Going to be moving to the midwest next year, where I can start doing some outdoor snow activities! Thinking about alpine skiing as one of my options. Can you help me prepare?
I sure can, I know the ins and outs of alpine skating, What kinda things would you like to know about it? 
Well, really, I know absolutely nothing about it. Can you start with like a broad overview?
Well sure, Alpine skating itself is just learning how to slide down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Its not that hard really. 
Hm, alright. I can grasp that. Is it expensive? Is there a lot of equipment? Is it hard to learn? I guess I just need more of an overview.
Norheim first began the trend of skis with curved sides, bindings with stiff heel bands made of willow, and the slalom turn style. Sondre Norheim was the champion of the first downhill skiing competition, reportedly held in Oslo, Norway in 1868. Two to three decades later, the sport spread to the rest of Europe and the U.S. The first slalom ski competition occurred in Mürren, Switzerland in 1922.
Technique.
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