Skiing idayamba ndikutukuka m'maiko aku Scandinavia. Slalom (SLALOM) ndi liwu lachi Norwegian lomwe limatanthauza kuyandama mumsewu wotsetsereka. Bungwe la International Ski Federation linakhazikitsidwa mu 1924. Masewera a Nordic skiing anaphatikizidwa m'maseŵera oyambirira a Winter Olympics omwe anachitikira ku Chamonix, France mu 1924. Mayiko otsogola kwambiri pamasewera a skiing ndi mayiko a Scandinavia, monga Norway, Sweden, Finland, ndi mayiko ozungulira. Alps ku Western Europe: France, Italy, Austria, Germany ndi Sweden, komanso United States, Russia, etc. , ambiri, mayiko a Scandinavia ali ndi mwayi ku Nordic skiing, ndipo mayiko a Alpine ali ndi mwayi pamasewera a alpine.

Ndi chitukuko cha skiing (makamaka masewera othamanga amakono), chiwerengero cha zinthu chikuwonjezeka ndipo munda ukukula. Zochitika zazikulu zanthawi zonse za mpikisano wapadziko lonse zimagawidwa kukhala: kutsetsereka kumtunda, kutsetsereka kwa Nordic (Nordic Skiing, kutsetsereka kwa dziko, kudumpha kwa dziko), kutsetsereka kwa freestyle, kutsetsereka kwa biathlon, snowboarding, ndi zina zotero. Chochitika chachikulu chilichonse chimagawidwa m'zochitika zambiri zazing'ono . Mamendulo ambiri agolide owoneka bwino m'mipikisano yadziko komanso Masewera a Olimpiki a Zima amalimbikitsa anthu kuti azigwira ntchito molimbika ndikugawana. Kutsetsereka koyera kwampikisano ndikopikisana kwambiri komanso kwapadera, ndipo zofunikira ndizovuta, zomwe zimaposa zomwe anthu wamba angakhale nazo ndikuzolowera. Maulendo otsetsereka ndi cholinga cha zosangalatsa komanso kulimbitsa thupi, ndipo amaletsedwa mopepuka ndi anthu. Amuna, akazi ndi ana amatha kutsetsereka mosavuta komanso mosangalala pabwalo la chisanu ndikusangalala ndi chisangalalo chosatha cha skiing. Chifukwa skiing ku alpine kuli ndi mawonekedwe osangalatsa, okongola, aulere, amphamvu, owoneka bwino komanso otambalala, kusefukira kumapiri kumawonedwa ngati chiyambi ndi chizindikiro cha skiing, komanso ndi chisankho choyamba komanso chochitika chachikulu chamasewera oyendera alendo. Nthawi zambiri, kutsetsereka kumapiri kumagwiritsidwa ntchito poyesa luso la anthu otsetsereka.