I watched a show on a local cable channel last night about the history of skiing. Particularly Nordic and ski jumping disciplines. It covered stuff from the 1800’s to the 1994 Olympics in Norway. It was really cool to see the development of the skiing style and the change in skis over time. Some of those old skis had some really big tips… like they came almost up to the guys knees. They even went into Ullr the god and protector of skiers. There was also footage of some very interesting looking skis that didn’t seem to be much more than long narrow snow shoes.
Fun stuff
Hafte
Cool show last night
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