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Watching downhill skiers on TV gives the impression that it's easy. It looks so natural, unless they take a fall of course. Cross Country skiing came first and then the invention of tow lifts brought Alpine Skiing. The Austrians, Swiss 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.

Olympic ambitions are left to the daredevils as most people ski as a leisure pursuit. Snowboarding, particularly popular with the young, 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 is. 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 picket fence. There was this cabin at the top of the hill where you could buy hot chocolate, coffee and snacks. The local herd of reindeer would come up to the cabin and feed from your hand. 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 is shining and the snow glitters in the sunlight. I love Après Ski too and I remember drinking a lot of mulled wine. I stayed in a picture postcard village in a real Alpine lodge. In the small village, there was this amazing church, which 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 place, and that could be a good way to get back into it again. I may even try out 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 visited the old Winter Olympics site there. I went to the top and stood where was the ski jump slope, and the incline is staggering. 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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