Skiing - do you love it, loath it or simply not interested?

[JayMac]

I tried skiing once, ended up in a German hospital with a plaster all the way up my left arm, now I have a ceramic thumb socket!

I guess drinking and skiing wasn't my proudest moment...

 

[LarryDuff]

Love skiing but just can't afford to it anymore.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 2853908, member: 1314"]Black or Indian men on snow. No no. innit. Some White people put up with it 'cos they have to.[/quote]
Innit...

 

[slowmotion]

Misery!

 

[400bhp]

I had a spell of going skiing each winter before my children arrived. Loved it, but I haven't been for a few years. Here's me on Mammoth mountain (near Lake Tahoe on the California/Nevada border) about 8 years ago.

Tony. View attachment 35611

Nah, much better in the summer.

 

[swee'pea99]

Went once, loved it, but sadly could never justify the cost to repeat. One of the few regrets of my relatively low-income life. Definitely something I'd have done on a regular basis if money was no object.

 

[swansonj]

Piste skiing is quite simply the most exhilarating sport that a non-sporty person can enjoy without too much practice, especially with today's equipment, which is so easy to use..

You may very well be right that, were I to be forced to participate in a sport, I would find skiing the most exhilarating available to me. In the meantime, I'll stick to my cycling thanks.

 

[srw]

Now tell me that "Warm apple juice (slightly sweetened and diluted if it comes from your own apples)" is not also "too middle class for words"?

There is no class hatred quite as powerful as that of members of the English middle classes for other members of the English middle classes.

 

[vernon]

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Innit...

What a bunch of fakirs.

 

[Doseone]

[QUOTE 2853908, member: 1314"]Black or Indian men on snow. No no. innit. Some White people put up with it 'cos they have to.[/quote]
I learnt to ski in Kashmir. I was pretty much the only white person.

Best snow there I've ever seen.

 

[Canrider]

There is no class hatred quite as powerful as that of members of the English middle classes for other members of the English middle classes.

Can one TMN oneself? (Referring to #112)

 

[PK99]

I tried skiing once, ended up in a German hospital with a plaster all the way up my left arm, now I have a ceramic thumb socket!

I guess drinking and skiing wasn't my proudest moment...

Skier's Thumb!

Sounds like you had the wrist strap of the pole going the wrong way over you thumb.

http://tellmed.org/about-us/news/2013/what-is-skiers-thumb-and-how-do-i-avoid-it

 

[User482]

You may very well be right that, were I to be forced to participate in a sport, I would find skiing the most exhilarating available to me. In the meantime, I'll stick to my cycling thanks.

It's possible to enjoy both...

 

[Chris Norton]

As a fellow Bostonian, you'll have trouble skiing in Boston, unless it's down the Sluice Bridge!

I did like the april fools in the standard one year about them building a mountain.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I like cross country skiing, but often I can just put on the skis on my front step and set out.