The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Muck308 55]

931

I went skiing a couple times. I'm not all that good at it.

[Chptrk 86]

932.

I have not gone skiing nor snowboarding before, but I wish I had.

[Vahr 341]

933

Skiing since I was 4 and snowboarding since last year.

[Larks2242 251]

934.

Is it hard?

[Muck308 55]

935

If you're asking me, then yes. But you're not asking me are you?

[Duke87 1,070]

(936)

Unlike most of the people around where I live, I do not "get" skiing/snowboarding and find the idea to be utterly stupid.

[Vahr 341]

937

Skiing has a steeper learning curve I think compared to snowboarding, but meh. It varies for people.

[Muck308 55]

938

Many folks around here ski as well. It's an expensive hobby.

[Duke87 1,070]

(939)

I think part of my problem with it is that to me, in order for something to be worthwhile, it has to involve making measurable progress. Collecting things, racking up some sort of score, achieving milestones... if, at the end of the day, I have done none of those three things, I feel like I have wasted my day. It's very difficult to find anything in skiing that fits into one of those categories, so I don't see where the fun is.

Of course, there is also the broader picture that, despite mostly growing up in the suburbs, my family very much comes from a working class inner city background.... and thus in many ways my perspective on things is more typical of someone from The Bronx (which I actually technically am, I was born there!) than someone from Fairfield County, Connecticut. I think skiing is stupid. I think boating is stupid. I think golf is stupid. I think stage theater is stupid. I drink beer, not wine. I prefer cheap things over fancy expensive things. I don't mind places that are dirty and unkempt. And so on.

[Larks2242 251]

940.

Golfing is stupid? Don't tell that to gramps he golfs almost every day

[JeeKTan 4]

941

Who is a anime/manga fan here?

[astronelson 339]

942.

I like golf and some forms of theatre, and I prefer my places somewhat clean, but don't really care too much.

[Chptrk 86]

943.

Duke, after reading your post about what you consider fun, going a few hours without thinking about it, and then finally forgetting most of it by this time, I've decidedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqhfLTsEeZg!!

@ JeeKTan, many of us!! 

[Ocram's Razr 964]

944

I like to ski but I have not skied for years and the best I could go on was a black or blue square (the one less difficult than black diamond). If I went skiing again for just a day, I would have to go on a circle.

[Duke87 1,070]

(945)

Well, I've hiked ski trails on foot in the summer. That's about the closest to skiing I've gotten

[astronelson 339]

946.

Last time I went skiing I could only go straight or turn left, and I forgot how to stop properly halfway through the day.

In other news, I just did two crossword puzzles.

[Vahr 341]

947

I can ski some doubleblack diamonds out in the mountains in Nevada/California, and the rating system is relative, so a black diamond in Ohio is easier than a black diamond in Pennsylvania.

[Slashback 136]

948

I ski almost every year - my family (me included) takes a trip to Austria, and this season, we're going to a place called "Hochzeiger". I've tried everything from easy blue runs, to really difficult off-piste with lovely powder.

@Blue Lightning: It sounds weird that the rating system is relative - in the European countries are there some guidelines (actually, it's specific rules) that tells when a run is blue, red, etc.

[Muck308 55]

949

I like crossword puzzles myself, astro. I don't have anything else to say about skiing.

[astronelson 339]

950.

My internet connection has gotten quite noticeably faster.

[un1 41]

951 - My trip has been pretty eventful. We broke down in Superior, WI and Tifton, GA. We are behind schedule by 4 hours. (we made up a lot of time between Superior and Tifton)

[Lilchptrk 0]

952

I wanna be able to snowboard.

[Larks2242 251]

953.

I'd try it if i ever got the chance.

[Vahr 341]

954

Well, next time you somehow find yourself at a ski resort with rentals...

[Muck308 55]

955

It just doesn't make sense to me. I know skiing is fun and all, but to rent skis and poles and buy a lift ticket? That's some scratch right there. Ice skating seems more economical.

[Lilchptrk 0]

956

Still wanna know how to snowboard...

[Larks2242 251]

957.

Originally posted by: Blue Lightning

Well, next time you somehow find yourself at a ski resort with rentals... quote>

Thats gonna be hard to pull off i've never been to one and have no clue even where to find one.

[Duke87 1,070]

(958)

Originally posted by: Blue Lightning

a black diamond in Ohio is easier than a black diamond in Pennsylvania.quote>

My first thought was "Wait, What? They have ski slopes in Ohio? ".

Then I remembered that the southeastern part of the state is actually fairly hilly.

[Vahr 341]

959

Don't forget Cuyahoga Valley. Two small resorts there

[Chptrk 86]

960.

Haven't snowboarded since my last post here, so I still have nothing to add.