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 kweskiing (kunyanya skiing yemakwikwi emazuva ano), huwandu hwezvinhu huri kuwedzera uye munda uri kuwedzera. Zviitiko zvikuru zvemakwikwi epasi rose zvakakamurwa kuita: alpine skiing, Nordic Skiing (Nordic Skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping), freestyle skiing, biathlon skiing, snowboarding, nezvimwewo. Chiitiko chimwe nechimwe chikuru chakakamurwa kuita zvikamu zvakawanda. Menduru dzegoridhe dzakawanda dzinopenya mumakwikwi enyika neWinter Olympics dzinokurudzira vanhu kushanda nesimba uye kugovana. Skiing yemakwikwi chaiyo inokwikwidza uye ine hunyanzvi, uye mamiriro akakodzera akaomarara, izvo zvinopfuura izvo vanhuwo zvavo vanogona kuva nazvo uye kujaira. Skiing yekufamba ndeyechinangwa chekuvaraidza uye kusimba, uye inorambidzwa zvishoma nezvinhu zvevanhu. Varume, vakadzi nevana vanogona kutsvedza zviri nyore uye vachifara mumunda wechando uye vanonakidzwa nekunakidzwa kusingaperi kweskiing. Nekuti alpine skiing ine hunhu hwekunakidza, kunaka, kusununguka, simba, kukwezva uye kutora chikamu kwakakura, alpine skiing inoonekwa sechinhu chakakosha uye chiratidzo cheskiing, uye zvakare ndiyo sarudzo yekutanga uye chiitiko chikuru che tourist skiing. Kazhinji, alpine skiing inoshandiswa kuongorora hunyanzvi hwevanhu hwekusveta skiing.