The existence of everything in the world has its own unique meaning. According to the words of Mazzei, "existence is reasonable", and according to the principle of economics, the emergence of the same thing is inevitably driven by people's needs, and skiing is no exception. Each stage of different social needs is changing the purpose of people skiing, and these at the same time affect the skiing culture in different periods: skiing first emerged in people's daily life, then for practical and military purposes, then gradually evolved into performance and competitive events, and finally developed into today's skiing.
How did skiing culture come about?
Initially skiing could not be called a sport, it was just a human activity. On a small island in northern Norway, a petroglyph dating from around 2500 BC has been found. A skier wearing huge skis, holding a ski pole, wearing an ear cap and in a skiing position, and a ski from the same period as the above rock painting, found in 1921 in Naamtland, Sweden, is now in the museum in Gjøgarden, Sweden, and is evidence to support this theory.
The English word "ski" is an exotic word from Norway, derived from an ancient Scandinavian language, meaning "split wood or firewood". In the Scandinavian region, more than 8 months of the year is covered by thick snow, production and living conditions are extremely backward. In order to survive in harsh natural conditions, people invented a large piece of animal bones or wooden boards tied to leather boots and skied through the snow for transportation, hunting and other activities, which were the first skiing activities of ancient ancestors. At present, the world recognizes that skiing originated in Scandinavia in Northern Europe, and the skiing culture was thus formed.
What followed was a long period of development of skiing culture.
The real birthplace of Nordic skiing is the then relatively progressive society of Norway and Sweden, that the high dimension ah, cold winter ah, so the 13th century Norwegians, in order to adapt to the cold and snowy natural environment, skiing has become a necessary survival skill that needs to be mastered in daily life, transportation, hunting and so on. The skiing site is, of course, not the flat snow track that most of us are now accustomed to skiing, but the pure nature of "cross-country snow track".
By the 14th-16th centuries, this time Europe was caught up in frequent warfare, forcing Norway, Sweden and other Nordic countries to ski as a necessary military ability.
The geographic discoveries of the 15th and 17th centuries were an important turning point in human history, as they broke the bonds of regional isolation and accelerated the spread of information and culture, including ski culture. Skiing remained a very important military skill in Northern Europe until the early 18th century and took on a more military character, evolving over the years into military patrols in peacetime and military biathlons, among other military-specific snow competitions.
Now let's come to the 18th-19th century. This time in Europe it is in the heat of the industrial revolution. We all know about the industrial revolution in Europe, but it is a great improvement in social productivity, but also increased the wealth of some people, then followed by the gradual emergence of the middle class. When people are no longer worried about hunger, they will not be satisfied with the desire to eat, but to pursue spiritual wealth, some people read and write articles to liberate their minds, some fitness activities to make friends very wide
Similarly, skiing also developed rapidly in this period, and various new skis with bindings began to appear in people's eyes, changing from military needs to recreational needs, thus giving rise to many emerging skiing projects.
Here is another short story to share with you: In 1809, Norwegian army adjutant Olaf Rai shot himself 9.5 meters into the air on skis in order to show his courage to his soldiers. This form of skiing evolved into a separate sport called "ski jumping" and Rye became the first known ski jumper. As ski jumping became more widespread, skiing evolved into a sport with both performance and competition characteristics. Ski jumping, cross-country skiing and two other combined sports - Nordic skiing (a combination of cross-country skiing and ski jumping) and biathlon (a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting) were later collectively called "Nordic skiing". By this time, the sport of skiing had formed a large pattern based on Nordic skiing, laying the foundation for a modern ski culture characterized by performance and competition.
With the spread of skiing culture, people are no longer satisfied with the snowy chase on the flat ground, but turn their interest to the alpine jungle with uneven terrain, and gradually developed a new skiing technique in the Alpine countries ( Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, France, Austria, etc.). It is easy to control, better suited to skiing in Alpine terrain, and also allows for quick turns at high speeds when skiing down. Since the new technique originated in the Alpine countries, it was named "Alpine skiing", which is today's "Alpine skiing".
The two world wars later broke the pattern of the world, and Europe's supremacy no longer existed, which also made Europe is no longer the only core area of ski culture. 20 century, ski culture mainly developed in Europe, and then with the cultural migration, was brought to the Americas by European immigrants, and in 1965 the American engineer Sherman Poppen ( Sherman Poppen ) will be two skis strapped together, accidentally created a new type of ski two feet on one board, this use of body weight and two foot movement to control the direction of the "snowboard" quickly became popular in the United States. In 1965, Sherman Poppen, an American engineer, strapped two skis together and accidentally created a new type of ski with two feet on one board, which quickly became popular in the United States by using the body's center of gravity and the movement of the feet to control the direction of "snowboarding". This is the formation of snowboarding culture.
After snowboarding was created, it quickly gained millions of fans. Initially, snowboarding culture included forms of punk and hip-hop, which was still a "non-mainstream" form at the time, but as people's lifestyles and mindsets changed, snowboarding no longer took on that stereotypical and inherent posture. This sport, which focuses on individuality and circle culture, represents a young, fashionable and cool lifestyle. Snowboarding is no worse than traditional snowboarding in terms of glide and control, but it also has an expressiveness that traditional snowboarding does not have. Skaters who play snowboard try to show off their personality with their own unique shapes and styles and exaggerated movements.
Every April, snowboarders at Whistler Ski Resort in BC, Canada, hold a 10-day World Snowboard Festival with skiing, music, and art as its themes. Whistler is not only a ski resort, but also a leisure resort, a paradise for sports lovers. The name "Whistler" has been firmly remembered by skiers around the world, and snowboard culture has become an integral part of modern ski culture.
Among skiing sports, it is also worth mentioning freestyle and extreme skiing.
Freestyle skiing was created in the 1830s as a trick performed by Norwegian skiers during training for alpine and cross-country skiing, and later became known as "freestyle skiing" in the United States as a non-competitive professional performance. Later on, freestyle skiing developed into many other events such as aerial skills, and became so popular that it has now become one of the snow sports in the Winter Olympics.
Extreme skiing emerged in the 1850s, when some adventurous skiers tried to ski down high and steep mountains at high speeds, which later led to the extreme skiing that we are looking forward to today.
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