I'm Peter, known far and wide as SlowPokePete.
I havent skied in a good 20 years, but was I guess a fairly solid intermediate with poor equipment.
That old stuff was discarded upon retirement from teaching for 30 years and moving from Westchester County, NY, about 100 miles north to Hillsdale, in beautiful Columbia County. This was a bit over three years ago. I will turn 60 this year.
I'm an outside guy, mainly a cyclist (fantastic dirt roads around here). But riding through the winter here is kind of lousy with all the sand and salt that gets dumped on the roads.
and, Catamount is only 15 minutes away.
So...last week I rented some equipment, got a four hour pass, and checked it out. I was surprised that by the bottom of my first run, I was skiing as well as I think I ever did.
Yesterday, I took a ride over to Steiner's Sports to check out their sale. I had no idea when I walked in that I would be greeted by Sherrie, who I'm told is an excellent boot fitter.
A fitting? Hmmmm.
Fortunately for me, with no appointment, Sherrie had time before her next scheduled appointment to work with me and put together a package that I hope will sit me well. I was pretty impressed with the level of knowledge and insights as she measured and spoke with me about myself as a skier and what my goals were for myself in the sport.
I ended up with Nordica Enforcer 94's in 172 length, Tyrolia Attack bindings, and Nordica Speed Machine boots. I will pick it all up Tuesday.
I need to do a lot of reading and a lot of learning, and look forward with excitement to getting into the sport again!
SPP
I'm on Strava here ... https://www.strava.com/athletes/403203
and Instagram here ... https://www.instagram.com/slowpokepete/
I havent skied in a good 20 years, but was I guess a fairly solid intermediate with poor equipment.
That old stuff was discarded upon retirement from teaching for 30 years and moving from Westchester County, NY, about 100 miles north to Hillsdale, in beautiful Columbia County. This was a bit over three years ago. I will turn 60 this year.
I'm an outside guy, mainly a cyclist (fantastic dirt roads around here). But riding through the winter here is kind of lousy with all the sand and salt that gets dumped on the roads.
and, Catamount is only 15 minutes away.
So...last week I rented some equipment, got a four hour pass, and checked it out. I was surprised that by the bottom of my first run, I was skiing as well as I think I ever did.
Yesterday, I took a ride over to Steiner's Sports to check out their sale. I had no idea when I walked in that I would be greeted by Sherrie, who I'm told is an excellent boot fitter.
A fitting? Hmmmm.
Fortunately for me, with no appointment, Sherrie had time before her next scheduled appointment to work with me and put together a package that I hope will sit me well. I was pretty impressed with the level of knowledge and insights as she measured and spoke with me about myself as a skier and what my goals were for myself in the sport.
I ended up with Nordica Enforcer 94's in 172 length, Tyrolia Attack bindings, and Nordica Speed Machine boots. I will pick it all up Tuesday.
I need to do a lot of reading and a lot of learning, and look forward with excitement to getting into the sport again!
SPP
I'm on Strava here ... https://www.strava.com/athletes/403203
and Instagram here ... https://www.instagram.com/slowpokepete/
