26 Quotes About Skiing

Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.

On pristine parchment I draw with my skis calligraphic lines of joy, writing poems of movement.

What sadist had invented the concept of skiing? Kira wondered. Who was the first person to decide it would be fun to rocket shakily down an icy mountain on two pieces of metal with wind attacking your face and snow spraying into your eyes and people whipping all around, waving spiky poles like gladiators closing in for a kill? She was shocked lawyers hadn't shut down the sport yet; the potential for catastrophe was rampant.

Skiing can be thought of as a control and guidance activity, sliding down on a varying surface

He liked the atmosphere of skiing - the fire-warmed lodge, the view of a snowy mountainside, the clean air, the drinks - but not the sport itself.

My right foot hits the ground first, but my left one's gone AWOL, and I'm cartwheeling, my body mapped by local explosions of pain -- ankle, knee, elbow -- shit, my left ski's gone, whipped off, vamoosed -- ground-woods-sky, ground-woods-sky ground-woods-sky, a faceful of gravelly snow; dice in a tumbler; apples in a tumble dryer, a grunt, a groan, a plea, a shiiiiiiiiit ... [ ... ]Gravity, velocity, and the ground; stopping is going to cost a fortune and the only acceptable currency is pain.

I don't put anything in front of taking ski racing and sports seriously.

There are only four things you can do on skis. Turn right, turn left, go straight, or sell them.