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Sport and mode of transportation involving moving over snow on a pair of long flat runners (skis) attached to shoes or boots.
Skiing was born in northern Europe; the oldest skis, found in Russia, are some 6,000 years old. The earliest skis were often short and broad. The first written references to skiing come from the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220) and describe skiing in northern China. Skiing was used in warfare in Scandinavia from the 13th century or earlier to the 20th century. The earliest mode of skiing developed into the sport now called cross-country skiing . Competitive cross-country skiing began in Norway in the 1840s and had reached California by the 1860s. Improvements on primitive bindings с 1860 led to greater popularity of recreational skiing. Alpine skiing .
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Alpine skiing
cross country skiing
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