Ski

Suddenly, I was airborne. Everything went black, and I mean BLACK. That was the start of an experience that taught me to try new things. It happened to be my first year skiing. I flew around like a drunken man when we started, falling every time I stood up. To be honest, I was embarrassed but also determined. Slowly, day by day I improved. It was grueling but I did it. By the final day of skiing I was the best in the group. That same day, sometime in the beginning of January, I was at lessons.…

life. It's a very expensive sport. But thanks to my parents, they have created this opportunity for me to find what I live for. Every waking chance I get, I go skiing. Even when I can't make it up to the mountain, I ski…

“Yay,” I yelled as we , pulled up to my favorite cousin’s house. We were at the Alapaha river in Stockton,Ga.It was the fourth of July year of 2012.My cousin,my sisters, and I were going to ride some jet skis. “The jet skis look beautiful,”my cousin said. We had my stand up jet ski and three sit on jet skis.We rode and rode, which seemed like forever , but we had a lot of fun riding.Eventually we stopped and ate some delicious hamburgers. “Those hamburgers really hit the spot,” my sister…

around the world are heading to their favorite ski resorts. While everyone has their favorite resort for this purpose, there are actually quite a few to choose from. But, one of the favorite in the United States is Telluride, which is located in Colorado. If you are looking for a ski adventure, Telluride offers plenty of it. At this resort, there are 2000 acres of skiable land, which is much above average for a typical ski resort. Getting to this ski resort is also simple because there are…

time when I was unsuccessful was the beginning of my U12 ski season. A goal that I had set for myself was to qualify for the New England U12 Ski Championships, called the Piche, in my second year of ski racing. This was a lofty goal. Being on the smaller side, gravity was not in my favor. Weight is a competitive advantage in any ski race. It gives the essential aspect of a successful run, speed. Furthermore, it was only my second year of ski racing. This gave me a great disadvantage against…

I could hardly believe my eyes that day when I received the invitation from my very good friend and skier, John. He had invited me to go backcountry skiing with him on a mountain in Salt Lake City a month from now, something I had never done before. Though I lived in Salt Lake City, where there were plenty of unexplored places to go backcountry skiing, I had always stuck to resort skiing because I had the idea that backcountry skiing was something very difficult and dangerous. However, I had…

skiing in case I just NEED to capture a photo of the gorgeous view. The whole adventure of skiing is fun because sometimes you can become lost. Although it’s alarming if you don’t know where you are, there are maps of the mountain everywhere to help you ski to where you need to…

or something next to me that looks like you, but I think it is asleep, so we have to be quiet. Okay?” It took a couple minutes for adam to respond, and when he finally responded he said,” Are you still on that ski lift, because it should be over by now.” Just then Dylan realized that the ski lift was stopped and he was in the middle of it. The figure was nowhere in sight. Dylan looked below and saw the figure scrambling away and because it was so dark he quickly ran out of sight. Dylan realized…

us the whole time? Heading off to the hotel room after the fourth round of sledging 2. First, Schreckfeld, Bort – three ski stations. First has one of the most enviable views of the Swiss Alps and is also the best starting point for sledging if you want to get down to Bort. The hotel there offers the most sinfully good meals in the whole resort. The view from Bort ski slope 2. Pets (even though we only saw dogs) are welcome everywhere - literally, and they get served water and biscuits.…

Skiing is a great way to exercise, yet have fun. I ski because I like the feeling of going really fast down a steep snow covered hill and catching really big air. I like any type of skiing, downhill, cross country, even backcountry. I love the feeling I get when I am in the air for a long time. I also like the vibe that a ski resort gives off. There are the ski bums(that are there everyday), the crazy ski team kids that send it off anything, and the first timers, everyone is having fun. I like…