Skiing!

Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:09 am

We went skiing today, and it was my first time to ski! I got up on the second try! It was fun! Later, I fell and forgot to let go, so I really gulped down some water.

And don't forget sunburns. Hands, legs, arms, and face are really pink! And that was with sunscreen stuff...

<-- That's about how red I am.... Grr...

Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:45 am

I'm going skiing in August for the long weekend, from other PPTers testimony i'll remember sunscreen.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:42 am

I've been skiing 3 times. I feel so middle class.

My brothers have both been 4, and one of them hasn't really mastered going forwards yet.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 1:54 pm

Don't forget the windburn - and get some goggles or cheap sunglasses (this is really just a ZZ Top reference). The glare from snow can blind you pretty quickly. Plus, goggles make you look more experienced and cooler.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:00 pm

Wait.. Are you talking about water skiing or normal skiing? (With snow)

I love to water skii, it's so fun, though I hate to hold to the arm thingy because it hurts after a while. Other than that, it rules, now, if only I had a boat and some skis.

Normal is skiing is not that fun, for the down hill, it's ok but cold, for crosscountry its boring and hot. Water skiing is much better.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:06 pm

I'm assuming you mean water skiing seeing as hopefully if you were snow skiing you wouldn't be swollowing water... and if you were, I'm afraid your in the wrong season.
Water skiing... would be fun if I wasn't so darn hydrophobic.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:38 pm

Water skiing? Don't I feel stupid.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:53 pm

Yeah, water skiing. Stupid me for not saying specifically. :oops:

Website · Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:24 pm

I've never been water skiing or snow skiing. =P That's how poor I am.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:39 pm

Jill wrote:I've never been water skiing or snow skiing. =P That's how poor I am.

It doesn't take a lot of money - you can rent skis and get a lift ticket at a lot of ski resorts for under 40 bucks. It'll cost you only a little less to go to a baseball game, after everything is said and done, and twice that to go to a professional American football game.

Website · Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:12 pm

shapu wrote:
Jill wrote:I've never been water skiing or snow skiing. =P That's how poor I am.

It doesn't take a lot of money - you can rent skis and get a lift ticket at a lot of ski resorts for under 40 bucks. It'll cost you only a little less to go to a baseball game, after everything is said and done, and twice that to go to a professional American football game.

They don't have water skiiing down the shore...just wave runners you can rent and ride on.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:52 pm

Jill wrote:
shapu wrote:
Jill wrote:I've never been water skiing or snow skiing. =P That's how poor I am.

It doesn't take a lot of money - you can rent skis and get a lift ticket at a lot of ski resorts for under 40 bucks. It'll cost you only a little less to go to a baseball game, after everything is said and done, and twice that to go to a professional American football game.

They don't have water skiiing down the shore...just wave runners you can rent and ride on.

Dangit, I keep thinking snow skiing.

Waterskiing can be done without skis at all. Lots of people do barefoot water skiing, although it's definitely generally regarded as more mannish.

Mon Jul 19, 2004 7:57 pm

I've been water skiing twice. It's a blast!! I wish I could really get good at it, but I haven't been in a couple years so I'm not that good.

Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:18 am

I've never been waterskiing before.

Or snowskiing, for that matter.

Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:44 am

I've never skiied either.. never thought of skiing in the summer tho

I recommend padded pants to absorb impact :p