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Watching downhill skiers on TV gives the impression that it's easy. They make it look so effortless, 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 ski to school 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. Racing down slopes on planks of wood does seem a crazy thing to do. Having done it myself, I know how thrilling it is. I have skied in Scotland in the fog and over sheer ice. I hit a sheet of ice one day and couldn't prevent myself from crashing into a tree. There was this cabin at the top of the mountain 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 wonderfull!

My other experience of skiing was in Austria. The weather and snow conditions were almost perfect there. There is nothing to 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 little village in a real Alpine lodge. The village contained the most amazing church and 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 would like to go skiing again and try to get better. They just open a very big dry slope near my house, which would be a good way to get back into it again. I might even take snowboarding lessons; I don't see why the young should have all the fun. When I was in Austria, we had a trip to Innsbruck and we walked around the old Winter Olympics site there. I went to the top and stood where was the ski jump hill, and the incline is incredible. 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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