The problem with winter sports is that -- follow me closely here -- they generally take place in winter.
Dave BarryTag: humor sports football ice-fishing ice-skating skiing snow-camping snowboarding
In the nineteenth century, Fritjof Nansen wrote that skiing washes civilization clean from our minds by dint of its exhilarating physicality. By extension, I believe that snow helps strip away the things that don't matter. It leaves us thinking of little else but the greatness of nature, the place of our souls within it, and the dazzling whiteness that lies ahead.
Charlie EnglishI feel the need to endanger myself every so often.
Tim DalyTag: adventure self danger excitement sports challenge skiing
My family never went skiing. My dad was afraid of heights and my mom felt that a vacation was only a vacation if it involved reading at least two books on the beach.
Lisa GreenwaldMost people think love comes from the heart or soul. The heart simple pumps blood, so love can't be created there. Where is the center for what appears to be a persons soul? The brain. And what is created there Jilly? That's right-dopamine. What does dopamine do? creates feelings of love and euphoria. How do we get our brains to create more? Drugs, massage, and or sex. Boil it down and it's all just dopamine. The good news is that you can also get more dopamine pumping through your brain by skiing fast...
Kaya McLarenShe and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero in that kind of snow.
Kaya McLarenSpeed masks accuracy
Derek TateTag: performance skiing technical performance-improvement
Flow can be described as the icing on the cake
Derek TateTag: performance skiing technical skiing-performance
Skiing can be thought of as a control and guidance activity, sliding down on a varying surface
David W. MurrieTag: skiing skiing-performance skiing-biomechanics technical-skiing
I found in myself the ability to give everything, to lay the whole show on the line. In that ability is hidden happiness, and all men have it, lurking somewhere..
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