Editing History of skiing (section)

==Recreation==

[[File:Seks unge kvinner fra Kristiania skiforening, 1890-årene (8592417676) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Women members of the Christiana (Oslo) [[Association for the Promotion of Skiing|ski club]], ca. 1890]]

* 1820: A newspaper in Oslo, Norway carries an advertisement for the sale of skis<ref name="Historical_dictionary_of_Skiing" />
* 1849: First public "ski tour" organized in [[Trondheim]], Norway.<ref name="Saur" />
* 1868: Mountain resorts became commercially viable when city-dwellers could reach them in winter by train.<ref>{{cite web |last=Masia|first=Seth |title=Ski Trains: A History |url=http://skiinghistory.org/history/ski-trains-history/ |website=International Skiing History Association |access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
* 1895: The first yearly "ski book" releases in Norway<ref name="Historical_dictionary_of_Skiing" />
* 1901: First skiing in the [[Pyrénées]] on January 29 at [[La Llagonne]] ([[Pyrénées-Orientales]], [[France]]).<ref>{{66 PHPC}}</ref>
* 1904: The first English book written about skiing, titled ''Ski-running''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/skirunning00rich/page/106/mode/2up |last=Richardson |first=E.C. |author-link=Ernest Cushing Richardson |date=1904 |title=Ski-running |location=London |publisher=Horace Cox |oclc=1157212706}}</ref>
* 1908: Ski vacations are being advertised and sold in England<ref name="Historical_dictionary_of_Skiing" />
* 1910: First rope tow.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skiingthebackcountry.com/ski-articles/Early_Skiing_History |title=The Progression of an Obsession: Ski History 4,000 B.C.-1930 |date=2009-02-20 |website=Skiing the back country.com |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220057/http://www.skiingthebackcountry.com/ski-articles/Early_Skiing_History |archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref>
* 1923: Museum of skiing opens in Norway<ref name="Historical_dictionary_of_Skiing" />
* 1936: The first [[chair lift]] is introduced at [[Sun Valley, Idaho]]
* 1939: the Sno-Surf is patented in the USA. Made of solid white oak, it has an adjustable strap for the left foot, a rubber mat to hold the right foot, a rope with a loop used to control speed and steer, and a guide stick used to steer. The first commercially successful precursor to the [[snowboard]], the [[snurfer]], was introduced in 1965.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Beginnings of Snowboarding|url=http://www.skimuseum.net/images/upload/PageContent/1328812064.pdf |website=Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum|access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
* 1952: The first major commercial snow-making machinery installed at [[Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel]] in New York state, USA.<ref>{{cite web |last=Leich |first=Jeff |title=Chronology of Snowmaking |url=http://newenglandskimuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/snowmaking_timeline.pdf |website=New England Ski Museum |access-date=12 November 2012}}</ref>
* 1970s: [[Telemark skiing]] undergoes a revival possibly inspired by [[Stein Eriksen]] and his book ''Come Ski With Me''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alpenglow.org/ski-history/notes/book/kleppen-1986.html |title=Halvor Kleppen – Telemark Skiing, Norway's Gift to the World |date=2003 |website=Alpenglow Ski History}}</ref>