Monday, February 18, 2008

No Skiing For Desi Men

The title may not be applied to all but I think applies to most. Anyway, in the last four weeks or so went to ski twice though I know I suck at it big time...As always this time hoped that by the end of the day, (at least) I'd be able to ski down the beginner's slopes. So started to ski on a bunny slope and this is how it went. Every time I go down the slope not knowing how to control, crashed on the ice...I think out of ten such trials I was upright only twice..But each time I fell, got a free class...Few people around who saw my antics with skis were kind enough to teach me the 101's of skiing- how to maneuver the skis in order to control the speed, come to a stop without crashing and not to ski straight down the slope but to go down in a 's' path. In spite of the classes my crash numbers didn't improve much: fell down six times out of ten trials after...One time when I came to a halt (of course crashing on the ice) at the end of the slope near fence, overheard a fellow skier casually telling to the other that, it is how I intended to stop and it is no accident...She was absolutely right...

Without question my ski ventures if caught on tape, would become a candidate to be aired on AFV and would be a no surprise if voted as the funniest video of the week!