“These” very special machines “are called” skis “or” snowboards “”, continued the snowman. “Skis, as snow, have a long and incredible history. You must know that they were invented thousands years ago and that their inventors used them in the same way as we use them today. At the beginning they were not made to slide but especially not to travel on the fresh snow. They were used for the daily travels or to go hunting during the winter periods when the snow covered mounts and valleys. Before, skis looked like rackets !!!! As all useful things, they developed over time, changed form and became an important means of transportation by sliding.”

“Long, short, narrow or wide, wooden natural or coloured, skis are not anymore used in the same way as in the past. Today it is a machine of leisure. You will see, there is nothing more beautiful that to slide on the snow in the middle of a forest.”

” And the snowboard”?, asked Snowli The snowboard “, explained to Mister Long Nose with skill, “It`s a modern sport which was born to allow the young people to have fun. It is these madmen that are riding enormous waves in the sea which had the idea to adapt their surfing to slide on the snow. The big family of snow sports is constituted by ski, by snowboard, but also by cross-country skiing and telemark, which is the dad of the ski family. ” The snowman was a source of information and Snowli was the most curious being that ever landed on earth. Together they began to walk.