Alpine+Skiing


 * Alpine Skiing**

Skiing was produced around 5000 years ago. Sir Arnold Lunn & the native from Austria Hannes Schneider. Alpine skiing came to the olympics in the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games with a co-ed event. (Men and Women combined). The Oslo games in 1952 started the era of non-co ed events. The co-ed event didn't come back on the seen until 1988. Alpine skiing is made up of many different in events such as **downhill, slalom, giant slalom, and super-giant slalom.** There is 10 total events for Alpine Skiing 5 for each man and each woman. The rules are the same for men and women the only difference is the number of vertical drops and number or gates required.

For downhill each player gets one chance down the course. The winner is the person that finishes in the speediest time. Participants may reach up to 75mph. For safety person each participant must go and endure one practice run. There are 3 sessions they can attend, but they only have to attend one. Downhill is the fastest course of all of the Alpine Skiing courses.
 * Downhill:**

In the Giant Slalom the gates are seperated very widely so that away the competitors will have to make on point turning. This isn't very fast compared to **Super Giant and Downhill** because of the wide gates.
 * Giant Slalom:**

The slalom is the most dangerous course of them all. It has more gates than any other event. The reason it's so dangerous is because the gates are more tightly compressed meaning olympians must make sharp turn in the event. This may cause **ACL, MCL,** and or **hamstring** pulls.
 * Slalom:**

The Super-Giant Slalom is built for fun. It's the downhill course but it starts 200 yards from the top. There are35 gates for the men to go through, and 30 for the women.
 * Super-Giant Slalom:**

-Davarius Hampton