Downhill Skiing

Griff · 02-11-2018, 08:51 AM

Pete and I joined a Tuesday night race league. We joined because the $70 got us 5 nights of skiing a Saturday pass and a steak dinner. We stuck around because it's freaking awesome.

Unfortunately, Pete can now quantify the fact that she is better than me.

I had better times than her the first three races but she turned it around for the last two. We both progressed a lot but not nearly enough to push any of the top racers. There is a huge skills gap there. Pete had a bronze and two silvers in her division the last three weeks and I got two bronzes the last two weeks. We are both out skiing our equipment and Pete is very fired up about this so it looks like will be in the market for new gear. The racing really helped my recreational skiing a lot and got us through what can be a bleak time of year. recommended

Clodfobble · 02-11-2018, 09:08 AM

Cool! Watch out for trees.

Undertoad · 02-11-2018, 09:08 AM

next level coolness factor!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-11-2018, 10:32 AM

We need video!

glatt · 02-11-2018, 02:07 PM

Awesome. It's like a mini vacation when you do stuff like that on a weekend.

Gravdigr · 02-11-2018, 03:05 PM

I need more adrenaline in my life.

fargon · 02-11-2018, 03:10 PM

I no longer need or want more adrenaline in my life

monster · 02-11-2018, 08:38 PM

That's a great deal! I am so much too old and fraidy cat. I've downhill skied on real snow for one week of my life when I was 17. Yes, I have lived in Michigan for 17 years where we currently have over a foot of snow. Bite me

We don't have any real slopes anyway -the ice-age took care of that.

Everyone here just XC skis. I see no appeal.....

monster · 02-11-2018, 08:39 PM

(oh and go you, that is fabulous. I'm sure I'm not remotely envious...)

xoxoxoBruce · 02-11-2018, 10:28 PM

I'm envious, hanging out with, even being beaten by, Pete would be a pleasure.

Griff · 02-12-2018, 05:44 AM

Thanks dudes!

lumberjim · 02-12-2018, 04:21 PM

way cool. It goes without saying, that the griffs are the coolest, but I'm saying it anyway.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-18-2018, 09:25 PM

Then you splurge, and hire a helicopter to take you to the top of the mountain.
This will be the greatest downhill run ever... and then, and then...

Griff · 02-19-2018, 05:56 AM

Pricey non-event.

lumberjim · 02-19-2018, 08:43 AM

oh damn. i lolled. what's plan b?

02-11-2018, 08:51 AM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Downhill Skiing Pete and I joined a Tuesday night race league. We joined because the $70 got us 5 nights of skiing a Saturday pass and a steak dinner. We stuck around because it's freaking awesome. Unfortunately, Pete can now quantify the fact that she is better than me. I had better times than her the first three races but she turned it around for the last two. We both progressed a lot but not nearly enough to push any of the top racers. There is a huge skills gap there. Pete had a bronze and two silvers in her division the last three weeks and I got two bronzes the last two weeks. We are both out skiing our equipment and Pete is very fired up about this so it looks like will be in the market for new gear. The racing really helped my recreational skiing a lot and got us through what can be a bleak time of year. recommended Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-11-2018, 09:08 AM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Cool! Watch out for trees. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

02-11-2018, 10:32 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	We need video! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-11-2018, 03:05 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I need more adrenaline in my life. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

02-11-2018, 03:10 PM	#7
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I no longer need or want more adrenaline in my life __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

02-11-2018, 09:08 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	next level coolness factor!

02-11-2018, 02:07 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Awesome. It's like a mini vacation when you do stuff like that on a weekend.

02-11-2018, 08:38 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That's a great deal! I am so much too old and fraidy cat. I've downhill skied on real snow for one week of my life when I was 17. Yes, I have lived in Michigan for 17 years where we currently have over a foot of snow. Bite me We don't have any real slopes anyway -the ice-age took care of that. Everyone here just XC skis. I see no appeal..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-11-2018, 08:39 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(oh and go you, that is fabulous. I'm sure I'm not remotely envious...) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-11-2018, 10:28 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm envious, hanging out with, even being beaten by, Pete would be a pleasure. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-12-2018, 05:44 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks dudes! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-12-2018, 04:21 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	way cool. It goes without saying, that the griffs are the coolest, but I'm saying it anyway. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-18-2018, 09:25 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Then you splurge, and hire a helicopter to take you to the top of the mountain. This will be the greatest downhill run ever... and then, and then... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-19-2018, 05:56 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Pricey non-event. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-19-2018, 08:43 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	oh damn. i lolled. what's plan b? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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