Calling all Youngins (under 30)

NYDrew · Jan 20, 2006, 8:39 PM

Hey guys, we're the last of a dying breed. The breed of people who love skiing for what it is, not for the air in the parks. We are the decendants of those older people here in AZ. No offence to anyone older, but sometimes you just need people your own age. Of course you will be welcome to join, but the idea of this trip will be to possibly meet ski partners who will still ski with when were your age, when everyone is parkin it up.

I'm sick of going on trips with friends, and skiing on my own while they go play in the park or lollygag down a green trail. I want to set up a spring breakish time trip for us. Call it the junior AZ outing if you like.

I have no further ideas on this, I just know I want to do it. Give me thoughts. (screw the ski club at my school, they are ungrateful for all the work I do for them anyway)

**Greg** · Jan 20, 2006, 8:59 PM

I'm 32. I don't make the cut...

riverc0il · Jan 20, 2006, 9:04 PM

i am not sure i want to make the cut being called a youngin at 27

i prefer inclusive gatherings any ways, so i gotta pass on this one.

**Greg** · Jan 20, 2006, 9:07 PM

Put it this way. The majority of the older AZers I've met can ski circles around me; yeah - some of you youngins are all right too...

Marc · Jan 20, 2006, 10:54 PM

Yeah, why bother making an outing restricted. Seems like we have tough enough time finding a time for an outing when everyone's invited.

Besides, the young guys may have the muscles, but the old guys have the mileage...

NYDrew · Jan 21, 2006, 12:14 AM

didnt say it was restricted, its just going to be centered around around the type of stuff that younger people like to do...like drinking, flirting and skiing all in the same 24 hours.

hey im tryin to save the soul of skiing by reviving the younger generation. its just an idea

and yeah, considering the fact that the only AZers i have met are peter and jim, if you take age into account, they can both ski circles around me 20x over (and I get paid to ski!) Its exactly as said...milage. I may have the youth to power me through an injury, but i dont think i will be able to ski like them when i reach that age. again, im just trying to unite younger skiiers, such that when we become the "old" guys, we will be there to help out the younger generation like peter helped me out.

ie. 30 years from now me, greg and river are members of AARP. somehow by a miricle there is a college kid who still doesnt like jumps and needs a ride to hunter, he will have someone to drive him and ski with (pete, this whole idea is a tribute to you, so hopefully one day i can do to someone else what you did for me) but i would really like to meet some people my own age. im really starting to fear that when i am finally retired, i will have no one to ski with.

riverc0il · Jan 21, 2006, 6:19 AM

NYDrew, i feel ya. i have always had a hard time finding people to ski with, especially my own age. most of the folks i have skied with i either met online through the forums or have been random people i met on the hill, not close friends of my own age that i can call up any given weekend and conspire on which mountain to tackle. and out of those people, i think only a few people i have teamed up with were my own age. but that doesn't bother me at all. if people are into what i like to ski and want to ski with me, i really don't care what age they are. i often find the older guys have perspective and experience that makes an afternoon quite fine. and skiing with a guy in his 40s or 50s down the stuff i enjoy inspires me to the idea that i will still be tackling tough terrain well into my middle age.

**Greg** · Jan 21, 2006, 6:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYDrew

...like drinking, flirting and skiing all in the same 24 hours.

And you have to be under 30 for this?

I can handle the skiing and drinking part just fine. It was the flirting I was never really all that good at...

NYDrew · Jan 21, 2006, 9:45 AM

nah man, 30 was just a random age. i should have wrote ish. if no ones figured it out yet, i have a lot of trouble expressnig thoughts in less then 5 posts. damn it jim, im a scientist not ernest hemmingway. (no really, can barley pass an english class because my thoughts never seem to hit paper the right way.)

river, you put it in words for me. i always ski with older guys....always. But how many of them would want to go into a bar and act like a bunch of horney morons everynight for a week?

BeanoNYC · Jan 21, 2006, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYDrew

nah man, 30 was just a random age. i should have wrote ish. if no ones figured it out yet, i have a lot of trouble expressnig thoughts in less then 5 posts. damn it jim, im a scientist not ernest hemmingway. (no really, can barley pass an english class because my thoughts never seem to hit paper the right way.)

river, you put it in words for me. i always ski with older guys....always. But how many of them would want to go into a bar and act like a bunch of horney morons everynight for a week?

