history: Skiing is one of my favorite pasttimes. I wish I could do it more.
knowledge: Skiing has a history of almost five millennia.
response: Were you aware that skiing goes back almost 5,000 years?
history: Skiing is one of my favorite pasttimes. I wish I could do it more.
Were you aware that skiing goes back almost 5,000 years?
I wonder what they used for skiis back then.
knowledge: It comes from the Old Norse word ''skíð'' which means ''split piece of wood or firewood''.
response: I don't know, but the word ski actually comes from skio. That is Old Norse for split piece of wood.
history: Skiing is one of my favorite pasttimes. I wish I could do it more.
Were you aware that skiing goes back almost 5,000 years?
I wonder what they used for skiis back then.
I don't know, but the word ski actually comes from skio. That is Old Norse for split piece of wood.
Now that is pretty cool. So they named it after the piece of wood they originally used.
knowledge: Originally intended as an aid to travel over snow, they are now mainly used recreationally in the sport of skiing.
response: They originally skied as an aid for travel, though now skiing is mostly a recreational activity.
history: Skiing is one of my favorite pasttimes. I wish I could do it more.
Were you aware that skiing goes back almost 5,000 years?
I wonder what they used for skiis back then.
I don't know, but the word ski actually comes from skio. That is Old Norse for split piece of wood.
Now that is pretty cool. So they named it after the piece of wood they originally used.
They originally skied as an aid for travel, though now skiing is mostly a recreational activity.
Oh ok, so it was created out of necessity.
knowledge: Early skiers used one long pole or spear.
response: They also used a single long pole, or just a spear.
history: Skiing is one of my favorite pasttimes. I wish I could do it more.
Were you aware that skiing goes back almost 5,000 years?
I wonder what they used for skiis back then.
I don't know, but the word ski actually comes from skio. That is Old Norse for split piece of wood.
Now that is pretty cool. So they named it after the piece of wood they originally used.
They originally skied as an aid for travel, though now skiing is mostly a recreational activity.
Oh ok, so it was created out of necessity.
They also used a single long pole, or just a spear.
How long has skiing been around?
knowledge: The first depiction of a skier with two ski poles dates to 1741.
response: I don't know, but the first depiction showing a skier using two poles is from 1741.