Dancing on ice
Apr 28, 2021
4 minutes
Words Matthew Hayward
Photography Porsche AG
ewilderment. That’s all that hits me after first seeing skijoring in action. Before I visited the last GP Ice Race in February 2020, I was unaware that there was actually a name for the act of being pulled around by a car while wearing a set of skis. It translates as ‘ski driving’, and it’s a practice that traces its roots back to fearless horse-and-dog-pulled Scandinavian farmers trying to get from A to B. Naturally, this developed into a competitive sport, at which point people swapped out the animals for cars and ’bikes. It’s one of the unique things that have quickly put the GP
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