And it’s a very good point you make Lhartley . This is the whole point of the tour. Build fitness on the flats, increase strength on the climb, master control on the descent… thereby becoming a fit, strong, and controlled skier. Psychologically, working for your turns makes them count for more. You’...

Price out an NTN rig, which is what these gear whores insist is needed to traverse a toboggan hill. Add up the cost of 8 skis and 15 boots in a serial shopper’s basket. Check out the price of a few pairs of cf all mountain powder skis for the groomers. What does it add up to? Well, it’s four figures...

"Verifiable" is the correct term. "Factable" is a word you made up. But here I am being a 43 year old geezer ;p But seriously, verification is an important component in philosophy of science though we could get sidetracked bigly discussing verification vs falsification and Popper and the like. Anyw...

Beautiful countryside.

Geezerism is attitudinal, not chronological or physical. Chronology or physicality come into play when the advice is reduced to a boring old boomer stereotype. 60YO+ Geezer —> 30YO novice: “You must start with plastic boots, AT skis on groomed hills”. Lots of tone deafness at play, which is why “ok ...

Would you like examples… quotes from others’ posts in their own words? (Don’t worry… the quotes will only be from geezers who go from newbie to PSIA Armchair Level III Instructor).

Or is my pointing out THAT reality the elephant in the room?

When everything is stripped own to its core, it’s easy to debunk the bs thrown up by the geezers who are responsible for the atrophy. Ppl need to ski how they ski. Learn by doing, observing. Not getting “told how to do it” by ppl whose abilities were either never “all that” or have declined with age...

My problem is with geezers who overrate their ability and presume to tell others what to do, what to use, what to aspire to. These are the tone deaf ones, which anyone knows who actually understands what the term “ok boomer” means. (It’s attitudinal.) Skiing is athletics. Whatever level of athletici...

Uh huh. So how does any of this explain the lack of gear progression, the decline of popularity? This sport has become regressive for three reasons. First its practitioners became firmly ensconced in a time bubble. Second, they tried to drag everyone into it as they aged. Third, the sport changed to...

Don’t forget Toko… same company. LOL.