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madmax17
Friendly guy đź’–
EMHPicardo
thosearntpillows
Yup
Imustntrunaway
Skiiing is cool, and it's fun.
It's also seemingly permanently affected my ability to read as quickly as I used to after I accidentally my head as a landing strut. Please do try it, but do it right and yeah, definitely grab a helmet. They help.
CatskinnerKeen
I chose to learn rollerblading.
After getting out of the hospital I immediately rebroke several ribs.
Not kidding.
MrStealYourGiF
Everything I know about skiing I picked up from movies, and there seems to be way too many mooks chasing you with snowmobiles and helicopters firing machine pistols for my taste.
hendawg2020
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thehennessy3000
Skiing is just fighting gravity on snow. Gravity wants you to go down the hill at 50 MPH, but I want to go down the hill at 10 MPH. So we compromise back and forth all the way down the slope.
CobainsSarcoma
'lEt'S g0 sKiInG iTlL bE fUN' DO YOU THINK FROSTBITE IS FUN BRAD?
CabooseDM
Fear of failure is real but it WILL pass. Fear of never having tried will stay with you until you die.
MeisterKleister
This stuff depends. If someone has the money, athleticism, mild curiosity, and opportunity to go skiing in their 30s, then maybe you could say that.
But it's also possible someone knows their limit and their body and themselves enough to know it's not worth it for them.
Some injuries can also stay with you until you die. It's not that simple a calculus.
125alex
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ps238principal
My mom's side of the family hail from Colorado, and half of them have needed knee/hip replacements partially due to age but mostly due to a lifetime of injuries on the slopes.
Krashtestdummy
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RemtonDulyak
Tried learning skiing in my late 40s.
Took one lesson, decided it's too unnatural for me.
Snow is to make snowball fights, or to hide in ambush, or just watch from inside a warm house...
SnailTrailSam
I 'learned' in my 40s. I've died 6 times.
EverNotRelevant
Try for 7, it's a lucky number
beenbannedb4
I can relate.
sevro77
MantisTobagganMD
The guy made a million dollars!
MithridateEupator
"Just remember, if you hang in there long enough, good things can happen in this world"
ElbowDeepInUserSub
Hey now, don't jump to conclusions!
NightOwlRally
Me when I get out of the bed wrong in the morning
Neednoggle
This isn't a put down of anyone else, everyone can choose their hobbies as they like, but I'm glad I haven't yet adopted the "I'm too old to learn or do x" attitude.
I've snowboarded since I was a kid, but learned to ski in my twenties, and now at 40, I'm still an avid skier, downhill biker, and surfer (when I can), and still progressing at them.
And I do appreciate that these are all sports of some privilege, I'm very lucky to be able to do them, but the point is I dislike the thought of
Neednoggle
not trying something new that I might enjoy because of a feeling that I'd be incapable of doing it.
VagrantKoba
So you have done an adjacent sport since you were a child and think that you are somehow different because you don't think you're too old? They said "LEARN TO SKI" meaning they didn't do an adjacent sport, and most likely not any sport. It has more to do with being physically inactive as well as a joke about age.
BobbalishBobbus
2 days away from 40 here and i still have it in my head that i want to learn to ski and to surf, among other things. Obviously id have to recognize and accept my level of fitness, but once you stop you dont start back up!
Neednoggle
Happy almost birthday, and I say go for it!
ClutterMonkey
I began learning to snowboard in my late 20s and it was much the same deal without the medical care. After three seasons it wasn’t worth the danger. Combined with the other idiots on the runs just standing around or building jumps it was safer to pick a different hobby.
TaggerXA
First (and only) time on snowboard was in my 20s as well. Really didnt know what I was doing and for some weird reason, I decided to take a “small” jump that some friends had made. Ended up breaking my back - so that was fun /s.
djevelen
I learned to surf as a kid, figured snow boarding was similar in concept, which it is, just in reverse really. First time up the mountain blew out my left knee, i was only like 22 at the time.
ClutterMonkey
Similar to me. I skated as a teen and thought it would be easier than skiing.
crazyspelling
Had a gf that tried to teach me to ski. I can still feel it in my knees. I had a friend that was a competitive skier as a kid/teen who had to retire by college because his knees were shot. I learned that the big unmentioned difference between talented amateurs and pros is their ability to recover from injuries. People think giving 110% is impossible or some huge deal. Guaranteed everyone reading this can go give 110% right now, to whatever, but the problem is you'll get injured.
ChicanoBatman
I traded living the ski mts of Colorado for living and free diving the Pacific in Mexico. Less idiots to run into, but pushing the nose down on a curious Bull Shark at 20 meters definitely feels like a young man's game. I'll be damned if I'm taking up golf yet though. And fuck Pickleball.
chansuke
One of my old neighbors was a saturation diver who worked on oil rigs, usually in the Gulf of Mexico but occasionally his company would fly him to more exotic locales. He'd been doing it for over twenty years, starting in his early twenties. I wouldn't have been able to handle being 800ft down for any amount of time when I was at my peak in my twenties, much less being ten years older than I am now and doing it. Some guys really are built different I guess.
ClutterMonkey
I went back to long distance rifle and added wood carving.
Fuckimgurcunts
I wanna do diving so badly. How problematic is being overweight for diving?
aufdie
Depends on how it affects your swimming/boiyancy. Could make it harder to dial in the amount of weight you carry. I'm a big guy too, it's doable.
dracklen
Not particularly. Diving is inherently a physical activity and you will likely go through your tank faster with heavy breathing from moving around. But really as long as you can fit the gear and swim well enough to pass the exam, you should be okay.
crazyspelling
That is 100% a question for your GP. I can tell you that fucking around under water in a cold-ass ocean is a good way to lose weight. Turns out that being wet and cold burns a lot of calories just by itself, even if you aren't doing a lot else.
alcamar
I learned in my teens that I was too poor to go on ski trips, or trips that weren't sponsored by church. That saved me plenty of money and broken bones over the years
MyCommentsUsuallyHaveTypos
Skiing in the US always struck me as a way to show off you can afford to wear $250 boots a few times a season.
kthnxbye22
Snob.
GordonFreeman59
I was lucky enough to be born in a family that could afford to go skying yearly. I broke 7 bones over the span of 19 years. Half of them were my fault. Overall it was worth it. I took a helicopter ride high on morphin at 11 and the nurses were really kind.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
I was also too poor for skiing but still managed numerous broken bones in my childhood and early adulthood. Yay.
kthnxbye22
Medical care probably cost the same but you saved a bundle on ski equipment!