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THE SLOVENIAN ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN SKIING

As early as the 16th century, inhabitants of the Bloke plateau and Vipava region of Slovenia had a highly developed ski culture using home-made ski equipment and special techniques for walking on the flat, climbing and even downhill runs. The first written sources for what may be the oldest Central European ski culture date from J.V. Valvasor‘s book from 1689, The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola.

BLOKE SKIING TECHNIQUE

SOME FACTS FROM THE TIME OF MODERN SLOVENIAN SKIING 1961 The Slovenians got their ski jumper on the list of world record holders. On 24th February in

Oberstdorf, Joze Šlibar landed at 141 metres. In the same year, two FIS competitions were held in Kranjska Gora and they both historicized as the first Vitranc Cup.

1964 First international competition for Golden Fox took place in Pohorje. 1972 For the first time Planica hosted World Championships in Ski Flying. In subsequent years World

Championships in Planica was held for another four times. 1980 As a Yugoslav representative Bojan Križaj reached the first Slovenian victory in slalom. In his

career he managed to »collect« eight victories. 1987 Bojan Križaj won the Crystal Globe in slalom. 1989 The best Slovenian female skier, Mateja Svet, became the World Champion in slalom in Vail. 1991 Franci Petek became the World Champion in ski jumping (middle hill) 1997 Primož Peterka became the winner of the World Cup in ski jumping overall. 1998 Primož Peterka defended his title of the best ski jumper and won the large Crystal Globe for the

second time. 2011 Tina Maze becomes a world champion in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and a vice-champion in super

combined. Tina Maze becomes one of the alpine skiing legends with a record breaking 2414 points in World cup

season. She reaches the podium 24 times and in the meanwhile in Schaldming becomes Super-G champion in wins silver medals in giant slalom and super combined.

TINA MAZE (TWO GOLD MEDALS AT THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS)BOJAN KRIŽAJ (THE CRYSTAL GLOBE IN SLALOM 1987)PETER PREVC (THE WINNER OF THE 2016 SKI JUMPING WORLD CUP)

SLOVENIAN SKI RESORTS

PLANICA

Planica is an alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia not far from another well-known ski resort, Kranjska Gora.

Planica is a nordic skiing complex with one ski flying hill, seven ski jumping hills and cross-country skiing track.

The origins of ski flying started in 1936. Planica is known as the proud host of the World Cup Ski Jumping Final every year in March.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfQ5tShwU

Winers in Planica Czechoslovakia1969, Jiri Raška; 1984, Pavel Ploc Italy1990, Roberto Ceccon Czech1994, Jaroslav Sakala Jugoslavia1983 and 1988, Primož Ulaga Finland 1985, Matti Nykaenen; 1990, Ari Pekka Nikola; 1995, Laitinen Mika Antero; 2003 and 2005, Matti Hautamäki; 2006, Janne Happonen; 2009, Hari Olli Slovenia 2012, Robert Kranjec; 2013, Jurij Tepeš; 2014, Peter Prevc; 2015, Peter Prevc and Jurij Tepeš; 2016 Robert Kranjec and Peter Prevc

HOPSCOTCH

Extras: a piece of chalk and a stone Preparation: We draw squares in the shape of an aeroplane

on the ground: first two single squares one after another, then a double square (one next to another), then a single square, then again a double square and a semi-circle on top of it. We write numbers from one to seven in the squares. 

Rules of the game: We throw a stone in the first square and jump on the numbered squares. We jump with one leg in single squares, and with two legs in the double squares. In the semicircle at the top of hopscotch, we can rest. Then we jump the same way back to the starting point and pick up the stone. We continue the same way throwing the stone to a square marked with a higher number. If we don’t throw the stone into the correct square or we turn over or put both feet on the ground in the single square, it’s another player’s turn. The player who successfully completes all seven squares is the winner.