Alpine+Skiing

The Breeze and the Ice Have you ever glided down a mountain coated with soft snow and felt the chilly breeze brush up against your cheeks, and felt the passion for cold snow? Well, if you have you might have tried Alpine Skiing. Alpine Skiing is a really awesome sport; listen to what I have to say about it. I think you’ll be really interested! Alpine Skiing involves heavy duty training! Julia Mancuso, a legendary skier says, “I always drink energy drinks to boost my energy!” Alpine Skiing is 150 years old! That’s older than your great-great-grandparents! That’s old! Alpine Skiing calls for a well coordinated ability and great patience. If you ever do decide you want to ski like Michaela Dorfmeister, from Austria did when she was eleven you will need quite a few things! I will be the first to admit that skiing equipment is expensive! For starters it’s obvious that you will need skis, they allow you to glide through the vanilla snow. For safety, many resources state that you should definitely wear a helmet, goggles, and bindings. If you want to keep your little mittens warm you should wear mittens or sports gloves. I think you’ll be interested in my next topic, professionals! At home Petey Lavin is just a normal guy, but when he throws a helmet on and glides down a hill he is known as “Big Huey”. You probably have heard of the one and only Lindsay Vonn, if you don’t know she is a legendary Olympian who just recently won a gold medal with a severely damaged shin. Earlier on I talked a little about a woman named Julia Mancuso, Julia recently won silver in Alpine Skiing! Isn’t that so awesome? You might know that the USA is amazing in sports but Austria has won a gold medal in the last two winter Olympics before USA’s Lindsay Vonn took gold. USA is so great at sports! Do you picture yourself as an Olympian? There are many different courses skiers ski on. There are five courses: the Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Downhill, and Super Combined! “Pheew” that a lot! The Super Combined is shown to be the hardest obstacle because it’s a combination of all the courses put together! Now I know why it’s called Super Combined! Wow doesn’t Alpine Skiing seem like a blast! I definitely want to try it sometime! Alpine Skiing is so cool. I bet you some people want to try Alpine Skiing now, do you want to try it? I know I do!