Word: skying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...course, the better a skier you are the more you can enjoy the sensation of sliding downhill. Anyone with enough patience who is willing to withstand a few seasons of embarrassing uncoordination can learn to ski well, and no matter what legions of instructors say, skiing can be a self-taught discipline. All you need is someone to show you the basics...
Therein lies another of the attractions of skiing. As with any individual sport, success breeds a satisfying feeling of individual accomplishment. Most winter sports are team-oriented. Even Bobby Orr has to rely on his fellow Black Hawks in order to be successful. Unlike team sports, too, the goal for most skiers is not to win, although the Downhill Racer mystique does pervade the sport; especially among younger skiers. There's generally no one to beat except yourself. After about five lessons I taught myself to ski, and while I am far from great (knees generally too far apart...
...foot drop. He told himself to relax and enjoy the ride and began to project his trajectory when he noticed a fallen tree resting on its branches directly in his path. He slammed into it at full speed, the trunk hitting him in mid-thigh. He, too, managed to ski away with only severe bruises. He skis...
...speed to avoid a beginner who had fallen in my path. I never got control and could feel something awful happening to my knee as I plunged into a snowbank. My bindings did not release and I found myself wrapped up like a pretzel and in considerable pain. A ski patrolman came by and congratulated me for my graceful swoon. Then he left. Approximately half an hour later I managed to get up and it took me two hours to complete a 30 minute run. My knee
...began one November morning two years ago when my sister entered my room wearing my ski boots and a canary-eating grin. It seems, I was told, that the boots no longer fit me but that they fit my sister just fine...