Gukina Ski byatangiriye kandi bitera imbere mu bihugu bya Skandinaviya. Slalom (SLALOM) ni ijambo ry'ikinyanoruveje risobanura kugendera ku muhanda uhanamye. Ishyirahamwe Mpuzamahanga rya Ski ryashinzwe mu 1924. Gukina Ski mu majyaruguru y'Uburayi byashyizwe mu mikino Olempike ya mbere y'itumba yabereye i Chamonix mu Bufaransa mu 1924. Ibihugu bya mbere ku isi mu gukina Ski ni ibihugu bya Skandinaviya, nka Noruveje, Suwede, Finlande, n'ibihugu bikikije Alpes mu Burayi bw'Iburengerazuba: Ubufaransa, Ubutaliyani, Otirishiya, Ubudage na Suwede, ndetse na Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika, Uburusiya, n'ibindi. Muri rusange, ibihugu bya Skandinaviya bifite amahirwe mu gukina Ski mu majyaruguru y'Uburayi, naho ibihugu bya Alpine bifite amahirwe mu gukina Ski mu misozi miremire.

Uko ibintu bigenda bitera imbere mu gusiganwa ku rubura (cyane cyane gusiganwa ku rubura muri iki gihe), umubare w'ibintu urimo kwiyongera kandi ikibuga kirimo kwiyongera. Ibirori bikuru bisanzwe by'amarushanwa ku isi bigabanyijemo: gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire, gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire (Nordic Skiing, gusimbuka mu misozi miremire, gusimbuka ku rubura), gusiganwa ku rubura mu buryo bw'imyitozo ngororamubiri, gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire, gusiganwa ku rubura, nibindi. Buri gikorwa gikomeye kigabanyijemo ibice byinshi. Imidari myinshi ya zahabu itangaje mu marushanwa y'igihugu no mu mikino Olempike y'itumba ishishikariza abantu gukora cyane no gusangira. Gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire ni ugusiganwa ku rubura kandi ni umwihariko, kandi imiterere ijyanye nabyo ni minini, ibirenze ibyo abantu basanzwe bashobora kugira no kumenyera. Gusiganwa ku rubura mu ngendo ni ukugira ngo umuntu yishimire kandi agire ubuzima bwiza, kandi bigengwa gato n'ibintu by'abantu. Abagabo, abagore n'abana bashobora kuserereka byoroshye kandi bishimye ku kibuga cy'urubura bakishimira ibyishimo bitagira iherezo byo gusiganwa ku rubura. Kubera ko gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire bifite imiterere ishimishije, nziza, y'ubuntu, ihindagurika, ikurura kandi ikora mu buryo bwagutse, gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire bifatwa nk'ikintu cy'ingenzi n'ikimenyetso cya skiing, kandi ni nacyo gikorwa cya mbere n'ingenzi ku gusiganwa ku rubura mu bakerarugendo. Ubusanzwe, gusiganwa ku rubura mu misozi miremire bikoreshwa mu gusuzuma ubuhanga bw'abantu mu gusiganwa ku rubura.