Stefan 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 I'm guessing from a recent pole that most users are early 20's to mid 30's. Do you think you'll still be skiing/ boarding into your 40's and 50's ? Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Certainly hope so - - see a lot of that age group on the Japanese resorts Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 I hope so! Link to post Share on other sites
IM 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Im 43 and pulling over 50 days/season and my dad is 79 and still doing about 20. I hope I would beat him when Im at his age. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Thats fantastic IM. I'm impressed. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 Yeah i reckon i'll carry the sport on to my kids... Im only 21 now but i think i'll keep it up for a whilE! How much fun would it be teaching a littlie to board! how CUTE!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by s_f_g / sam: How much fun would it be teaching a littlie to board! how CUTE!!! Get up! GET UP!! Don't just lie there like a beached pilchard, geddup and board for chrissakes! No, I'm not coming back up to help you! Yes, it's cold, there wouldn't be any friggin snow if it wasn't!! Turn! TURN!! WATCH THAT MINISKIER YOU'LL BE GIVING THE NEXT GENERATION A BAD NAME IF YOU RUB HER OUT!! Gomenasai, gomensai, daijobu desuka? Gomensai... PILLOCK! I SAID TURN!! I hope to be at it until I snap in half and die on the gelende. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Yep i going to do it as long as i can. Hopefully until im 99 like that dude who did Everest. Not likely though! But it'd be good!!! Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Sounds like fun ocean.... patients is a key point there hey, and then you'll power on forever!! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 I will turn 30 soon enough and I intend to teach sking at first and then the tykes can choose what ever they want to do. I hope the inlaws can still take them Mt climbing and to respect nature too. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 I hope I can ski when I 'm 30 let alone 80 or 90. My knees ache already. Ibuprophen is my best friend. If not I can always amputate them and ski in one of those hydrolic buckets. I saw a guy at Whistler in one come flying off a Cornice and then doing like 2 or 3 GS turns down a huge face. If I can't ski hard in my old age hopefully I will at least be able to tour around on some glaciers if any are left. As for teaching your children to ski as most people have posted I would have to say no way to that. Keep the kids away from me. None of that. Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 my dear old gramps is 85 years old and still takes a 2-week trip to aspen every year... amazing...I hope I can do that when I get that age danz Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 Did the skyline ridge at Happone with a 60 plus Japanese guy I met on the lift one time. He ducked under the ropes and was audibly whooping with glee as he cranked some early season powder turns. I'll be happy if I can do the same sort of thing when I'm his age-neverending adolescence. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted June 8, 2003 Share Posted June 8, 2003 I hope so - I see quite a few people here in their 60s and 70s (all skiing). Good on 'em! Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 Hope so, what a wonderful activity to be doing when you're getting on - standing on the top of the mountains and gliding down. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted June 11, 2003 Share Posted June 11, 2003 I think Ill be more into touring than resort stuff in middle age, but then maybe back to resorts when Im old and decrepit and cant hike. With a busted knee already Im just hoping that I dont get all twisted up with arthritis and have to hang up the planks early. Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted June 12, 2003 Author Share Posted June 12, 2003 Zweglen, what do you mean by touring? As touring to me is old people taking bus tours to old places like Castles etc and maybe stopping off at a tea room for scones with jam and cream? Somehow you don't seem that kind of girl. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 scones and jam and cream - oh my! Nah i was talking more about not going pell mell down the mountain getting back on the lift and doing it againandagainandagain. More hiking etc as its less injury prone and Ill need the fitness when my metabolism packs up Link to post Share on other sites
mikazooki 0 Posted June 12, 2003 Share Posted June 12, 2003 i could go a nice scone right now. sometimes the convenience stores can be a real let down. inadequately stocked with things that would be really convenient. if i tackled one of the aforementioned buses to the ground and gained access to its inner refuge, would i be guaranteed of acquiring a scone? Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan 0 Posted June 12, 2003 Author Share Posted June 12, 2003 It's inprobable. The aforementioned bus is packed with a slobbering toothless mass of 70+ ers, who gaurd their scones with their lives. Any kind of attempted hijacking would surely end in disaster unless equipped with: a) Spinach (they love it) a small child so they can pinch his/her cheek and wipe stuff off the childs face using spit and a hankey. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted June 14, 2003 Share Posted June 14, 2003 I hope so! Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Check this one out too Wally Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 I hope so, well beyond that. Whats to stop us? (apart from health issues?) Our sport(s) such an exhilirating feeling.... Link to post Share on other sites
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