This Week In SeniorsSkiing.com (Mar. 4)
Tip Of The Pole To Ski Legend George Jedenoff On His 98th Birthday, Reviews of Resorts In Italy, East, and West, Toe Socks, And A Hilarious Rap Video About Aging And Skiing.
SeniorsSkiing.com salutes George Jedenoff on his 98th birthday.
Credit: Ski Utah
This week, the ski community from coast to coast is saluting 98 year old George Jedenoff’s birthday and his 56 year skiing career. He’s still at it at Snowbird and Alta, and he’s got an inspiring, upbeat and highly engaging Powder Philosophy that is really worth hearing. Thanks, George, you are our ski hero.
Marmolada and its glaciers in the Dolomites.
Credit: Paolo Gaudiano
We also have Resort Reviews from some very cool ski areas. Our friend, Paolo Guardiano, recently traveled to the Dolomites in Italy to visit Dolomiti Superski, a mega network of ski resorts in a magnificent setting. Tamsin Venn visited another big area, Sunday River, ME, where she finds a group of seniors who self-organize daily activities. Susie Winthrop took her grandchildren to Winter Park, CO, a resort close to Denver. She found a variety of terrain and has suggestions for avoiding lift lines. Seattle correspondent John Nelson went to nearby White Pass, WA, and found that seniors 73+ are treated to free skiing. Thank you, White Pass.
We review Injinji Performance 2.0 toe socks and find them surprisingly comfortable. Yes, toe socks. Very fun.
Thanks to Lif’ Ticket, whoever you are. We do put the foot rest down.
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Product Review: Socks That Rock From Injinji
New Performance Toe Socks Are Super Comfortable and Supportive.
Injinji’s Performance 2.0 Snow toe socks are fun to wear and feel terrific.
Credit: SeniorsSkiing
It’s March, and close to the end of the season for a lot of folks. If you think your gear is starting to look a little tattered, now is the time to contemplate a new way of thinking about your socks.
Injinji, the toe sock company, has introduced a new line of performance wear for snow sports. Toe socks, you say? Yes, we were quizzical, too, until we tried them on. The Performance 2.0 Snow socks are designed with graduated compression that does a fantastic job of supporting your muscles in your whole lower leg. These over-the-calf socks are also padded in strategic places for extra cushion. And they are made of NuWool, a combination of Merino wool, nylon and lyrca. And of course, there are the little toe “sleeping bags” that we found to be surprisingly comfortable.
Toe socks have been around for a while, and they are very popular with distance runners. The basic idea is to align your little piggies properly for better balance and blister prevention. When we tried a test pair, we were amazed at how different these socks felt from the usual. The toe feature was just—how to describe it—fun and remarkably different. Injini claims that proper “toe splay” distributes your weight evenly and allows better engagement for your feet. We can testify that the compression feature also gives you the feeling of significantly more support than regular socks.
We have two quibbles about the model we tested. Putting them on takes a bit of technique. Each toe has to be guided into its sleeve, so it does take a bit of concentration and a bit more time. No big deal. If you’re used to wearing an inner sock for extra warmth, you will need to get liners from Injinji that provide a base layer. You won’t be able to use your standard liners with these.
We continue to wear our Injinjis around the office as well as the gym and plan to take them to our next ski trip.
Injinji Performance 2.0 Snow medium weight socks come small, medium and large and in different colors. Suggested retail price is $30; shop around online.
Toe socks feel gooooodd!
Credit: SeniorsSkiing
Inspiring “Powder Philosophy”: George Jedenoff, 98
George Says Make The Most Of What You’ve Got.
SeniorsSkiing.com salutes George Jedenoff on his 98th birthday.
Credit: Ski Utah
“It’s a pleasure by itself to be in the great, fresh cold air that seems to uncloud your brain…It’s a chance to reflect on your own life…[Skiing] is an opportunity to reflect on the wonderful things you can do…The plusses far outweigh the minuses…Take time to appreciate the positives.”
Thanks to Ski Utah for sending along this message from a ski legend, George Jedenoff, who has been skiing in the Wasatch for the past 56 years.
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