Hell, I just turned 33. I want to go into a bar and act like a horney moron. But doing it is another thing.

If Austin can be an old fart like us .... why can't you Drew? :P

Jan 20, 2006, 8:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
NYDrew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Temporary Exile On Long Island :( Posts: 733	Calling all Youngins (under 30) Hey guys, we're the last of a dying breed. The breed of people who love skiing for what it is, not for the air in the parks. We are the decendants of those older people here in AZ. No offence to anyone older, but sometimes you just need people your own age. Of course you will be welcome to join, but the idea of this trip will be to possibly meet ski partners who will still ski with when were your age, when everyone is parkin it up. I'm sick of going on trips with friends, and skiing on my own while they go play in the park or lollygag down a green trail. I want to set up a spring breakish time trip for us. Call it the junior AZ outing if you like. I have no further ideas on this, I just know I want to do it. Give me thoughts. (screw the ski club at my school, they are ungrateful for all the work I do for them anyway) __________________ RIP Dynastar 63\'s. 11/O5-2/14/06

Jan 20, 2006, 8:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,283	I'm 32. I don't make the cut... __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Jan 20, 2006, 9:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 6,700	i am not sure i want to make the cut being called a youngin at 27 i prefer inclusive gatherings any ways, so i gotta pass on this one. __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com featuring Big Jay Coverage "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 52

Jan 20, 2006, 9:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,283	Put it this way. The majority of the older AZers I've met can ski circles around me; yeah - some of you youngins are all right too... __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Jan 20, 2006, 10:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Marc I'm with psycho --> Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dudley, MA Posts: 5,351	Yeah, why bother making an outing restricted. Seems like we have tough enough time finding a time for an outing when everyone's invited. Besides, the young guys may have the muscles, but the old guys have the mileage... __________________ Making sanity obsolete since 1982...

Jan 21, 2006, 12:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
NYDrew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Temporary Exile On Long Island :( Posts: 733	didnt say it was restricted, its just going to be centered around around the type of stuff that younger people like to do...like drinking, flirting and skiing all in the same 24 hours. hey im tryin to save the soul of skiing by reviving the younger generation. its just an idea and yeah, considering the fact that the only AZers i have met are peter and jim, if you take age into account, they can both ski circles around me 20x over (and I get paid to ski!) Its exactly as said...milage. I may have the youth to power me through an injury, but i dont think i will be able to ski like them when i reach that age. again, im just trying to unite younger skiiers, such that when we become the "old" guys, we will be there to help out the younger generation like peter helped me out. ie. 30 years from now me, greg and river are members of AARP. somehow by a miricle there is a college kid who still doesnt like jumps and needs a ride to hunter, he will have someone to drive him and ski with (pete, this whole idea is a tribute to you, so hopefully one day i can do to someone else what you did for me) but i would really like to meet some people my own age. im really starting to fear that when i am finally retired, i will have no one to ski with. __________________ RIP Dynastar 63\'s. 11/O5-2/14/06

Jan 21, 2006, 6:19 AM	#7 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 6,700	NYDrew, i feel ya. i have always had a hard time finding people to ski with, especially my own age. most of the folks i have skied with i either met online through the forums or have been random people i met on the hill, not close friends of my own age that i can call up any given weekend and conspire on which mountain to tackle. and out of those people, i think only a few people i have teamed up with were my own age. but that doesn't bother me at all. if people are into what i like to ski and want to ski with me, i really don't care what age they are. i often find the older guys have perspective and experience that makes an afternoon quite fine. and skiing with a guy in his 40s or 50s down the stuff i enjoy inspires me to the idea that i will still be tackling tough terrain well into my middle age. __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com featuring Big Jay Coverage "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 52

Jan 21, 2006, 9:45 AM	#9 (permalink)
NYDrew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Temporary Exile On Long Island :( Posts: 733	nah man, 30 was just a random age. i should have wrote ish. if no ones figured it out yet, i have a lot of trouble expressnig thoughts in less then 5 posts. damn it jim, im a scientist not ernest hemmingway. (no really, can barley pass an english class because my thoughts never seem to hit paper the right way.) river, you put it in words for me. i always ski with older guys....always. But how many of them would want to go into a bar and act like a bunch of horney morons everynight for a week? __________________ RIP Dynastar 63\'s. 11/O5-2/14/06

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