| It was Sondre Norheim who invented ski binding so | | | | coming to the Alps to ski, a few hotels and lodges |
| that skiers were able to turn while moving downhill | | | | opened which were used by a handful of people who |
| and Slalom was born. Slalom is also known as | | | | used to come in winter to taste the adventure of |
| Telmark skiing. Sondre Norheim is considered to be | | | | Alpine skiing. |
| the father of modern day skiing. Using the new | | | | However, as time passed, skiing became a popular |
| maneuvering tactics, skiers could now move from | | | | sport and went from a few hundred to over forty |
| one location to another. In the beginning skiing had a | | | | million skiers. As soon as the first good snowfall hits |
| more practical use with people using skis to get to | | | | the mountains, people from across the globe head to |
| one place to another through snow. However, the | | | | the mountains to taste this adventurous and |
| binding changed all this. It allowed skiers more | | | | exhilarating sport. Every continent has at least one |
| freedom of movement on skis and soon skiing | | | | good skiing mountain and this is also true for the |
| changed from practical to fun to challenge to sport. | | | | Antarctica. There are forty countries which are |
| Years ago, people had no clue about Alpine skiing. It | | | | popular for their skiing slopes on their mountain chains |
| was something known only to a few people and was | | | | and people are ready to travel to these countries |
| predominant in the European Alps. As people started | | | | even if it means enduring long haul flights. |