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What's your favorite winter sport?
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 2007-02-17 9:48 PM |
Coach  9167     Stairway to Seven |  Subject: What's your favorite winter sport?I just got back from cross country skiing about 90 minutes from where I live, in an area that about 10 years ago (before medical school) I used to spend endless hours recreating in during every season, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, camping, skiing (downhill, cross-country, telemark, backcountry). I felt like I was home again...hard to believe I let that much time go by forgetting that PIttsburgh is in the vicinity of some really incredible state parks & state forests. So what is your favorite wintery sport that you would pick to do? Gack! I can't edit the poll and I hit enter too soon. Oh well, this way it will be a list of our favorite sports... Edited by AdventureBear 2007-02-17 9:48 PM |
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 Extreme Veteran 1491 northeast Ohio | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? Cross country skiing. I started about 15 years ago and love it! When I was a kid up to a twenty something adult, I used to love ice skating, but haven't done that in years. I think I need to dust off the ol' skates. |
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| St Petersburg, Florida | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? Downhill skiing I want to learn how to snowboard and down hill ski.. that would be my ideal winter vacation.. and also hot tubbing with a nice bottle of port.. |
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| Champion 6285 Beautiful Sonoma County | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I want to go snowboarding someday... Get yer butt out here before May, and it'll happen. I'll even save you a lift pass. |
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| Champion 5345 Carlsbad, California | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? No, really: Surfing  Some of the best surf in SoCal happens in the Winter Time. Those Burly Winter storms that form in the gulf of Alaska throw some very big surf our way and if you can brave the cold water, NoCal and CenCal are the places to catch this stuff. My favorite place to catch some if this epic winter surf is Santa Cruz on the north end of Monterey Bay. (Steamer Lane, Pleasure Point and some other less well known spots are the best) Break out the 4/5 Smoothie Wetsuit to keep from going totally hypothermic |
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Science Nerd 28760 Redwood City, California | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I love downhill skiing. I've been trying to learn how to snowboard, too, although I'm not very good at it. Can't do it nearly as much as I'd like living in Virginia.  |
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| Coach 9167 Stairway to Seven | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? SweetK - 2007-02-18 6:51 AM I love cross-country skiing and snowshoeing but the PA winters have been so mild that I've rarely had a chance to get out there. The snow is no where near deep enough to snowshoe and I have to travel about 40+ miles in any direction to get some deep snow. Happy Valley just doesn't seem to get dumped on like it used to. Well the snow is out there now. I was up on Laurel Ridge yesterday, maybe a 90 minute drive from happy valley? It was snowshoe able in the woods and xc skiiable. |
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| Extreme Veteran 474 Ocean City | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? WaterDog66 - 2007-02-18 12:29 AM No, really: Surfing Some of the best surf in SoCal happens in the Winter Time. Those Burly Winter storms that form in the gulf of Alaska throw some very big surf our way and if you can brave the cold water, NoCal and CenCal are the places to catch this stuff. My favorite place to catch some if this epic winter surf is Santa Cruz on the north end of Monterey Bay. (Steamer Lane, Pleasure Point and some other less well known spots are the best) Break out the 4/5 Smoothie Wetsuit to keep from going totally hypothermic SAME GOES FOR ME, EXCEPT I NEED A 5/4/3 hooded suit with 5mm botties and gloves |
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| Pro 4675 Wisconsin near the Twin Cities metro | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? x-c skiing is what got me started in endurance sports and is my first love of sports...here's me (#13) leading a small pack in the 50 km Minnesota Finlandia yesterday...
(Finlandia 2007.jpg) Attachments ---------------- Finlandia 2007.jpg (43KB - 27 downloads) |
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| Master 1901 Central, IL | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? |
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| Arch-Bishop of BT 10278 Pittsburgh | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I started snowboarding a few years ago... nothing fancy, but I liked it better than skiing. Unless of course I catch an edge. Ouch! And after my first two days of learning... the back of both of my thighs turned completely black. But it got better. Peace. |
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| Elite 3020 Bay Area, CA | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I LOVE snowboarding. I took it up a few years ago and it is the best ever. I NEVER got better at skiing, but snowboarding (although very tough at first, I can actually tell I am improving so, it's the best.) I've done cross country skiing and I'd like to like it, but my ankles are SO bad that they are sore after a day, and also the skis are so skinny that there is not enough support and my ankle will turn while I am just standing there and dump me on my butt, which is no fun. I'd like to try snowshoeing, I think that could be a blast. |
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| Extreme Veteran 452 Ottawa, Ontario | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I clicked on telemark skiing just because us tele skiers have to stick together. I actually spend much more time cross country skiing as the trail network in the Gatineau Park is one of the best there is. I love both though. D |
| 2007-02-19 2:32 PM in reply to: #694269 |
| Master 2278 State of Confusion | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? I'd have to say my fav winter sport is snowshoeing. I grew up downhill and cross country skiing since I lived near Mt. Hood, but haven't done any skiing in a few years. It's just too expensive. I started snowshoeing a couple of years ago, and it is an incredible workout. More importantly for me though, is that it is incredibly beautiful and peaceful. I just love the way the world sounds when covered in snow...muffled and peaceful! I haven't done any snowshoeing yet this winter, but fortunately we've had a good year for snow so there is plenty of opportunity. |
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| Veteran 120 Lake Zurich IL | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? You can't forget about Snowmobiling!!! |
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| Master 2051 Portland, OR | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? Birkierunner - 2007-02-18 2:57 PM x-c skiing is what got me started in endurance sports and is my first love of sports...here's me (#13) leading a small pack in the 50 km Minnesota Finlandia yesterday...
Nice pic Birkie!! XC Skiing is tough...makes my legs hurt just thinking about it! BTW, what is telemark skiing? And are you the people that keep calling me during dinner?? |
| 2007-02-19 2:58 PM in reply to: #694269 |
| molto veloce mama 9311 | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? i love snowshoeing, but the last two years there hasn't been enough snow for it, really. |
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| Master 1534 | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? elektra - 2007-02-19 3:55 PM BTW, what is telemark skiing? And are you the people that keep calling me during dinner?? Telemarking is nothing like telemarketing, don't worry |
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| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: What's your favorite winter sport? jwright - 2007-02-19 3:52 PM You can't forget about Snowmobiling!!! That's like saying driving to Grandma's for Sunday dinner is a sport!
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