Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Many.......... many years ago
In a foreign land all white with snow
A man came up with a wonderous thought
As every day through the drifts he fought.
He felled a tree, then took 2 branches
To help him through the avalanches
Strapped two pieces to his feet
Then started skiing down the street.
The townsfolk cheered him every day
As he struggled hard to make his way
But soon they too we're felling trees
To make their very own first skis.
The news then travelled far and wide
Of a way to decend the mountainside
And people from the world all over
Began to visit Pamporovo
Now all these years have whistled by
and many folk have come to try
This cultured way of having fun
Just skiing down a piested run.
But now our sport is not unique
'Cause now there is a new technique
Dispel one ski, the young guys roared
And go for it on just one board.
Turning, twisting, flying, jumping
Nerves of steel and hearts a pumping
Boarding where no mans been before
Defying death.......then back for more.
So as we go....... where the snowclouds fall
Spare a thought for the guy who started it all
For had he not invented the ski
What a miserable lot we all would be.
Have fun this year, be it board or ski
And maybe have a drink with me
We share this special winters love
To fly the mountains on the wings of a Dove.
The snow will stay when you depart
But Bulgaria will steal your heart
And never will it give it back,
It broke the day you had to pack
And leave the land that brought such fun,
To you and me and everyone.
So cherish every skiing day,
And enjoy it all in every way,
For be you young or in your prime,
You're sure to have a smashing time.
Just keep yor smile a metre wide,
As you frolic in the countryside.
Don't leave Bulgaria with a tear,
Just book again - and ski next year

Skiing!!!! JUST BECAUSE WE CAN!!

The first skies were probaly from Russia and were used 8000 years ago. They have found wall-pictures in caves in China of people hunting with skies that are belived to be 10 000 years old, but its hard to confirm the exact year they are from. The oldest skies found in Norway are 5000 years old. Up to around year 1700 all skies were around 3 meter long. A norwegian made them shorter, and the modern way of skiing had been invented. The man who have done most for skiing is probaly a norwegian (Sondre Norheim, 1825-1897), and he was from a place in Norway called Morgedal, and because of him they today say "Morgedal, where skiing was born".
Now its out to ski. :-)