In 1921 Sir Arnold Lunn organised the first British national ski championship which included, as well as jumping and cross-country, a speed version of what other style?
Arnold Lunn within a specified time. In 1921 Lunn organized the first British national ski championship to include a national slalom race as well as jumping and cross-country. The 1921 slalom was decided on style, as Zdarsky's pole race had been. By 1922, however, Lunn, convinced that there was a real need for a race designed to test a skier's ability to turn securely and rapidly on steep Alpine ground, was insisting on speed being the only arbiter. "The object of a turn is to get round a given obstacle losing as little speed as possible," he wrote. "Therefore, a fast ugly
Ski Club of Great Britain 6 May 1903. The aims of the Club, as outlined at the very first meeting, were to encourage other people to learn to ski, help members improve and take more enjoyment from their skiing while bringing together people interested in the sport. Before World War I the club was primarily concerned with cross country (Nordic) skiing. The first official British ski championships were held on Saanenmoser, Switzerland, 1914, the results being based on performance in cross country and ski jumping. The first British National Ski Championships to include Alpine skiing took place in Wengen in 1921. The championships were organised