Now yawl listen up, ya Heh, this is a serious Question.
How many people go to Baja that Ski in the Winter and Where??Capt. George - 10-7-2006 at 05:02 PM
does ski-ing? dowm coal shoots in cold water flats count???
dats aboud as serious as it gets..........georgeDanO - 10-7-2006 at 05:52 PM
Yeah, I've wasted a good chunk of my life and money on that sport. What do I have to show for it? I ski better than I surf (which is good, since the
wipeouts hurt more in skiing).oxxo - 10-7-2006 at 09:11 PM
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Originally posted by Skeet/LoretoHow many people go to Baja that Ski in the Winter and Where??
Water ski? Jet ski?FARASHA - 10-8-2006 at 12:59 AM
Have been Skiing as a youngster in the Austrian ALPS, was part of school program then. I didn't like it THAT much, but was some fun with the other
kids.Skeet/Loreto - 10-8-2006 at 03:09 AM
oxxo;
Snow Skiing; Of Course!!
Water Skiing I did on Mission Bay when a guy named "Sailor Main" was in Charge of the "Mission Bay Ski Club". Had a "Big Banana" had built by Dean
Phillpot in Fresno- could not affort Water Skiing so switched to Snow in 1955.
Where is GEOROCK!! She was from Mammouth and Baja??
Skeet/LoretoJoelt - 10-8-2006 at 04:41 AM
Skeet, I've been living in Tahoe for almost 30 years. Started sking in the 70's. Wow, thats a long time ago. Don't ski much any more but for years it
was almost everyday. Mostly on good powder days and once in a while I'll go back country but then you have to walk up the hill. They tell me it's good
for me. I'm not convinced. Didn't I read somewhere that you used to live in Tahoe and work as a ski patrol ?shari - 10-8-2006 at 10:15 AM
Growing up in Canada, I skied since I was a tot, first on made made hills, then at Whistler when it was still a hick mountain, Grouse Mountain etc.,
and water skied too...I'd love to do some water skiing here behind a panga!Tomas Tierra - 10-8-2006 at 10:59 AM
skied since age 4 all over the world..then after 24 years of skiing, pulled my head out of my cool-oh and took a snowboard lesson in '91...AHHHHH what
a relief!! no more foot pain, no more knee pain...just a bunch of dirty looks from all of my ex-compadres....fun doing 50 yard bottom turns around
them in the powpow while they are looking for a ski thoughSkeet/Loreto - 10-8-2006 at 02:57 PM
Joeld:
Oh for the Likes of Stien Erksine and Shooting the "Gun Barrell!!
I was Working on the Natl Ski Patrol, got my Avalanche Badge at Heavenly Valley along with a One Armed Skiier named Jim Imperatice.
I was skiing out of the Fresno Ski Patrol was invited to Patrol the very First Pro Ski Race in the States held on Gun Barrell. Rosemary Cloony was
There.
Got engaged to my Second Wife at the Resturant on Top.She was working at Harrahs Club, across the street from Harveys, the only Casinos there at that
time.
I was working at Yosemite as a House Detective- Took my little TR-3 did 112 MPH up Hwy 395 to get there in time to give her the Ring!!
In 68 when I read Ray Cannon's Book and went to Baja I forgot Skiing!
Did the Natl. Ski Patrol competitions at Mamouth, worked for Dave McCoy several Times, then worked a Death Claim for an Insurance Co. where a Skiier
Hit a Tower head On- The mattress that Dave had put uo at the Base of the Tower had Slipped off. Skiier Hit it doing about 60 mph Downhill run!
Skeet/Loretobajarich - 10-8-2006 at 09:14 PM
I started skiing in 1962 at age 16 at Alta and Brighton ski resorts in Utah. It was all I could think about for many, many years. I worked on Nat'l
Ski Patrol for a couple of years before going in the Navy. When I got out I started cross-country skiing and then had a job as a full time ski
patroler at Jackson, Wyo. Thats where my real love of skiing came to an end, having to baby-sit all the spoiled kids in Jackson and be out on the
hill no matter how cold, or how sick I was. It turned it into work, and that took me out of downhill skiing for many years.
