Talk:History of skiing

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The amount of cul-de-sac links should really be cut down

Egil 10:57 Jan 27, 2003 (UTC)

Removed the comments: "When?" after the following as clearly should be in discussion not article:

In Austria centers of skiing activities were Mürzzuschlag and Semmering. When???

In the 19th century the Telemark ski revolutionized alpine skiing, being the first ski with a remarkable waist making it much easier for skiers to turn. When???

Dainamo 18:24, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Deleted the sentence: In Austria centers of skiing activities were Mürzzuschlag and Semmering. and put a sentence concerning the first ski ascent of a significant mountain in the Mürzzuschlag/Semmering region (1891) in the chronological list. Crampon 21:25, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ancient types of Skis

The terms are propably obsolete of wrong. "West siberian Ugro-Lapp" ski type for example. Which people are "Ugro-Lapp" referring? If this means Lapps (Sami people) used this type, how is this type West Siberian? Lapps are far away from West Siberia. According to modern science it is very questionable to claim even their ancestors are from there. Lapps have been living in Fennoscandia for thousands of years. And if "Ugro" means the (eastern) "ugric" branch of Fenno-Ugric languages, it still makes no sense. None of the Fenno-ugric speakers lives in any part of Siberia. (It is a wider language family, the Uralic languages, who has a group of speakers (Samoyeds) in Siberia.) It makes no sense to claim that a type historically used by people who are not located in Siberia is "west siberian type". 193.65.112.51 16:19, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

So are the first indications of the existence of skis 5000 or 8000 years old? Junglehungry (talk) 19:06, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

According to the Holmenkollen Ski Museum recent investigations and C14 analyses have pushed the evidence of skis back from 5000 to 8000 BCE, but I have so far only seen their article [1] (in Norwegian) and no primary reference. Gabriel Kielland (talk) 14:59, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Austrian Ski pioneers

The austrian part should be removed and changed simipily to ski proneers. With this done notables from other nationalities could be added.