Calling all Youngins (under 30)

[NYDrew]

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]

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

 

[riverc0il]

i am not sure i want to make the cut being called a youngin at 27 :lol: i prefer inclusive gatherings any ways, so i gotta pass on this one.

 

[Greg]

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]

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... :dunce:

 

[NYDrew]

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]

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]

...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... :roll:

 

[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?

 

[BeanoNYC]

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?

 

[riverc0il]

But how many of them would want to go into a bar and act like a bunch of horney morons everynight for a week?

can't say i have ever had any idea to do that. at least the acting like a bunch of horney morons. i think perhaps that is why i usually hang with an older crowd perhaps, the partying tendencies of youth have held no pull over me for many years.

 

[NHpowderhound]

35 going on 22 here!
Nothin' I like more than tearing it up on the hill then beating some a$$ on the pool table w/ a few brews that night . :beer:
Skiing has something in common with billiards. Confidence in yourself can bring you to the the next level. And after a good day on the hill i'm filled with confidence, so dont miss or i'll run em out on ya! And I dont care how young or old you are !Rack em! :wink:
((*
*))NHPH

 

[Marc]

Confidence at the pool table often winds up with Marc hiting someone with the cue ball in an errant low Englsih attempt.



After a few of those brews of course.

I should be kept away from all sharp and hard blunt objects after consuming alcohol.

:dunce:

 

[BeanoNYC]

You do realize that you talk about yourself in the 3rd person a lot, Marc, don't you? It's like a Seinfeld episode in here sometimes!

 

[NYDrew]

alright, you all get the idea of what i was trying to do. Give me credit for trying even though its been a total rejection. I wasn't trying to exclude anyone at all, just didnt think this kind of thing would appeal to anyone much older (apperently there is life after 30...not so depressed anymore about being 23, maybe it won't be so bad).

River, I hear ya on the lack of appeal on being a fool. Guess thats because when im not on vacation I almost never party, so when I go on a trip, I want to go balls to the wall. Not to mention I still have to meet that mrs.skibum (not skibum's wife...just a female ski bum) who keeps visiting me in my dreams, and what better place then a quiet mountain bar (I hate crowded bars...i like to be able to hold a drunken conversation without loud bass and strobe lights pissing me off)

Anyway, nothing wrong with the 3rd person, I use the royal "we" all the time. I think this thread is starting to go the way of misc discussions.

 

[YardSaleDad]

Not to mention I still have to meet that mrs.skibum (not skibum's wife...just a female ski bum) who keeps visiting me in my dreams, and what better place then a quiet mountain bar

I think the lift is a much better place to meet female ski bums. You have 5-10 minutes to make small talk in a low pressure environment, when they are already in a good mood from skiing*.


* If they are in a bad mood while skiing then "NEXT!!!"

 

[thetrailboss]

25 yr old here interested. What you thinking? Any good places in mind? Sunapee is an easy ski and centrally located. Maybe Gunstock. Other ideas?

 

[BeanoNYC]

25 yr old here interested. What you thinking? Any good places in mind? Sunapee is an easy ski and centrally located. Maybe Gunstock. Other ideas?

That's what I like about you, TB. No hesitation. No cheecky comment. You just jumped right in there and got down to business. Kudos!

 

[JimG.]

I qualify because I stopped counting at 29.

 

[Vortex]

I'm 40. I ski with a guy 70 and another 63 every Sunday morning.
The guy who is 63 can get down the mountain pretty fast.
Hitting the bars I have a bit of experience. Flirting is not my specailty.
I get the point of wanting a group to hang with in a specific age group.
Just don't judge skiing by age. You could get your ass whipped by someone close to 25 years your senior. I do every weekend.

Some of the social aspects... I see your points. Good luck and go for it.