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Why are skiers from nordic countries so good?

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Gringo
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im convinced everyone from nordic countries has the natural born ability to ski and throw tricks that should only be possible in video games
3 years ago
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Jems
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probably much lower costs to actually participate in the sport + night skiing on real mountains which really helps
3 years ago
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VISHNU
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Finland has a cultural concept called Sisu, it is defined as follows:

"It is a term for going beyond one's mental or physical capacity, and is a central part of the country's culture and collective discourse."

So when you see a Finnish bro doing dub 12's in the dark when it's -20 degrees and ask yourself, how? They are just hardbodied on a cultural level. Pretty sick.
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GayWolf420
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perkele satanna ski or die 666
3 years ago
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TRVP_ANGEL
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pickled herring
3 years ago
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hoodratz47
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Lutefisk.....

Snowy area. Mtns. Rugged mentally

Skiing was pretty much invented there
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Professor-Modelo
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soooo pretty much like Finnish core?

all jokes aside that is fucking badass
VISHNUFinland has a cultural concept called Sisu, it is defined as follows:

"It is a term for going beyond one's mental or physical capacity, and is a central part of the country's culture and collective discourse."

So when you see a Finnish bro doing dub 12's in the dark when it's -20 degrees and ask yourself, how? They are just hardbodied on a cultural level. Pretty sick.


**This post was edited on Dec 15th 2021 at 12:31:12am
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asparagus
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Pretty sure Nordic countries make being a high level athlete more affordable with funding and stuff too
3 years ago
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GrandThings
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Cause wtf else is there to do?
3 years ago
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BingPow
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GrandThingsCause wtf else is there to do?

this. this is it chief.
3 years ago
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BradFiAusNzCoCa
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Because places like Finland literally have a tiny resort with a park like every 30 minutes across the country and the passes are cheap (I paid 169€ for a season pass). Plus, parents just drop the kids off at the park after school. It’s not a thing in Finland to “not go outside because of weather”. You will literally see kids of all ages playing in -20f weather in their snowsuits. I’ve never seen so many kids in a park in my life like I did in Finland. They have a very active culture that promotes it
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