Skiing

After numerous failed skiing attempts, I was certain that I would not once place my feet in the stiff boots again. In hindsight, two runs down the mountain were not enough to make me an Olympic skier. Clumsily returning to ski school for the third year in a row, I again towered above all my fellow novices by approximately two feet. The three and four-year old children flew down the slopes with ease, making my attempt at skiing a pitiful sight to watch. Despite the embarrassment…

winter with me. From an extraordinarily young age, I developed a deep passion for snow sports. My dad taught me how to ski when I was just two years old, and I was a naturally exceptional skier. By the age of four, I surpassed my father’s skiing skills, who has been skiing for over twenty years. I soon discovered the concept of snowboarding and developed an ardor for the sport. I would sit on the side of all the trails and the terrain parks and watch the snowboarders fly by.…

All year the mountains are amazing; I never get bored because every season brings new activities that I love including hiking, biking, rafting, snowshoeing, skiing, horseback riding, rock climbing, and camping. Mountain sports and the raw beauty of the mountains fuel my love for the beautiful place I’ve grown up in. Being with my family or my closest friends in the mountains doing almost any activity out doors…

Springhill, Colorado where freestyle skiing was the norm. The lodge where I stayed was one of the lesser popular resort for skiing because my mother refused to let myself or my father ski in fear of injury. On the contrast, I felt immersed in the winter culture, and this article brings back those fond memories of my vacation. The author, Henry Fountain is able to catch the reader’s attention by illustratively breaking down the incredibly difficult sport of freestyle skiing into simple constructs…

years since I had last spent time in Colorado, my old home. I was ecstatic I had the opportunity to visit during the winter so I could once again experience one of my favorite activities of skiing. Shortly after attending my family reunion, my family made their way up to Monarch Mountain to spend the day skiing. I was more than happy to have gotten to see all of my relatives, whom I only get to see once or twice a year. During the remaining fifteen minutes before closing time, most of my family…

chemistry of snow and waxing is crucial to waxing skis because it helps ensure our skis glide smoothly on the snow. The unseen world of chemistry is present everyone. It affects everyone on a daily basis from routine activities to athletics. Skiing has showed me the importance of physical changes and explains how ski wax goes through the states of matter when applying wax to a ski. If I did not understand the physical properties of wax, the various density of waxes and their melting points…

return home accurately and in one piece, and who cares if we seem like an alien from famous person wars, as long as we nevertheless get to go domestic on the end of the day! A fellow instructor friend of mine recommends to his beginners to get a skiing helmet as soon as possible even though they're traveling slow, however simply actually because a person else can also lose manage at pace and take you with them! I've visible it manifest. My advice... Helmet Up!! Just make certain it fits nicely…

trip,” I thought. I was in Utah on a mountain for a skiing trip. The sun shined down on the snowy mountain, the air was thin and cold. I could hear the raspy sound of skis against snow in the distance. The smell french fries from the restaurant next to me overwhelmed my nose the salty smell beckoning me to walk in. The restaurant looked alien in the surrounding snow. I decided that I was going to ski a black diamond, which is the hardest run in skiing. They usually are the steepest and they also…

day! I have a confession to make. I am a prairie girl by birth and my love for snow runs deep. I vividly remember my first snow day on the North Shore Mountains. It was surreal to me that I could leave the big city far below and within minutes be skiing downhill. The panoramic views from the ski hills…

During spring break of 2016 I went to Winter Park, Colorado. That was the first time I had ever snowboarded. I had skied as a kid but I always wanted to snowboard. For Spring Break, my 19 year old brother put together a group to go skiing and snowboarding. The Friday night after everyone was out of school and off work, we went on our way to Winter Park. My best friend, Jade, got to come on the trip as well and we learned to snowboard together. We had to tell ourselves to be open-minded and don’t…