Bunny

Okay, so long story short...or at least only mildly long, heh:

I went skiing a few times back in high school and a random time or two in college. I was never an expert, but I got by and had a lot of fun, even with those that were more experienced than I was.

My fiancee *loves* to ski, but he'd moved away from his home area, and up until a couple weeks ago, we'd never gotten the chance to go skiing together. I was whisked away on a semi-Valentine's Day present weekend....only "semi" because it was with a fairly large group of people, including family, hehe, but I was the only one that didn't know about it until right before the weekend hit.

Anywho, we get there, and it turns out, I'm a lot more inexperienced than I remember and not nearly as coordinated as I thought, lol! I wasn't 'horrible', but halfway through the day, I resorted to skiing the bunny slopes (hence the humiliating username I chose, lol) with his 12 year old niece...pretending to teach her things, but knowing that she was probably better than I was anyway, and just pitying me.

So now with my ego bruised (along with my ass and practically every other body part from the multiple falls I had) and my heart afire, I'm here to learn a bit more than I already know, and hopefully get myself ready for future adventures. I want to be able to ski more with 'him', not his niece, lol, and maybe I'll be able to return a surprise trip or two to him once I'm prepared. I think after this ski trip, I need any form of encouragement I can get, even if all I'm doing is exposing myself to other skiiers,!

Public_Enemy

You were exposing yourself to other skiers? Did this cause a lot of wrecks?

Bunny

*Gasp!* That is 'not' what I meant, lol. I meant just being around you guys (exposing myself to other skiers :P) because everyone seems so experienced. Although, now that I think about it, I probably would've been 'less' embarrassed had I just exposed myself out there on the snow, heh.

SkiMonkey

Haha, Bunny. The part where you said "exposing myself" had me laughing so hard I almost cried! Don't worry, us skiers with a little bit more experience are here to help

Public_Enemy

Oh ok just checking

snowpixie

Lol, just remember we all started out not knowing how to ski. Its not something humans are born doing (no matter what they might try to tell you). Once you get confident and are willing to go for it you'll get better in no time so long as you have some balance and coordination.

SkaredShtles

You don't actually need any balance or coordination. Just ask Renegade Rick.

Bunny

Renegade Rick? I'll have to find this one, hehe.

And the thing is, I think I 'used' to have balance and coordination....or maybe my memory just fills in all the blanks and makes me think I didn't used to be half bad. Now I'm gonna have to re-find whatever I may or may not have had, lol.

SlippinNSliding

Yeah, or Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards. Though he pretty much was the joke of the winter Olympics that year.

A lot of it may be conditioning. Physically you use different muscle groups to ski than you do to perform daily tasks. And hence, different muscles need to be toned and strong. Practice and those muscles will once again learn how they need to work.

RenegadeRick

Man is this true. You don't need any kind of physical fitness either.

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