Skiing Under The Southern Cross, Major Snow, Summer Snow, And Rebalancing Your Body.
While the snow sports season has finally wrapped up in North America, flakes are falling below the equator. We have two reports from Oz and Chile. Our new Melbourne-based correspondent Meg Malkin has written a snapshot introduction to what skiing is like Down Under. And, we have learned of a mega-monster storm in Portillo, Chile. We have pictures that show what nine feet of snow looks like. That’s nine feet in one storm. We should be so lucky here in New England next season.
Co-publisher Jon Weisberg has discovered a company that makes snow, real cold, water-based snow that you can ski on…in the summer. Find out what he’s found out. It’s another incredible innovation in an industry that seeks full-year ’round activity.
Finally, Tommy Kirchhoff, long-time ski and Tai-Chi instructor, gives you some tips on how to rebalance your body. Unconsciously, we all tend to favor one hand, foot, hip, over the other. That creates an out of balance condition, and the other side tries to compensate. Result: Chronic pain, aches, and pills. Check out Tommy’s video to see how to get back in line.
Incidentally, we have compiled the results to our Spring Subscriber Survey 2016 and have identified more than 50 SeniorsSkiing.com readers who have “skied their age” last season. Skiing your age means you spend one day on slopes or trails for every year you’ve been around. That is an impressive list and the numbers of days are impressive. Watch for that in the next couple of weeks.
Meanwhile, we are heading into late Spring. Enjoy your hiking and cycling (the two most popular non-snow season sports, based on survey results) and tell us about your adventures.
And, remember, there are more of us every day, and we aren’t going away.
Credit: Kham Tran
Off season I go hiking with an all women’s group in north central NJ. There are at least two hikes a week as well as biking,kayaking and stand up paddle boarding. A great group of mature women, very safety conscious and always looking out for one another
It is called Adventuresforwomen.org. We also do day trips to interesting places