a tree. There was a log cabin at the top of the hill where they sold coffee, hot chocolate and snacks. The local herd of reindeer would come up to the cabin and feed from your hand. Yes Alpine Skiing is really amazing!

My other experience of skiing was in Austria. The snow conditions and the weather were ideal there. Nothing can beat Alpine Skiing when the sun is shining and the snow glitters in the sunlight. Après Ski was great too and I remember drinking a lot of great wine. I lived in a picture postcard little village in a classic Alpine cottage. In the small village, there was this amazing church, which was adorned with frescoes and gold. One night, my friends and I went to a local bar and I had rather too much schnapps. I suffered the next day and my Alpine Skiing had to be put on hold.

I promised myself to go skiing again and try to get better. They just open a very big dry slope near my home, and that could be a good way to get back into it again. I might even take snowboarding lessons; You don't have to be young to have all the fun. We had a trip to Innsbruck when I was in Austria and we visited the old Winter Olympics site there. I went to the top and stood where was the ski jump slope, and the incline is unbelievable. It's impossible to have an idea 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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