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Most treasured skiing memento?
I'm a sucker for ski mementos/memorabilia and think it's super interesting when folks display them in their homes. Whether it's old maps, patches, skis, pictures or gear, they tell a story about people and places in time worth remembering. What's your favorite memento and why?
Mine:
Moving around a bunch as a kid, I skied from time to time but never really loved it. I was very tentative and too scared to really lean into it. And after someone plowed into me and broke my wrist while skiing a Missouri molehill as at 13, I stayed away for quite a while.
Fast forward to 30 years old in 2013ish, gave it another chance on a very snowy day in central Virginia and had the day of days; one I will always remember and that absolutely hooked me back into it.
Then in 2020, I stumbled into LCC/Alta on a road trip thru Utah and to say I was blown away is a massive understatement. I'd never been anywhere before with so much adventure, so many good vibes, so many people pushing themselves and so many people rooting for each other. I know that some folks grew up with this stuff in their backyard and resort skiing doesn't move the register compared to other things but I didn't and it gave me an amazing feeling that had never been felt before.
In late November 2022, I sent a panoramic picture from Alta to my brother. Less than a month later, my sister in law shows up on Christmas with a 12X36 painting of my picture. Obviously I was blown away because it was entirely unexpected and no-one has ever done something that thoughtful for me.
I did not receive the finished product until a year later but it will forever be my most treasured memento and always reminds me of feelings the place generates, even when I'm not there.
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Most treasured skiing memento?
My grandfather’s skis from the 50s when he was working with the CCC to cut trails on Cannon mtn in NH. Never saw him ski, but he certainly imparted a love for skiing that runs deep.
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My dad learned to ski when he was 40 and wasn't a very great skier, but he fell in love with the sport and made sure that our family got to ski a bunch. He encouraged me to chase my dreams and move to the mountains after high school. We lost him too soon at 51, but his first pair of skis lived on mounted to the shed he built at the family house back in Ohio. A few years ago my mom said she was taking all the shit off the shed to paint it, and I brought the skis back to mount on my shed.
Most treasured skiing memento?
My first skis from 1960.
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Mom modified the bindings to -2, added roller skate heals and painted them RED! She was rad.
