DOES ANYONE ELSE SKI?

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06 May 2016, 11:51 am

I was thinking about the physical & sports skills I've tried and enjoyed and remembered one I was pretty successful at: skiing. Most sports I don't do well but skiing surprised me.

I started off slow one morning and fell down so many times I've lost track, but by the middle of the afternoon I could stay on my feet and not run into people.

My older bones keep me away from that type of activity now but I wondered how many were pleased to find skiing a sport that surprised them as readily do-able?

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06 May 2016, 11:56 am

I ski. Have since I was about 2. I love skiing, apart from t bars, I think they are the work of the devil.

Skibum skis as well if I remember correctly.

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06 May 2016, 1:00 pm

i found skiing very easy, since i already knew how to skate the first time i tried skiing, and the skills transferred well

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06 May 2016, 3:28 pm

I started skiing when I was 25 and have been doing it ever since. I never get to ski often enough to stay in shape. By the time I get in good enough shape to do black diamonds. the ski season is over. I only go about 3-4 time a year, and that's because we have a bus that goes to the mountain. I don't like driving to the mountain on my own.

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06 May 2016, 6:29 pm

Yes, I can ski, but I enjoy snowboarding more. I have to say though that it is the whole experience that I enjoy. Skiing or snowboarding plus: being in a nice snowy landscape, the mountains, fresh cool air, etc.

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06 May 2016, 8:50 pm

Alpine Skiing is one of my absolute favorite sports of all time, as my screen name suggests. I try to ski at least 35 days a season. We have very short winters where I live so it can be hard to get a lot of days in. I also race a little bit.

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06 May 2016, 8:51 pm

btbnnyr wrote:

i found skiing very easy, since i already knew how to skate the first time i tried skiing, and the skills transferred well

I actually just recently started learning to skate to help me ski better. I love learning to skate and it really helps with balance. I will learn to snowboard too since my husband snowboards.

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06 May 2016, 10:40 pm

tetris wrote:

I ski. Have since I was about 2. I love skiing, apart from t bars, I think they are the work of the devil.
Skibum skis as well if I remember correctly.

Yep

and Tbars definitely suck!

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07 May 2016, 12:43 am

Does jet skiing count? I love that I never lived where alpine skiing was available until the last five years. As the first poster said, now my bones are too old to try skiing. But I started snowshoeing this past winter and I loved it. I loved the quiet and serenity and being the first person to go through a field of unbroken snow, and it was definitely good exercise.

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07 May 2016, 5:38 am

aspieinaz wrote:

Does jet skiing count? I love that

I never lived where alpine skiing was available until the last five years. As the first poster said, now my bones are too old to try skiing. But I started snowshoeing this past winter and I loved it. I loved the quiet and serenity and being the first person to go through a field of unbroken snow, and it was definitely good exercise.

Just like in skiing, first tracks are glorious!

And you are not too old to learn to Alpine Ski I know some people who started older than you. I have taught some of them! Skiing is a sport for all ages because you can do it very gently and if you have a good teacher, you won't fall a lot.

Check out these young hotties!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-OX_KiFdY

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07 May 2016, 5:43 am

skibum wrote:

tetris wrote:

I ski. Have since I was about 2. I love skiing, apart from t bars, I think they are the work of the devil.
Skibum skis as well if I remember correctly.

Yep

and Tbars definitely suck!

I have a knack for getting hooked on to them when I try to get off, I just avoid them now.

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07 May 2016, 1:11 pm

btbnnyr wrote:

i found skiing very easy, since i already knew how to skate the first time i tried skiing, and the skills transferred well

Lucky you!

From the time I stand on skates (ice or roller) until I find myself down, is about 5 seconds.

But yet I can ski

(And the first time out I got beat-up by a "T-bar" pretty good

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07 May 2016, 1:20 pm

I miss skiing The last time I did I was 19. I like both Alpine and cross. But I'm not great at Alpine, never went to a black descent. Not good on hard snow. It needs practice. I'd like to try snowboard.

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08 May 2016, 1:06 am

The only skiing I've actually done is water skiing. I've been to the mountains where it snows, and I've just sledded and hiked in snow for the most part.

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08 May 2016, 12:44 pm

I have never water skied. I hear it's really hard to first get up. It looks really fun though. I would like to try it some day. I have never used a jet ski either. I would like to try that too.

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08 May 2016, 12:56 pm

Yes, mostly cross country or I'll go down little hills.

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