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Herder skis to podium

Pastoral childhood and fur-lined boards shape athlete's ascent through China's rapidly evolving winter sports.

China Daily | Updated: 2026-01-10 15:10
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At Vanke Lake Songhua Resort in Jilin city, Jilin province, athletes from the Sichuan provincial ski mountaineering team attend the national championships for ski mountaineering with coach Meyirbek Xigis (second from left) in December. HU HUHU/YAN LINYUN/MA KAI/XINHUA

The first skis Meyirbek Xigis of the Kazak ethnic group ever used were nothing like the carbon-fiber racing boards seen on Olympic slopes. They were rough wooden planks, fashioned by his elders during the long winters on the high pastures of Altay prefecture of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, their undersides lined with coarse horse-leg fur to grip the snow.

For generations, these fur skis were not for sport, but for survival, serving as essential tools for local herders to tend livestock across deep snow in the prefecture that archaeological discoveries suggest is the birthplace of skiing.

Now 32, Meyirbek Xigis has transformed that ancient necessity into a modern calling. He is a champion in the niche sport of ski mountaineering and a coach for a provincial team, his personal ascent mirroring the country's ambitious goal of kindling grassroots enthusiasm for ice and snow sports that culminated in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

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