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ace_
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Ok, i have a public speaking informative speech due in about a week or so and of course im going to do it on skiing.

I need a thesis, and 3 main points to illustrate skiing and the history of skiing.

i was going to do the advancement of skiing, and people who have influenced skiing.

Halp with anything else that you may think will work. thank ya's
Dec 8 2009 12:46PM
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lineskier10
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skiing in america was started mostly by a mountain division from world war 2 that was stationed in colorado for training, then when they came back from the war they were the ones that did a lot of the trail cutting and spreading of skiing in general because they were trained all about it before they went overseas to fight, i wrote a 20 pg paper on this shit so i know a good deal
Dec 8 2009 12:50PM
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ace_
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Then i will come to you for good information? Aaaand i need to have at least two online sites for sources and an article (newspaper or online)

Where do i get reputable skiing sources? is NS one?
Dec 8 2009 12:52PM
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lineskier10
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i used mostly books but if you google history of skiing in america im sure you might find some legitimate sources
Dec 8 2009 12:53PM
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lineskier53
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http://history.fis-ski.com/

Seems like a pretty good timeline.  I did a speech on this a few years ago, but the powerpoint I made is on my computer at home and I wont be back for 2 weeks, otherwise I'd just send you that.  This site should help quite a bit though...I'm still looking for the one I used, and if I find it I'll post that too. 
Dec 8 2009 12:56PM
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lineskier53
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Sorry for the double post but.

10th Mountain Division...they started my ROTC Cold Weather Unit too.
Dec 8 2009 12:59PM
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ace_
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thanks man
Dec 8 2009 12:59PM
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theblackrod
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you can't cite a forum, anyone can get on there and write any bit of uncensored nonsense they want
Dec 8 2009 12:59PM
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ace_
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But there's an articles and a news part too... this isn't just a forum
Dec 8 2009 1:01PM
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lineskier53
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But it's still not a credible source.  Just like you can't use wikipedia as a primary source. 

On the plus side, I found the site that I used for my speech.

http://www.skiinghistory.org/history.html
Dec 8 2009 1:04PM
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8ONE657
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Yeahhh Pete! The 10th Mountain Division trained in Vail and two members loved it so much they returned and created the resort :)
Dec 8 2009 1:11PM
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ace_
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cumpity bmp
Dec 14 2009 12:19PM
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skiminnesota
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i did one on skiing, but i went in a different direction than you. i talked about three different kinds of skis. IE park, pow, and race. then i brought in an illustration of those three skis. and pics of me riding each of those three skis.

just throwing some alternative options out there. good luck with whatever you choose.
Dec 14 2009 12:24PM
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ace_
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i was going to do that, and i still might. but i dont have a pow ski or race ski... and how on earth did you elaborate on the three for 5-7 minutes, if yours was that long
Dec 14 2009 12:31PM
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ace_
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OOOH, the evolution of ski technology? i think thats the winner
Dec 14 2009 12:33PM
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skiminnesota
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mine ran long. i went over by a couple of minutes and it ended up being 8min.. (if i remeber right, but i know i ran about 2min over)


5-7min is not long at all. you might be surprised. get up and start talking about something you are passionate about and it goes and goes and goes and goes.

good luck.
Dec 14 2009 12:40PM
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nickyp
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If you're public speech is one side of an argument, as it usually is, then skiing is a very poor choice of subject matter, because of the lack of controversy, or conflicting views of any substance within the scene. If it's just you, reading out a passage about the history of skiing or some shit like that, your school needs to revise its curriculum.
Dec 14 2009 12:49PM
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ace_
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its an informative speech?
Dec 14 2009 12:53PM
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Delphi
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not true, look up Hannes Schneider. He came over from Austria and founded the american ski industry. The 10th mountain division came later.
Dec 14 2009 1:07PM
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