Kuskiya kwakatangira uye kwakakura munyika dzeScandinavia. Slalom (SLALOM) izwi rechiNorwegian rinoreva kutsvedza mumugwagwa wakatsetseka. International Ski Federation yakavambwa muna 1924. Nordic skiing yakabatanidzwa mumitambo yekutanga yeWinter Olympics yakaitirwa muChamonix, France muna 1924. Nyika dzinotungamira pasi rose kuskiya inyika dzeScandinavia, dzakadai seNorway, Sweden, Finland, nenyika dzakapoteredza Alps muWestern Europe: France, Italy, Austria, Germany neSweden, pamwe neUnited States, Russia, nezvimwewo, kazhinji, nyika dzeScandinavia dzine mukana muskiya yeNordic, uye nyika dzeAlpine dzine mukana muskiya yeAlpine.

Nekuvandudzwa kwekuskiya (kunyanya kuskiya kwemakwikwi emazuva ano), huwandu hwezvinhu huri kuwedzera uye munda uri kuwedzera. Mitambo mikuru yenguva dzose yepasi rose yakakamurwa kuita: kuskiya mumakomo, kuskiya mumakomo (Nordic Skiing, kuskiya mumakomo, kuskiya), kuskiya mumakomo, kuskiya mumakomo, kuskiya mumakomo, nezvimwewo. Chiitiko chimwe nechimwe chikuru chakakamurwa kuita mitambo midiki yakawanda. Menduru dzegoridhe dzakawanda dzinopenya mumakwikwi enyika nemitambo yeOlympics yechando dzinokurudzira vanhu kushanda nesimba uye kugovana. Kuskiya mumakomo kunokwikwidzana uye kwakasarudzika, uye mamiriro akakodzera akaomarara, izvo zvinopfuura izvo vanhuwo zvavo vanogona kuva nazvo uye kujaira. Kuskiya mumakomo ndekwechinangwa chekuvaraidza uye kugwinya, uye kunorambidzwa zvishoma nezvinhu zvevanhu. Varume, vakadzi nevana vanogona kutsvedza zviri nyore uye vachifara mumunda wechando uye kunakidzwa nekunakidzwa kusingaperi kwekuskiya. Nekuti kuskiya mumakomo kune hunhu hwekunakidza, kunaka, kusununguka, simba, kukwezva uye kutora chikamu kwakakura, kuskiya mumakomo kunoonekwa sechiratidzo chekuskiya, uye zvakare ndiyo sarudzo yekutanga uye chiitiko chikuru chekuskiya kwevashanyi. Kazhinji, kuskiya mumakomo kunoshandiswa kuongorora hunyanzvi hwevanhu hwekuskiya.