Rushing down a snow covered slope on wooden planks– that was my reflection of skiing. I never thought skiing to be anything more and I never ever dreamed sliding down the incline myself. Until‚ a holiday to US was planned in December 2009. It was my first experience with snow and it was close to midnight when the plane landed. After renting a four-wheel drive‚ my family and I made our way to a beautiful wooden lodge in Lake Tahoe. The sky was scattered with twinkling stars and the roadsides were
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Mevis 9/27/13 Essay 1 11:00 Snow Skiing Bliss Everyone has a favorite place they love to be. This place is usually chosen by an experience there or a feeling a person gets when they are spending time in that place. My favorite place in the whole world is Wolfe Creek Ski Resort in Pagosa Springs‚ Colorado. I love it there‚ and you would‚ too. Wolfe Creek Ski Resort is my most favorite place because it is where I first learned and started my passion for skiing. I was a ten year old Texas girl at
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sweaty from fear and the sun rising just over Nordic Mountain. I could feel my head pounding harder and harder I couldn’t keep my past from creeping into my mind. My friends (Jacob and Daniel) seem to be pretty excited “ man I can’t wait to start skiing this is my first time this year!” Jacob said looking like he hasn’t skied in 3 years. As we pulled into the parking lot‚ Daniel flew open the door and waited impatiently for his skis. I got out moving as slower than a sloth and feeling sick to my
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It’s the last day of 2014 and my family and I are out skiing in the Black Hills‚ SD for winter break. As an alpine ski racer‚ i generally like to downhill ski instead of cross country ski. But on January 31st‚ I make the stupid decision to go cross country skiing with my dad and sister. WORST DECISION I EVER MADE. We had about a half hour drive to the rental shop for my dad and I to get rental skis. My sister already had skis because she races for the school Nordic team. Once we had gotten our
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Skiing is one of the most wonderful winter sports in the world. Skiing offers you the opportunity to enjoy the breathtaking views of mountains‚ sliding on the snow-covered slopes and hang out with your buddies. The climatic conditions are also pleasant‚ which makes the ski holidays more enjoyable. Some people always hesitate when they are invited for a ski tour due to which they miss all the fun and adventure. There are a plenty of benefits that skiing has to offer you‚ but you need to decide to
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shown that you can reduce brain injury by as much as 35 percent when you wear a helmet. What are some of the causes of TBI when skiing or snowboarding? The biggest risks come from colliding with a tree‚ falling hard or colliding with another skier. The statistics have proven that people should be wearing them. Every year‚ around 700 people suffer from snowboarding and skiing accidents that send them to the emergency room. While helmets are not a silver bullet to the issue of TBI‚ they can reduce
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swiftly gliding across the snow is a thrilling moment no one will ever forget. Cross-country skiing is one way you can feel this exhilarating moment. Learning about the history‚ the techniques‚ and about some athletes that perform this sport can be strenuous but also interesting. Generally speaking‚ cross-country skiing is one of the most watched sport in the Winter Olympics up next to hockey and figure skiing. Nearly 100 years ago the first male cross-country skier raced competitors from other countries
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more people are trading in their two planks for a nasty snowboard setup. Snowboarding has not only had positive aspects for itself‚ it has made some powerful contributions to the development of other aggressive sports such as‚ freestyle skiing‚ snow blade-skiing‚ and it even brought skateboarding back to life. These many things snowboarding does for our lifestyle make it the greatest snow sport ever. Over the past ten years snowboarding really has hit it big. ?In the year 2000‚ snowboarding was
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Snowboarding and skiing are highly popular winter sports to the people with the resources to it. If a person lives close enough to a resort‚ they will often find themselves going nearly every weekend and spending as much time on the mountain as they can. The sport becomes a passion to them; it becomes a chance for them to getaway. Snowboarding is a sport with unlimited opportunities and it is something that a person can participate in throughout your entire physically able life. Snowboarding is set
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summer and autumn extensive hiking- and mountain bike trails make possible that various groups of people can “use” this natural area. In winter‚ of course‚ are the winter sports are the main reason‚ why people go to Black Forest. Both alpine skiing and Nordic skiing and can be practice in many places. In recent years the Black Forest has been subdivided into two natural parks‚ obtained with the objectives of the landscape as a cultural landscape. In little towns the tourists can stay in a normal
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