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Gösta Berg, Finds of Skis from Prehistoric Time in Swedish Bogs and Marshes (1950), is a foundational work on early skis. Olav Bø, Skiing Throughout History (1993; originally published in Norwegian, 1992), provides a general history of skiing, with an emphasis on Norwegian contributions. E. John B. Allen, The Culture and Sport of Skiing: From Antiquity to World War II (2007), shows the relationship between culture and skiing worldwide, and From Skiport to Skiing: One Hundred Years of an American Sport 1840–1940 (1993), covers the early history of skiing in the United States.

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  • E. John B. Allen
    Professor of history at Plymouth State College, New Hampshire.

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Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Mechanics of stability’s loss in the skiing turning. Sep 29, 2026
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Mechanics of stability’s loss in the skiing turning. Jun 27, 2026
Media added. Mar 20, 2026
Article revised and updated. Feb 05, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Sports and Active Living - Addressing the unresolved challenge of quantifying skiing exposure�A proof of concept using smartphone sensors. Jan 23, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Where did skiing come from? Oct 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Liveabout - Skiing. Apr 26, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Performance and safety in elite skiing sports: A big challenge on specificity, individuality, and complexity. Oct 06, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Health Encyclopedia - It's Snow Fun: Skiing and Snowboarding. Jul 13, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic - A Brief Ski through History. Nov 29, 2019
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Skiing Facts. Feb 27, 2019
Corrected display issue. Feb 13, 2018
Added video. Aug 24, 2015
Added video. Mar 13, 2015
Deleted photograph. Feb 15, 2012
Added new Web site: Oxford Physics - The Physics of Skiing. May 27, 2008
Article revised and updated. Feb 19, 2008
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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