Joe Murphy
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           There are many things to do during the winter in New England, but the most invigorating activity is by far skiing. As unbelievable as it may seem the ski was invented before the wheel. Man first used it during the last ice age, yet not to rush down mountains or go off jumps, it was used a survival mechanism. Our ancestors used it escape from predators, or to retreat from binding situations. As you can see skiing has evolved extensively since then, now it is used as a sport or recreational activity.
           Many different families all over America have adopted skiing. That has led to the creation of the ski mountain where people pay to be hauled up a to the top of a mountain and ski down. I would hope that you know what a skiing resort is; yet that is the basic idea.

There are many different styles to skiing that people of all ages can enjoy. Although the there are two main sports based on skiing; racing and freestyle, they are not for all, and that’s okay. If you are just starting out there are many different difficulty options from nearly flat slopes to vertical drops. This makes it easy for all people to learn at the speed that they chose.

Once you get comfortable with you skiing abilities, you may venture into the many other, more challenging aspects of skiing. As stated before one of those options would be freestyle skiing, a mixture of jumps and rails. Rails are basically railing that you can “grind” on by jumping on to them and sliding down. This is probably the most invigorating style of skiing.