Icon Photo - Adam Delorme.
If you dont agree, youre wrong.
But what makes it such an ample pastime?
Its fun, healthy, rewarding and is an excellent outlet for stress and lifts burdens from the mind.
But other sports have these benefits too.
When you don’t know where in hell you are going, it is adamnadventure.
Feeling like one of the great explorers of old, when the world was still relatively unknown.
The ability to take your skis anywhere you wish is an unrivaled privilege.
Sail them through a breath taking back bowl and then lead them to battle through the park.
It’s a beautiful thing.
With all of those options how can you get bored?
The variety offered every day by skiing keeps you coming back for more.
The setting of the sport is, by its very nature, variable.
By the time you even begin to delve into all the possibilities the entire landscape could have changed.
Closely trailing the snow onslaught of the mid-season comes the much anticipated 65 degree spring skiing.
Cruisin', boozin', flying through the park in a T-shirt and spraying chicks in bikinis.
What sport can compete with that?
The flagship trait of Freeskiing is creativity.
To be creative is to be innovative.
Everyone has their own unique styles and skillsets that bring a fresh flair to skiing every single day.
Another outstanding quality skiing possesses is the stage in which it takes place.
The athletes we look up to hit the same features that we all have equal access too.
Skiing is a very personal sport, the heart of which lies somewhere between your soul and your skis.
In its very essence it promotes individualism but, does so within a community.
That’s the other profound thing.
We call our teammates brothers and sisters and our team is our family.
You work together, play together, learn, laugh and suffer together.
Not if I would have started skateboarding or twerking but who I’ve actually become.
Skiing has taught me so many lessons that I apply to my everyday life.
I found that when I put in hard work and time skiing always gives back to me.
Not to leave out invaluable things like discipline and persistence.
How it feels to achieve a personal goal so that I’m willing to conquer another.
Or learning how it feels to be on top, and then being absolutely humbled.
You may not have even noticed before, but lessons like these have shaped who you are.
Sometimes the way you learn something and the way it becomes engrained in your mind shapes your personality.
Skiing stands out in the crowd for a myriad of other reasons.
Not to mention the pristine locales, the wonderful people and just the all-around good vibe atmosphere.
Skiing is a beautiful thing.
It’s the ability to express yourself without chains.
It is a fully open source sport ripe for hacking, there are no rules.
It wants you to have your way with it.
We are all so very blessed.
So come on guys, let the feels flow.
What does skiing mean toyou?
Dig deep and comment.
