!!!Grasskilauf Grass Skiing, sport developed in Germany in the 1970s; world championships have been held since 1979, the grass skiing section within the Austrian Skiing Association was established in the same year; in 1985 the sport was recognised by the International Skiing Federation FIS. Along the lines of Alpine Skiing, competitions are held in the categories super-G, giant slalom, slalom, parallel slalom and team events. Austrian skiers predominate, and the Austrian Ingrid Hirschhofer won no fewer than 16 titles in world championships in the period up to 1998. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Grasskilauf|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]