The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.
Oakmont, you've got to be playing slope.
There are definitely perks to being a good ski racer.
Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense.
I wasn't into the lunchbox and thermos ski slope, and that's where I was going.
This circuit is interesting because it has inclines and declines. Not just up, but down as well.
You know what the best thing about morning ski trips are? McDonald's!
The best indication is that I still love to ski on most anything, from skating gear to heavy metal.
For the moment, the snow is quite wet and soft. If it was hard or icy, it would be a perfect downhill for my style, because I could fight even harder.
Finally you begin to make your mistakes on the highest level-let's say the upper slopes of slippery Parnassus-and it's at that point you need coaching.
