Skiing

When I ski I feel like I am in the heaven eating vanilla ice cream, laying on the huge mattress while twin brunettes ... well, pour hot chocolate over ... well ... ice cream, obviously. Occasionally tension in my knees and surrounding muscles get me back to reality where I am surrounded by faster and slower bundles of fashionable clothes and various pieces of equipment which are in stark contrast with the pristine, white mountain. The freshness of air and cold temperature adds to the heavenly atmosphere. There is only one other thing on Earth which gives me so much pleasure as skiing but I don't want to bore you with the most overrated activity. (There are too many ...  Read the complete review

Skiing in general - A Review from a humble beginner Before you read this bear in mind this is from the point of view of an ''unbalanced skier'' (as the wii calls me). It might just entice you to try it if you have never hit the slopes. This is about the wonderful world skiing is from booking the holiday and the resort to getting stuck half way up a mountain! If you are an expert you might just cringe and shout ''You Muppet'' and laugh at what us foolish beginners do! I'm sure everyone has made some mistakes when they first started out! How do you get into skiing? I must have jumped on the ski bandwagon late as I didn't ...  Read the complete review

The tragic accident to Natasha Richardson whilst learning to ski at the Tremblant ski resort in eastern Canada highlights the fact that skiing, for all its supposed glamour and glitz, can be a dangerous sport. Richardson is not the only high-profile person to suffer an accident whilst skiing; Sonny Bono, former husband of American singer, Cher, suffered a fatal accident whilst skiing, as did Senator Robert Kennedy's son, Michael. Richardson is 45 and whilst this may be considered a late start in life for such an energetic and technically demanding sport, it is actually not much different from the age at which I first learned. It is to my eternal regret that ...  Read the complete review

As a qualified ski instructor... my review is totally biased as I LOVE SKIING... First of all one of the main preconceptions we need to clear up is that of people that don't ski or have never been and when thinking of an excuse for why they haven't previously is usually something along the lines of "I don't like the cold so skiing isn't for me". Believe me the temperature may be -10C and 30cm of fresh snow has just fallen but one thing you won't be is cold. It's so much fun as a beginner, an intermediate or even an expert. The adrenalin rush is amazing and the scenery is beautiful. Ski ...  Read the complete review

Skiing *sigh*, my favourite thing in the whole wide world......bitten by the bug after a school trip in the 80s, I have a secret yearning to take a gap year and become a ski bum for a season. So why do I love it so much? Well, there is the little matter of the incredible adrenaline rush you get - whether hammering down a fairly easy red run, or bashing the moguls on the black that every sane skier avoids, or the amazing powder that ou know you will face plant into if you go just that bit too fast....that heart racing moment just cannot be beaten. But it is not just the adrenaline.......the beauty of the snow is just amazing - when you get off the ...  Read the complete review