The Congress was an initiative from BRU-ST and Vrije Universiteit Brussel and was supported by the Belgian and regional ski- and snowboard federations. ILLCSS is a new organisation that strives to combine academic experience with high performance ski racing and snowboard experience. The Low Lands are a non alpine area. All the same thousands and thousands of highly motivated people go skiing every year. The last couple of years, Belgian ski racers and snowboarders have begun to achieve promising results in high ranking competitions. The Brussels Ski Team and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel joined forces with the support of the Belgian and regional ski federations (KBSF/FRBS, VSSF and FFBS) to create the first International Low Lands Congress on Science and Skiing. The aim of the congress was to support evidence-based professionalism in ski and snowboard training and coaching, to promote skiing sports and facilitate training and coaching for young people in countries that do not have natural skiing facilities. Content: Session I: Periodization in ski and snowboard training: Invited presentation: Periodization In Ski Training - With Special Emphasis On Optimizing The Training Puzzle In Order To Become A Better Skier (H.C. Holmberg; Sweden) Effects Of Whole Body Vibration And Equivalent Resistance Training On Strength And Postural Control In Young Skiers (Mahieu N. and Witvrouw E.; Belgium). Kinanthropometry and Somatotyping of World Cup and Elite Junior Male and Female Alpine Ski Athletes (Taeymans J., Clijsen R., Frois A., Hebbelinck M. and Clarys P., Switzerland) The Predictive Power Of Balance Board Tests For "On-The-Skis" Balance Performance (Ru.i. L., Ra.enovi. O. and Tudor A., Croatia) Session II: Injury prevention in ski and snowboard: Invited presentation: Prevention Of Head And Neck Trauma In Snowboard And Skiing (V. Senner, Germnay) Invited presentation: Injuries To World Cup Ski And Snowboard Athletes (T. Florenes; Norway) Invited presentation: ACL lesions in skiing: pathomechanism, Session III: Biomechanics and Physiology in ski and snowboard training: Invited presentation: Biomechanics In Alpine Skiing - Application And Scientific Support In Elite Sport (P. Spitzenpfeil and Huber A.; Germany) Comparison Of A Full Body Inertial Measurement System And An Optical Camera Based System In Alpine Skiing (Krüger A., Edelmann-Nusser J; Germany) Validation Of The Repeatability Of A Real Time Optical Navigation Feedback System For Training Alpine Skiers On An Indoor Ski Simulator (Flanagan T., Kirby R., Schönberger A.; USA) Systematics And Correction Of Skiing Technique Errors In Beginners, Based On Biomechanical Analysis (Baka R., Aschenbrenner P.; Poland) Influence Of Acceleration In The Transition Area During Ski Jumping (Sasaki T., Tsunoda K. and Eguch H.; Japan) Poling Force In Cross-Country Ski, Comparison Between Three Different Techniques (Pellegrini B., Bortolan L., Schena F.; Italy) Session IV: Case studies: Invited presentation: Biomechanics: 2D imaging value (F. De Witte, K. Huts and S. Mariën, Belgium) Invited presentation: How to bring young slalom skiers to excellence (H. Schmidt, Austria)
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