Skijoring is a special kind of winter sport which is extremely popular in North America and is an evolved version of the popular Scandinavian sport called pulka . The sport involves either the use of winter dogs or horses to drag a player on the skis over the snow covered fields. Sometimes a snowmobile is also used instead of a ski.
While skijoring, the rider has to wear a wide waistband which has a clip in it to attach a harness to it. The harness is worn by the dogs which carry the ski forward. The main techniques used in the sport are that of cross-country skiing or faster skate skiing . However, the skis are not hot waxed throughout as is done in cross-country skiing. This is done to keep up the fast speed of the dogs' team which drags the ski. Skijoring has been quite a popular sport and has been a demonstration sport at the Winter Olympics of 1928. It has also been featured in Silver Wolf , a film made in 1998.
Skijoring is slowly becoming popular among the ski-loving people. It is gradually gaining good ground and is expected to be one of the major winter sports in near future.
