A true Spring Skiing story !

Many years ago, when my sons were young ( 10-12 ) I began a "ski bum" expedition tradition where for two weeks we would ski! We would leave home not knowing where we would ski and just follow the sun and the snow !
At that time I have a Ford Econoline 12 seater van! I took seats out, put in bed mattresses, and voilà had place to sleep !

As my sons got older ,,they insisted in continuing the tradition ! This was one of those trips !

But first,,you all must promise,,,I mean really promise never to tell my sons that I "passed" along this story to you since they are all "important" management types in multinational companies and,,,,,

Nicholas was 19 and Sasha was 17 and we were with 5 other older great great skiers

We are in one large well know ski resort and it is late April ( this was when there was lots of snow all winter ) ! Great +10c sunny day and we are skiing down a steep narrow run that few skiers take ! We are a serpent one after another following perfect curves !

We get to bottom and my son Nicholas says, " dad,,dad,,did you see those girls" ?
"What girls" I replied ! Seems I was so busy concentrating on my run,,I missed 15 girls tanning ( in various levels of dress) on some rocks !

We had a quick group discussion and off we went again to this secluded run,,,,!
This time I let my son lead ! At a steep section sure enough there were the girls,,,but they were prepared for us ! As we passed them,,,,they all turned their backs to us,,,,bent over and,,,,,,,,, ( sorry Dave is reading this also,,so I let you imagination roam about in that general area close to the donkey ) !!!

At bottom another group conference!
Our male egos were "challenge" ! Our male identities questioned ! We could not let this pass !

What to do!

My son ( which surprised me) came up with a proper "reply" to that gesture !

Here is what we did!

Remember it was late April. It was +10 to +20 c and we were skiing in shorts and T-shits!

At top in this quiet secluded ski run,,,we stripped!!! One person took all our material.

We skied fast,,very fast in a line down this run and at the very place the girls were,,,,,we did a huge "across slope turn" so that we were coming straight for them!

First there was a silence,,,,then cheers,,, calls,,, laughing,,,whistling, more cheers,,,,and as we passed them,,,you could hear the echos in the valley !

Never saw my sons ski so fast and so gracefully !
Never saw such grins on their faces!
Saw how happy they were !

A ski holiday their mother never knew what happened,,but two days later she did mention that the boys "seemed" different ! More sure of themselves !
She asked, "did anything happen on the ski trip" ?

I just smiled and replied with a soft,,,,"lots" !

She knew not to ask what !

That is what Spring skiing does!

pavelski wrote:Many years ago, when my sons were young ( 10-12 ) I began a "ski bum" expedition tradition where for two weeks we would ski! We would leave home not knowing where we would ski and just follow the sun and the snow !
At that time I have a Ford Econoline 12 seater van! I took seats out, put in bed mattresses, and voilà had place to sleep !

As my sons got older ,,they insisted in continuing the tradition ! This was one of those trips !

But first,,you all must promise,,,I mean really promise never to tell my sons that I "passed" along this story to you since they are all "important" management types in multinational companies and,,,,,

Nicholas was 19 and Sasha was 17 and we were with 5 other older great great skiers

We are in one large well know ski resort and it is late April ( this was when there was lots of snow all winter ) ! Great +10c sunny day and we are skiing down a steep narrow run that few skiers take ! We are a serpent one after another following perfect curves !

We get to bottom and my son Nicholas says, " dad,,dad,,did you see those girls" ?
"What girls" I replied ! Seems I was so busy concentrating on my run,,I missed 15 girls tanning ( in various levels of dress) on some rocks !

We had a quick group discussion and off we went again to this secluded run,,,,!
This time I let my son lead ! At a steep section sure enough there were the girls,,,but they were prepared for us ! As we passed them,,,,they all turned their backs to us,,,,bent over and,,,,,,,,, ( sorry Dave is reading this also,,so I let you imagination roam about in that general area close to the donkey ) !!!

At bottom another group conference!
Our male egos were "challenge" ! Our male identities questioned ! We could not let this pass !

What to do!

My son ( which surprised me) came up with a proper "reply" to that gesture !

Here is what we did!

Remember it was late April. It was +10 to +20 c and we were skiing in shorts and T-shits!

At top in this quiet secluded ski run,,,we stripped!!! One person took all our material.

We skied fast,,very fast in a line down this run and at the very place the girls were,,,,,we did a huge "across slope turn" so that we were coming straight for them!

First there was a silence,,,,then cheers,,, calls,,, laughing,,,whistling, more cheers,,,,and as we passed them,,,you could hear the echos in the valley !

Never saw my sons ski so fast and so gracefully !
Never saw such grins on their faces!
Saw how happy they were !

A ski holiday their mother never knew what happened,,but two days later she did mention that the boys "seemed" different ! More sure of themselves !
She asked, "did anything happen on the ski trip" ?

I just smiled and replied with a soft,,,,"lots" !

She knew not to ask what !

That is what Spring skiing does!

Happens to me all the time :oops:














Carrying the clothes :mrgreen:

Yeah I did that before.

And caught an edge.

I am now Jewish :shock:

Tony_H wrote:Yeah I did that before.

And caught an edge.

I am now Jewish :shock:

In that case you'll be well placed to repair your gearbox )

I am faaaaar Too drunk to read all that!

Pavel,
That was really funny :lol:

Do you know, you are beginning to remind me of Spiro, in Gerald Durrell's 'My family and other animals'. He was always telling stories like that - like the one about the guy who built a house and forgot to put the stairs in, and he didn't notice until the builders took the scaffolding down at his house warming party :lol:

brooksy wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yeah I did that before.

And caught an edge.

I am now Jewish :shock:

In that case you'll be well placed to repair your gearbox )

I'm too tight to do that

Tony_H wrote:

brooksy wrote:

Tony_H wrote:Yeah I did that before.

And caught an edge.

I am now Jewish :shock:

In that case you'll be well placed to repair your gearbox )

I'm too tight to do that

Enough already )