The sport or activity of gliding over snow on skis, either for recreation or competition.
From Norwegian 'ski', from Old Norse 'skíð' meaning 'stick of wood' or 'snowshoe'. The sport developed in Scandinavia thousands of years ago as a practical means of winter transportation before becoming recreational.
Archaeological evidence shows that skiing is at least 5,000 years old - cave paintings in China depict people on skis hunting in snowy mountains. The word 'slalom' comes from Norwegian meaning 'sloping track', and originally described the zigzag path farmers cut through forests.
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