This is how I learned to ski, when I lived in Halden, Norway. Moved to USA and almost nobody did cross-country skiing, only downhill.
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This is how I learned to ski, when I lived in Halden, Norway. Moved to USA and almost nobody did cross-country skiing, only downhill.
That's cool! Didn't know you used to live here:).
My guess is that in the US, you don't have as many open areas that are free to use, but rather relying on parks that you need to pay to enter?
There are a lot of parks, and most are either free or almost free. But as I remember when I lived in New England, when my father and I went cross-country skiing a few times, and there were others out there as well, just not that many.
My mother attempted to go cross-country skiing on a golf course, and was chased off by security. Would think a golf course would be a perfect place, but turned out not to be.
Most people preferred downhill skiing. Just the way it is, I guess.