To be fair, our lack of snow is a major impediment to us being any good, isn't it?
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Indoor proper snow slopes are helping, especially with all the modern "trick" events they've now added. We're still pretty crap at things like Downhill & Giant Slalom where you need a bit more than a 200m slope
Long track speed skating has always had me wondering why the Dutch are so good at it, where are these mammoth skating rinks that are required hidden away in the Netherlands?
I'd love to see the Elfstedentocht. At one point in December it looked like it might happen, but sadly didn't.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfstedentocht