Why Ski?

[JD]

For the places you find yourself.
For the people you run into there.
For the thrill of charging thru the woods like some wild animal at speed you could never attain, thru terrain you could never navigate as easily, unless it was choked with POW!
and most importantly........


























FOR THE BEER IN THE CAR!!!!

 

[bvibert]

Only a non-skier would need this answered. 8)

Right on!

I ski because I like it, end of story...

Skiing is only expensive if you make it so, I skied 18 days this year and never paid more than $58.00 for a ticket. I am not saying it is a cheap sport, but one can enjoy it on a budget to.

I was thinking about this the other day. I never paid more that $0.00 for a ticket this year! I skied most of my days at my local mountain where I have a season's pass for working there PT. Thanks to this site the two other places I skied I managed to get free passes for. :beer:

 

[NYDrew]

right with you, i think i paid for one day at hunter this year and lodging at sugarbush for 5 days (which included lift for free). Thats 48 days of skiing, 21 of which were away from my home area, 11 of which at a mountain I didnt work at. (10 of those 21 days was working at smuggs) Getting one more free day on sat, and probably heading back up to smuggs for 5 more free days in april. Definately doing tucks at least once too.

 

[meat]

I like skiing cuz its a super fun activity to be involved in

 

[skibum1321]

I love to be in the mountains
I love to go fast
I love the mental challenge
I love the physical challenge
I love to see myself get better
I love to ski

 

[Sparky]

It feels good. All of it feels good. From the autistics to the physical, it’s an all encompassing experience. You can see it, feel it and, you can even taste it. Snow is an incredible thing, it takes the mind sucking blamedness of November and turns it into something that no one can look at without feeling something.
These days there is a perpetual assault on our senses from the forces of commerce, but when you ski you are alone with winter and in charge of your self. Often you find yourself in your own unassaultable world. Whether you’re in the bumps, on the cruisers, in the trees, you’re the one pointing them down and around, and when the only thing you hear is the snow and your own gasping for air it’s as good as it gets.

 

[noski]

Only a non-skier would need this answered. 8)

...and I am thoroughly enjoying and identifying with the responses. I find many of these same satisfactions in some of my own pursuits. As long as one finds a way to connect to, respect, and appreciate nature, experience inner joy and peace, and share that with others in a meaningful way, the pursuit doesn't matter. We (the no-skis and do-skis) are not so much unalike.

(edit: punctuation)

 

[Greg]

I agree with the general feeling of "if you have to ask, you will never understand", but I will try to describe why I love to ski. First and foremost, I love the sense of peace I acheive through skiing. When skiing every other stressful aspect of life instantly vanishes. I get the same feeling from hiking or backpacking, but skiing is a bit different as it's equally as exhilirating as it is relaxing. I love several other things about skiing.

I love the anxiety I feel as I go to bed the night before a ski day. I love the feeling of excitement as I easily wake up on a ski day. I love the cold air. I love the snow and scenery. I love that split-second feeling of weightlessness when exiting a turn. I love that feeling of perfectly absorbing a mogul. I love exploring new ski areas that I've never been to. I love skiing my favorite trails I've skied a hundred times. I love the first sip of beer after a ski day. I love the big meal at night. I love the feeling as you climb into bed that it's probably not possible to be any more tired physically, yet so relaxed mentally. I love the ache the next day because you know what caused it. I love to ski.

And next season I get to introduce my daughter to all this (well, certianly not the beer ). That's going to give me a whole new reason to love skiing I think.

 

[hammer]

This may be strange, but the one thing that has drawn me to skiing is the fear factor and overcoming that fear...I get a lot of satisfaction out of looking over some steep (to me) trail, thinking "here goes nothing", and then just going for it.

I then go back again to try to make it down with some semblance of grace.

When the steeps start to lose that appeal, then it will be on to the woods and bumps...

 

[Marc]

From the autistics to the physical

Are you sure you got the right word there?

 

[Greg]

This may be strange, but the one thing that has drawn me to skiing is the fear factor and overcoming that fear...I get a lot of satisfaction out of looking over some steep (to me) trail, thinking "here goes nothing", and then just going for it.

I then go back again to try to make it down with some semblance of grace.

When the steeps start to lose that appeal, then it will be on to the woods and bumps...

I hear what you're saying. I still love that rush of looking down a gnarley run... It's part of the exhilaration factor I was talking about.

 

[2knees]

It beats sledding.

 

[Skier75]

Yeah, pretty much what everyone here has said.......I love to ski! It's taken me a little bit longer to get where I'm at, but it's been fun doing it!

I love how people say, "I hate winter!" They are the ones that sit at home doing nothing and complaining about the cold and snow. I say as long as it snows where its important, in the mountains! The colder, the better the snow! I do agree, I'm not a real big fan of driving in the snow, but now I make my husband drive his four wheel drive truck to take us.

I love the feeling of being outdoors, sucking in the cold fresh air, cruising down a nice freshly groomed trail, getting first tracks, early in the morning. Some of the views from the top are so spectacular, that I can't even imagine not skiing. I love the feeling of accomplishment of going down mostly the blues, and now I can do some blacks with more confidence than before and saying I remember when I was afraid of some of these and now they don't bother me as much. I just love to ski!

 

[trailertrash]

why?

from another thread, said well enough to re-post:

To summerize it, it is a perfectly rounded railroad track involving almost instant edge transition and 100% snow contact with both skiis. At the fall line, both skiis should actually be uphill of the skiier's body as he/she maintains their momentum directly down the fall line. The overall experience is a weightless feeling (like the first drop on a roller coaster) as the skiier passes over the fall line while the apex of the arc will feel like taking a jet to into a high G turn.

except with a board.

 

[alpinemorg]

Freedom.

Despite rules of resort, trail, and prudent backcountry behavior; I think it's one of the finest ways to experience and express freedom.

Racoon eyes are pretty groovy too!

 

[Sparky]

Are you sure you got the right word there?

OK, your right. Aesthetics was what I intended to say.

 

[Marc]

OK, your right. Aesthetics was what I intended to say.

Ah, ok. That makes a bit more sense now.

 

[kcyanks1]

It's fun. That problably doesn't answer your question, but I'm not sure how to. It's fun to get a rush, it's fun to raise my heart rate on a nice bump fun, it's fun to ski with friends. it's fun to spend the day outside in an active way.

 

[Tyrolean_skier]

I love to ski because I love the snow and nature and I love the feeling of skiing fast on groomed trails and skiing through the trees. I just wish I had started skiing often earlier so that I would be a much better skier now. I only started putting in a lot of mileage when my hubby and I bought a condo at Killington. I am glad that I started both my kids at 2 and they are both very good skiers now that they are 8 and 5 and they love to ski as much as I do. Unfortunately, now the winter goes by way too fast for me and in the summer, even though I like summer activities, I still find myself counting down the days until I can start skiing again. I think it is an addiction for me.

 

[Sparky]

Ah, ok. That makes a bit more sense now.

I would like to say I rely on spell checker to much, but that one isn't even close.