She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero in that kind of snow.

I feel the need to endanger myself every so often.

There are many skiers who have chosen tele for a more compact, streamlined skiing system.

In the nineteenth century, Fritjof Nansen wrote that skiing washes civilization clean from our minds by dint of its exhilarating physicality. By extension, I believe that snow helps strip away the things that don’t matter....

He’s sort of the Lance Armstrong of Nordic skiing. He doesn’t leave anything to chance: equipment, training, planning for race day.

In foreign countries, there are different coaches for skiing and shooting, but we only have one. If we want out biathlon to develop, these coaches with advanced training methods are necessary.

I cross country ski on conveyer belts covered with shaved ice. People trying to check out at the grocery store need to show more respect for serious athletes.

The problem with winter sports is that — follow me closely here — they generally take place in winter.

A tree has leaves like man has hair. Some men go winter in the summer, and other men, like me, like skiing on skin.

Now I know that strange things happen to your body when it meets the snow at 100 mph, no matter what the position. In the twinkling of hitting the snow I regained a proper respect...

Because we’re inland, and it takes a while for storms to get here, our average snowfall isn’t that impressive. But when it snows, it’s usually low density and low water content, making for great skiing....

Users of slippery slope arguments should take skiing lessons – you really can choose to stop.