It must be perfect. The snow. The light. The number of skiers on the mountain. Are they on skis or snowboards? Are the blues really blues or are they easy blacks? Sure, I want to keep skiing at my age, but that was before two back surgeries, a broken wrist done cross-country skiing last season, … [Read more...]
How an injury leads to missing the bliss of skiing
At this moment, my body has as many new scars as a trail map loaded with expert runs. For the first time in 45 years, discounting two pregnancies, I will not be up on skis of any kind. I had a feeling that this day would come and it is here. An unfortunate lift of a too-heavy piece of … [Read more...]
In search of habit and comfort in the Mount Washington Valley
It’s a revolutionary change. Both good and not so good. It involves retraining brain and body. Forgetting about the past. It’s taking a solid intermediate skier, comfortable at that level, and putting her in a self-driving race car with no seat belts. Enter the Women’ K2 First Luv Skis that … [Read more...]