What kind of skiing can older folk do? What do you ski?

Published May 5, 2004 12:00AM


What kind of skiing can older folk do? What do you ski? Q: Warren, my family has always been a big fan of your movies. It was your movies, in fact, that got my dad, a longtime paranoid of anything remotely dangerous, to take up skiing. My question is this: When my dad, who moved to Park City, reaches your age, what kind of runs do you think he can still do? More specifically, do you still do black-diamond moguls and steep knee-busters? Or do you now prefer the easy schussing of green groomers? Sincerely, Kent Backman Hilo, HI backman@hawaii.edu http://aloha.net/~backman A: You’ve only got so many bumps in your knees. It’s like heartbeats–when they’re gone, they’re gone. You can still go fast in the powder and open slopes, though.

What kind of skiing can older folk do? What do you ski?
Q: Warren, my family has always been a big fan of your movies. It was your movies, in fact, that got my dad, a longtime paranoid of anything remotely dangerous, to take up skiing. My question is this: When my dad, who moved to Park City, reaches your age, what kind of runs do you think he can still do? More specifically, do you still do black-diamond moguls and steep knee-busters? Or do you now prefer the easy schussing of green groomers? Sincerely, Kent Backman
Hilo, HI
backman@hawaii.edu
http://aloha.net/~backman A: You’ve only got so many bumps in your knees. It’s like heartbeats–when they’re gone, they’re gone. You can still go fast in the powder and open slopes, though.

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