Popular Sports in Poland
There are lots of interesting sports in Poland: downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, hang gliding, gliding and ice-sailing. Children also like to go sledging on wooden or plastic sledges.
Downhill Skiing
You need to wear special clothes and use special equipment for downhill skiing. Some children as young as two start to learn to ski.
You need to wear special clothes and use special equipment for downhill skiing. Some children as young as two start to learn to ski.
Cross-country Skiing
You need to wear special clothes and use special equipment for cross-country skiing. However, you cannot use the same skis for cross-country skiing as you use for downhill skiing.
You need to wear special clothes and use special equipment for cross-country skiing. However, you cannot use the same skis for cross-country skiing as you use for downhill skiing.
Snowboarding
Snowboarders use only one board. The snowboard is a bit like a skateboard.
Snowboarders use only one board. The snowboard is a bit like a skateboard.
Paragliding
Para-gliders can fly for one or two hours soaring like birds high up in the sky.
Para-gliders can fly for one or two hours soaring like birds high up in the sky.
Hang-gliding
Hang-gliders can also soar up high in the sky like birds.
Hang-gliders can also soar up high in the sky like birds.
Gliding
Gliders look like small airplanes but they don't have engines. They get pulled along behind a plane until they are in the sky. Then they let go of the plane and soar along on their own like birds.
Gliders look like small airplanes but they don't have engines. They get pulled along behind a plane until they are in the sky. Then they let go of the plane and soar along on their own like birds.
Ice-Sailing
Some people who live beside lakes like to do ice-sailing in the wintertime because the lakes are frozen.
Some people who live beside lakes like to do ice-sailing in the wintertime because the lakes are frozen.
Sledging
Some of the sledges look like little wooden sledges like this one.
Some of the sledges look like a plastic tray like this one.
Some of the sledges look like little bicycles with runners like this one.