I'm going to get risky this weekend and go alpine skiing!  I'm not sure what I'll need though!
Just bring skis with fixed-heel bindings.
Looks like I'll be heading to the sports store!  So all I need to do is put the skis on and go down the hill?
Yes, but skis with fixed-heel bindings make it difficult to climb back up, so you'll want to go to a place that has a ski lift.
Thanks for the tip!  Now, I don't want any broken bones - what safety precautions should I take?  Besides staying home  haha!
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.
A skier following the fall line will reach the maximum possible speed for that slope. A skier with
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings. Whether for recreation or sport, it is typically practised at ski resorts, which provide such services as ski lifts, artificial snow making, snow grooming, restaurants, and ski patrol.
"Off-piste" skiers—those skiing outside