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Lean into the abyss: the counterintuitive beauty of skiing

Skiings origins stretch back over 5,000 years: rock carvings in Norway and ancient ski fragments across Scandinavia suggest humans were strapping boards to their feet long before anyone thought to do it for fun

17 Feb 2026 8:48 am