I-Skiing yaqala kwaye yaphuhliswa kumazwe aseScandinavia. ISlalom (SLALOM) ikwaligama lesiNorwegian elithetha ukutyibilika kwindlela ethambekileyo. I-International Skiing Federation yasekwa ngo-1924. I-Nordic skiing yaqukwa kwiiOlimpiki zaseBusika ezazibanjelwe e-Chamonix, eFransi ngo-1924. IiAlps eNtshona Yurophu: eFransi, eItali, eOstriya, eJamani naseSweden, kunye ne-United States, iRashiya, njl.

Ngophuhliso lwe-skiing (ngokukodwa i-skiing ekhuphisanayo yanamhlanje), inani lezinto liyanda kwaye intsimi iyanda. Iziganeko eziphambili eziqhelekileyo zokhuphiswano lwehlabathi zohlulwe zibe: ukutyibilika kwe-alpine, ukutyibiliza kwe-Nordic (i-Nordic Skiing, ukutyibiliza kwilizwe liphela, ukutyibiliza ekhephini), ukutyibiliza nge-freestyle, ukutyibiliza ekhephini, ukutyibilika ekhephini, njl. njl. . Uninzi lweembasa zegolide eziqaqambileyo kukhuphiswano lwesizwe kunye neeOlimpiki zaseBusika zikhuthaza abantu ukuba basebenze nzima kwaye babelane. I-skiing ekhuphisanayo ecocekileyo ikhuphisana ngokucacileyo kwaye ikhethekileyo, kwaye iimeko ezifanelekileyo zingqongqo, ezingaphaya koko abantu abaqhelekileyo banokuba nazo kwaye baziqhelanise nazo. Ukutyibiliza ekhephini kulungiselelwe ukuzonwabisa kunye nokomelela, kwaye kuthintelwe kancinci zizinto zabantu. Amadoda, abafazi kunye nabantwana banokutyibilika ngokulula nangolonwabo kwibala lekhephu kwaye banandiphe ulonwabo olungapheliyo lokushushuluza. Ngenxa yokuba i-alpine skiing ineempawu zokuzonwabisa, ezintle, ezikhululekile, eziguquguqukayo, ezikhangayo kunye nenxaxheba ebanzi, ukutyibilika kwe-alpine kuthathwa njengondoqo kunye nesimboli sokutyibiliza, kwaye ikwalukhetho lokuqala kunye nesiganeko esiphambili se-skiing yabakhenkethi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, i-alpine skiing isetyenziselwa ukuhlola izakhono zabantu zokutyibiliza.