# Match the Winter sport to the country **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-the-winter-sport-to-the-country/529792 "2010-02-20T19:24:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-the-winter-sport-to-the-country/529792/1 "2010-02-20T19:24:20Z")
When you think of Winter sports, what countries do you think of for various ones? I’m not talking about individual athletes, or which countries have won the most events fro year to year; just what countries spring to mind when you think of various events. Alpine skiing Switzerland and Austria, because of the Alps. France, Germany, and Italy too, of course. Nordic skiing The Nordic countries. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland. Mogul and Freestyle skiing USA. Freestyle, especially, just seems to fit with American culture. Snowboard USA. Skateboard culture. Hockey Canada. Bobsled Germany and Switzerland. And Jamaica, because I totally dig the audacity. Skating (racing) The Netherlands. Biathlon Finland. No countries immediately come to mind (at least at the moment) for Luge, Skeleton, or Ski Jumping. ---
**Author:** ![dzeiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dzeiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzeiger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-the-winter-sport-to-the-country/529792/2 "2010-02-20T19:51:10Z")
Luge and Skeleton? German engineering. Interesting to note that the US’ recent successes in Bobsled are pretty much the result of NASCAR people getting involved with sled design.