Interesting Facts

The oldest documented evidence of skiing is found in the region of Norway and Sweden from primitive carvings dating back to 5000 B.C. Here are a few more crazy facts you may not have known about Skiing.

The first recorded downhill skiing race was held in Sweden, in 1879.
'Skiing' is the only six-letter word in the English language with a double 'i' exactly in the middle.
France, Austria and the USA each have around 3000 ski lifts.
Austria, Norway and Switzerland have the highest participation levels, with at least 25% of their populations skiing.
For several years, skier visits around the world have been estimated at around 400 million.

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SKI SLOGANS

Ski Slogans Generator

Don't ski faster than you want to fall

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All terrain. All conditions.

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³ If you can't land it, don't air it

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⁴ Short skis suck, big skis truck

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⁵ There is no such thing as bad snow, only bad skiers

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⁶ You can't get hurt skiing, unless you fall.

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Stay high - stay dry.

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⁸ When in doubt ...straighten em out

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⁹ You can never have too many pairs of skis.

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¹⁰ If God wanted gapers to ski, he would have given 'em a mountain.

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Quotes on the sport of Skiing
Quotes about Skiing:

"For me, personally, skiing holds everything. I used to race cars, but skiing is a step beyond that. It removes the machinery and puts you one step closer to the elements. And it's a complete physical expression of freedom." -Robert Redford
"I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs." -Judah Friedlander
"Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours." -Spalding Gray
"Sometimes it's all about the win, sometimes it's about the skiing." -Bode Miller
"The sport of skiing consists of wearing three thousand dollar'’ worth of clothes and equipment and driving two hundred miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar and get drunk." -P.J. O'Rourke