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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 was the first skiing sport until the invention of tow lifts which brought Alpine Skiing. The Swiss, Austrians 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. Snowboarding, particularly popular with the young, has joined Alpine Skiing. Racing down slopes on planks of wood does seem a crazy thing to do. I have tried it and I know how exciting it is. When I was in Scotland I skied in the fog and over sheer ice. I hit a sheet of ice one day and couldn't prevent 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. You can also feed from your hand the local herd and reindeer when they came up near the cabin. Yes Alpine Skiing is really amazing!

My other experience of skiing was in Austria. The snow conditions and the weather were almost perfect there. Nothing can beat Alpine Skiing when the sun shines and the snow glitters in the sunlight. Après Ski was great too and I remember drinking a lot of good wine. I resided in a picture postcard little village in a typical 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. A very big dry slope has opened near my home, and that could be a good way to get back into it again. I might even take snowboarding lessons; You don't have to be young to have all the fun. When I was in Austria, we had a trip to Innsbruck and we visited the old Winter Olympics site there. I stood at the top of what was the ski jump hill, and the incline is staggering. It's impossible to have an idea of what ski jumping is like from television. Sometimes, Alpine Skiing and its various events, must feel like flying. The only time that I ever flew was by pure accident!