Tag: asia

• History

  Skiing was not a vacation recreation but a means of transportation in winter in Northern Europe and Asia thousands of years ago. Early skis were made from the bones of large animals strapped to the toe of the boot with leather strips. In Scandinavia wooden skis were believed to be used even five thousand years […]

• The 2007 US National Snowshoe Championship in Minnesota

  Snowshoeing goes back 6,000 years ago to what is known today as central Asia. It was thought that the Inuit’s and Native Americans brought snowshoes with them to North America when they moved ...