WWII stopped the next two games but skiing still took a part in the warfare. The 10th Colorado division trained on skis to fight the Italians in the Alps which proved to be very successful. Following WWII the veterans of the Mountain divisions came back to America to help develop ski areas. The first was Alta in Utah but many more followed after that. Skiing became mainstream in the fifties with many families going to the mountains on the weekends. .
More ski events were also added to the Olympics during the fifties like the Super G, downhill, slalom, and the Giant Slalom. Skiing is the world's fastest non-motorized sport and is done on all seven continents. In addition to the traditional downhill racing a new form of skiing, freestyle was added to the Olympic Games in 1992 at Lillehammer. Freestyle started in the late 60's early 70's in America and spread all across the world. It is a new ski discipline that has found its niche with skiers of a younger age. .
There is no one field of play for skiing; all the events look different from each other. In the Super G the gates racers have to go through are very wide apart and is on a much larger hill than the Giant Slalom would be. In the Slalom the gates the racers must go through are very close together and the course is not as long. The only two down hill events that do not have gates are the free style events and the downhill. Moguls, ski jumping, and aerials are all grouped in to the freestyle category. While the downhill is when the racers just tuck down a side of the mountain to see what speed they can attain. .
In the last few years trick ski jumping has become another form of competition, though it is not an Olympic event. In trick ski jumping skiers go off of jumps and do tricks in the air for points. The event is down a full trail usually just like a ski race. Extreme skiing races have also begun to appear even though it is not an Olympic event.