Memorable Ski "Characters"
Who has memories of unusual people you've encountered on the slopes? Regular joes, inspirational grandmas, strangers, family, celebs, knuckleheads, etc. . Bonus points if you have photographic evidence.
I'll start with a few that are not terribly profound, mostly just regular folks that I bumped into and had photos to illustrate.
Friendly bearded guy I met at Wildcat, NH in March 2010. Didn't spend that long talking, just thought he really represented a salt-of-the-earth New England skier and it was a pretty day at one of my favorite ski areas. TonyS tells me he's using unusual bindings made by an inventor from Maine.
Really BIG Steelers fan on the vintage 1964 double chair at Blue Knob, PA photo taken 2009.
Volant skier named Jan at Sugar Bowl, CA, Jan 2013. I rode a chair with Jan, in center. We laughed over fact that we're both on old Volant skis. He was a 77 yr old Czech who had emigrated to US during political turmoil in 1960s and had done well. Still doing day trips to Sugar Bowl from Bay area.
Michael's Marriage proposal to Josephine at top of Jackson Hole tram Feb 2015 during Gathering. This unfolded next to me while I was sitting on a rock eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
75 yr old Bob at Hunter Mtn, NY in March 2014. Skied with Bob for about 2 hours, he had a lot of interesting stories from 50 years of skiing Hunter. Big fan of Izzy Slutsky.
Probably the most enthusiastic ski area marketing guy I've ever met was Eric Friedman at MRG, dang good skier too. Photo from Jan 2010.
A bunch of us bumped into Gary Nate in the Snowbasin, UT lodge last year (center, standing). He was ready to talk our ears off.
Gary was the camera man who caught this near death sequence at Grand Targhee, WY of the Egan Brothers featured in the 1990 film Extreme Winter:
Who has memories of unusual people you've encountered on the slopes? Regular joes, inspirational grandmas, strangers, family, celebs, knuckleheads, etc. . Bonus points if you have photographic evidence.
I'll start with a few that are not terribly profound, mostly just regular folks that I bumped into and had photos to illustrate.
Friendly bearded guy I met at Wildcat, NH in March 2010. Didn't spend that long talking, just thought he really represented a salt-of-the-earth New England skier and it was a pretty day at one of my favorite ski areas. TonyS tells me he's using unusual bindings made by an inventor from Maine.
Really BIG Steelers fan on the vintage 1964 double chair at Blue Knob, PA photo taken 2009.
Volant skier named Jan at Sugar Bowl, CA, Jan 2013. I rode a chair with Jan, in center. We laughed over fact that we're both on old Volant skis. He was a 77 yr old Czech who had emigrated to US during political turmoil in 1960s and had done well. Still doing day trips to Sugar Bowl from Bay area.
Michael's Marriage proposal to Josephine at top of Jackson Hole tram Feb 2015 during Gathering. This unfolded next to me while I was sitting on a rock eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
75 yr old Bob at Hunter Mtn, NY in March 2014. Skied with Bob for about 2 hours, he had a lot of interesting stories from 50 years of skiing Hunter. Big fan of Izzy Slutsky.
Probably the most enthusiastic ski area marketing guy I've ever met was Eric Friedman at MRG, dang good skier too. Photo from Jan 2010.
A bunch of us bumped into Gary Nate in the Snowbasin, UT lodge last year (center, standing). He was ready to talk our ears off.
Gary was the camera man who caught this near death sequence at Grand Targhee, WY of the Egan Brothers featured in the 1990 film Extreme Winter:
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