Natural snow not considered good enough for skiing competition
I just read an article that artificial snow is being made for a skiing contest (Norwegian), despite that we've had quite a lot of snowfall in the region this year.
The quality of "wild" snow is just not considered good enough for a top-notch world competition. The boss of the championship is quoted with "it would not work out".
While he probably do have a point that consistent and predictable conditions are important when the world champion is to be declared, I'm actually a bit shocked to learn that holding a skiing competition on natural snow "will not work out". I guess the sport of skiing have moved quite far away from the kind of skiing I do.
Is This really snow? it looks like Salt to me Sir.
It could look like salt, yes, but I'm quite sure it's snow :-)
if you are sure sir then i'm also sure sir! it is ice.
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No, it's snow :-)
Yes, well, snow is not good for anything!
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That's a great argument for producing even more of it :-)
First of all i want to know one thing that before whatever skiing competition conducted before is not conducted on natural snow?, because i personally never known about Artificial snow, but whatever it is i want to say that first we have to take safety measures so that we can avoid any unwanted circumstances. Thanks for sharing and wishing you an great day. Stay blessed. 🙂
Wikipedia has an extensive article on snowmaking. Of course it's a relatively new thing, while the first patent was made in the early 50s, it has gotten more widespread only during the last few decades. Of course skiing competitions have much longer traditions than artificial snow making. Hence the claim that a skiing competition "wouldn't work out" without artificial snow, in an otherwise perfect skiing season, is of course not true.
Thanks for your reference.
İt is sad for a place so beautiful and very snowing. Skiing requires artificial snow. it shows how badly we have affected nature. earthy artificial. what a pity. It is nice that you can see snow on your place. enjoy it...