Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Skiing - Then (1940's)

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  1. Ye Olden Skis
    #1 Back when skis were first invented people
    had to wax their skis with beeswax.

    #2 Skis were founded by Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

    #3 The earliest skis were usually made of bones of large animals.

    #4 Skiers used leather thongs to strap their skies to their feet.

    #5 After the Christian era started people used wood to make skis.

    #6 Skis were fist used in warfare in the battle of Oslo (Norway) in 1200 AD.

    #7 Skiing was first introduced into central Europe in 1590.Then it spread to all of the places that have it know.
    By AD & MB , ZLS

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  2. Luke NF

    April 13, 1940
    Sigurd hall died instantly in a skiing accident. He was racing in the 6th Silver Skis open championships.

    Skis were founded by Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

    Back when skis were first invented people
    had to wax their skis with beeswax.

    Skiers used leather thongs to strap their skies to their feet.

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  3. #1:they didn't have the techniques of skiing then.
    #2: Mostly made of wood, the skis could easily break.
    #3: metal skis were rare since the war was going on.
    #4: A lot of people in Norway knew how to ski in the northern part since it is so close to the artic circle.
    #5: Hardly any people fell since the people knew how to ski a lot.

    Cory at DB

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  4. 1.East skiing was invinted by the British.

    2.Newspaper records down hill racing in California mining camps as early as 1854.

    3.Through the 1950"s and 60"s skiing became a sport for middle classes.

    4.Skin poles were used and still used to keep balanced.

    5.It developed frome a spear or pole used for huntting. Doubeled poles were used to reach higher speeds.

    6.The southern skii has a two-piece binding.

    7.Eastern silerean skii is a thin board with a vertical four-hole binding.

    8.The pedel snowshoe wich was an oval wooden board later covered in fur.

    9.Skiis must be at least 5,000 years old.

    10.The oldest skii was found in Russia 8,000 years ago.
    Wcca Jessie

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