Are you a better skier now?

[RootDKJ]

Yes and no. My attitude and drive is better (stronger would be a better word). Kinda like riverc0il, I too have lef my self slide over the past few years. That really caught up with me in this season. That WILL NOT happen again.

 

[riverc0il]

Put those golf clubs away for another 25 years and buy a mountain bike. Seriously, MTBing has your name all over it, I would think. I'm 35 and in the best shape of my life, aside from the teenage years when I did a lot of backpacking. Luckily with a very high metabolism, excess weight has never been a problem, but I think my stamina/endurance might be the best it's ever been. I attribute a lot of that to mountain biking last summer. This year I plan to do longer and faster rides and hope I continue to build stamina. As I get closer to 40, I'm sure it'll be more maintenance than improvement so I better get in as good as shape as possible now.

Wish I could but the money isn't there. Kayaks are our next big purchase when we get the funds back up to acceptable levels. I used to road bike daily 5-10+ miles a day when I was younger with many 30 milers when time allowed. It was fun but I don't think it got me in shape half as much as running did. Which is a lot cheaper. Just need to start running again and lay off the soda and chips at work and I'll drop back down to 200 lbs in a month or two.

 

[Greg]

Wish I could but the money isn't there. Kayaks are our next big purchase when we get the funds back up to acceptable levels. I used to road bike daily 5-10+ miles a day when I was younger with many 30 milers when time allowed. It was fun but I don't think it got me in shape half as much as running did. Which is a lot cheaper. Just need to start running again and lay off the soda and chips at work and I'll drop back down to 200 lbs in a month or two.

Oh yeah. There's definitely a monetary implication with mountain biking. Just knowing your mindset skiing and touring, I would think techy, rocky riding (climbs and descents) would totally be your thing. You would be surprised the places you can take a good mountain bike. I love being faced with a mean stretch of trail and then clearing it. I love to ski and I don't anticipate anything replacing it, but MTB is pretty damn close. Plus the riding season down here is twice as long as ski season.

 

[drjeff]

In most on hill aspects, I'm better now than 10 years ago. The only area where I was better a decade ago than now is running gates, and that't just a practice thing.

I like to think that my improvement in most aspects of all around skiing in the last decade is from my technical improvements via practice, but I'd be lying if I said that improvements in equipment design haven't factored into things.

 

[frozencorn]

I'm 35. I'm better than when I was 25. I'm better than when I was 30. That's insanely satisfactory to me. I know that in, oh, maybe 20 years, things could slow down, or my legs won't be able to take some of things I do now. But I'm not exactly marking a date on the calendar for when it happens.

 

[Glenn]

I'd say about the same. Still have to work on the jumping though. That fearlessness I had in my teens and early 20's has faded a bit.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

better than 10 years ago, no...I was 26 and living in CO, skied 100 days and was in great shape. Better than 20 years ago...yes, by a long shot...I was a 16yr old bumper...good in the bumps and air, but had some technique issues that needed work...I'm much more proficient and efficient now than I was then. I haven't slipped much in the last 10 years...more due to declines in mileage, strength, and fitness...technically I don't think I've changed much...and I am better in the halfpipe now than I was 10 years ago.

 

[Euler]

I'm definitely better now. I never even broke a bone until just this year!

 

[billski]

I've been practicing for 30 years now, someday I'll get good. Hell, I'm comfortable skiing anyplace; I don't always look great, but for the last decade, my objective has simply been to have fun. I've gone through the development phases, realized my limitations, recognized what is really important. Let's face it skiing and riding for me is nothing more than grown adults playing in the snow.

 

[wa-loaf]

Better skill set. But worse shape. I wouldn't be able to keep up with my old self. My last trip to CO confirmed that.

 

[Warp Daddy]

I've been practicing for 30 years now, someday I'll get good. Hell, I'm comfortable skiing anyplace; I don't always look great, but for the last decade, my objective has simply been to have fun. I've gone through the development phases, realized my limitations, recognized what is really important. Let's face it skiing and riding for me is nothing more than grown adults playing in the snow.

WELL Said !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The last line is gospel baby !

 

[hammer]

Been doing this on a regular basis for about 5 years, so I'm definitely better than I was 10 years ago ;-).

Can't tell if my technique has been getting better recently but I noticed this past season that I didn't get quite as tired out as I used to.

 

[bigbog]

Oh Yeah....

Ditto billski!
Much better things are happenning now....think scoring over 98% on each of those chapter-ending quizzes on all of Martin Hennaman(sp?)'s 26 videos worked...:lol:

STeveD

 

[mondeo]

Perhaps not appropriate for you 20-somethings but curious to know what the 30+ skiers/riders think.

Are you a better skier/rider now than you were 10 or 20 years ago?

@ 44 i can say i am skiing better now than i ever did before. Sure, equipment probably has a something to do with it but i think experience is the key. i've learned from many years of mistakes. while my legs are as lively as they once were i know how to ski better so i don't have to rely on muscling my way through every run.

I still have plenty of room for improvement and i look forward to skiing more better next year.

I'll be inappropriate then. Yes, I'm a better skier now.

 

[2knees]

I'll be inappropriate then. Yes, I'm a better skier now.

man, you must've REALLY sucked then.....

:razz: :flame:

 

[severine]

Actually, I would have to be a better skier now than I was 10 years ago, seeing as I wasn't even a skier 10 years ago. I would hope that 10 years from now the progress will continue.

 

[mondeo]

man, you must've REALLY sucked then.....

:razz: :flame:

I really sucked 2 years ago.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I'm better than Highwaystar 10 years ago.

 

[abc]

yes. 'nuff said.