How many South Africans does it take…
Question:
How many South Africans does it take to teach a native New Englander how to downhill ski?
Answer:
Apparently more than two.
Andy’s brother Ian is visiting us for the xmas holiday week. Ian lives in London, UK. Ian skis regularly in places like Alpe d’Huez and Courchevel. (For real…he had the trail map for the famed Alpe in his ski jacket pocket from the last time he skied).
Andy and Ian decided to go skiing at Loon Mtn today. I tagged along with hopes of trying out my new skate skis on the Loon Nordic trails.
Those fuckers at Loon had not groomed the damn Nordic trails, despite having received over 15″ of snow in the last 72 hours.
You know what that means.
How sad is it that I have lived in New England my entire life and have lived within two hours of the white mountains for nearly 22 years, and two guys who grew up in Cape Town have to show me how to ski the green trails?
The two Suth Effricans were off skiing black diamonds as I carefully negotiated the children’s beginner trail.
Now I remember why I prefer Indoor Track as my winter sport.