After moving back to Salt Lake, I started serious ski mountaineering, telemark turns etc. I still go out occasionally, but the hills are steeper than
they used to be. I went downhill skiing at Alta last winter and really enjoyed it, although its still just something to do until I head for Baja. At
some point, I learned that it's really a lot more fun to just sit on the beach.
Winter used to be about skiing, now it's about Baja!Skeet/Loreto - 10-9-2006 at 03:25 AM
Skiing was fun for me after a Couple of years finding Baja,until the Snowboarding bunch started "Bombing" the Runs, running over people, causing
Injurues. The Areas finally seperating Skiers and Boarders helped with the Liability Insurance Problem in on the Hill.
Reminds me of one of the reasons we left Loreto: At midnight a Bunch of Local kids would bring their 4 Wheelers out to the Sand Dune next to Rancho
Sonrisa and tear up the Beach all night long.
Then someone started renting Personal Watercraft, which would go Screaming by in front of the Place all day long, finally being told they had to stay
out at least 150 Mtrs.
"Different Strokes for Different Folks"
Again to go Adventuring for "Peace and Quiet", I set here on the Great Plains of Texas, My Roots, where I see the Sun Rise and Set, without
interfearince of Houses or People!!Two Big Ole Buck Deer sitting next to the House, 2 small Fawns suckling their Mom, a Trantalua slowly crawling
toward the Creek, and occasional RattleSnake, or Bull Snake coming in the Backyard, Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Skunks, Possum, and a gaggle of Wild Turkeys
drifting across the Driveway.
But "Oh Baja! Oh The Sea" The Fish, The Birds , the Whales, and most and Best the Mexicano People! I do miss Them!!
Skeet/LoretoSlick - 10-9-2006 at 05:14 PM
Trying to send a picture of last winter here in Utah.....First try....Here she goes.....
[img]http://[/img]Slick - 10-9-2006 at 05:17 PM
Second try...here she goes...again
dono - 10-10-2006 at 03:00 AM
Started skiing in 58 at snow valley ca. worked pro ski patrol in 62 at squaw valley, worked patrol 68-70 heavenly valley, joined professional
freestyle tour 71-77, moved to baja full time in 88 and have skied once since the move, sort of miss it but not the cold.Skeet/Loreto - 10-10-2006 at 03:51 AM
Great Photo Slick; Sure is good to look back after "Breaking that first Powder'!!
Dono: Know what you mean about Cold!
Just put on my Long Johns for the First Day of the Winter , down to 44 with a Breeze at about 15 MpH.
After so many years in Baja and Calif. I am very content to Sit beside the FirePlace and Bundle up to go out and Feed the Horses.
SkeetSlick - 10-10-2006 at 06:16 AM
dono
Probably watched you in the early 70's----if you stopped by Park City or Park West...Have Theo's mobius (sp) flip on film. Plus Jack Taylor, Airborn
Eddie, Marty Loftquist, John Clendenin, who else......?Maybe you....
Heading for South Padre to learn to kite board this winter..
SlickBruce R Leech - 10-10-2006 at 06:36 AM
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Originally posted by Slick
Second try...here she goes...again
being from Colorado I wish they would have had nice hills like that to learn on, it would have been allot easer.daveB - 10-11-2006 at 11:53 PM
Growing up in British Columbia one had to try the hellish ski hills that abound, though there were fewer of those back in 1956 when I first strapped
on a pair of wooden boards. Metal edges were just coming on the scene. However, at first those were only ocasional adventures until the late 60's
when, who knows why, for several years all my holidays from work became winter ski trips. A memorable one was going south with friends for more than
a month to try Sweitzer Basin, Sun Valley, Park City, and the mountains at Aspen. Back in Canada, one last stop was Whistler, where we usually
skied. Ah-some improvement! and the best skiing of the trip.Janice - 10-14-2006 at 09:31 PM
First (and last) attempt at skiing was in '71 at Mammoth. We went with the school, so it was about $10 bucks for rental, lift tix and lessons... One
of the perks of growing up in the Owens Valley. Found out it wasn't for me, so I went as a photographer on the school annual staff, got me out of
class once a week!
Just started X-country at Tamarack in Mammoth last winter...had a blast. More my style.Diver - 10-15-2006 at 04:42 AM
