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I left the ski technician job in 1976, because the racers are superstitious about the people repairing their skis, and you couldn't keep the job more than two years. Yet, after I left, many racers secretly sent me their skis to fix.

John Eggers

We're using Jet Skis to get people out.

Doug Williams

There are some excellent city shops, but watch out for the big box stores where guy selling you skis today is moving onto patio furniture next month.

Joe Cutts

I saw a bunch of kids trying to do tricks, hitting rails, and I wanted to get into it. I got some twin-tip skis and that made a big difference.

Gabe Blomquist

Also, when I met my wife Julie, who had been skiing since she was three. Skiing has always been something we could share together - I know way more about the mountaineering aspects, but Julie is a better skier than I am. She still kicks my ass on a pair of skis.

Michael Kennedy

The visibility is OK, but on the jump it was so windy and that's why I fell. It was a lot of wind. It pushed me back and lifted up my skis. I had no control over what was happening. It was really dangerous. It's the right decision to cancel the race.

Nika Fleiss

Collisions with boats and jet skis account for 14 percent of adult loon deaths in the state.

Harry Vogel

You won't hear the sound and fury of jet skis on the water.

Rann Haight

Our instructors can teach you how to let the skis do the work, not you.

Bob Whitelaw

Skip a year of buying skis and really get the right pair of boots that fit snugly. Boots have a much bigger impact on how well you ski.

Joe Cutts

Between the team we probably have between 150 and 180 pairs of skis and so they would all get measured for the dimensions we have had problems with in the past, but not necessarily a manufactured width.

Mark Tilston

Usually that little kicker in the flats we have them go down, that's the starting point. That's to kind of get them mentally prepared to go through the motions of keeping the skis underneath them, getting into that in-run position, that crouch position.

Matt Cook

We get a wolverine in a trap, we call Dan and he skis five or six miles in at night. That's what makes it work.

Doug Chadwick

What I tell them at the top is point your skis to the first gate and have fun.

Heather Skinner

I think I should've gotten more points for landing on one ski — that's so much harder than two skis.

Jeret Peterson

He loved to ski barefoot and enjoyed making his own skis. He would soak boards in water, and put them on blocks. Then he would drive his model A car up on them and let it sit while they dried. It would form a curve in them. He loved the outdoors.

Michael Garner

It was a very hard day, but my skis were very good. Very hard race, the weather was very hard.

Andrus Veerpalu

In the opening parade the athletes carried all their equipment. So you have people dragging their teammates in a bobsled and people carrying their skis and their hockey sticks.

Sue Macy

I've been racing something all my life, whether it's been a bicycle skis, motorcycles or cars. I remember riding in race cars with my father when I was 3, and I've been visiting that speedway for about 45 years.

Lee Sutton

I think there is a real need in the state of Colorado for a ski club that, actually, everybody involved skis. I don't mean to (call out) any other clubs, but I've been to some other club meetings where a lot of people at the meeting didn't even ski or ride. Although we have that social aspect, we are about the skiing and riding.

Joe Falconer

The minivan hit a demographic wave just beautifully. They wanted to put bikes and skis and the family dog in it.

John Mcelroy

We hope to do a kid's day soon. We have toboggans that can be pulled behind skis.

Keith Hammer

Parks cater to the younger crowd and have gotten a lot of kids on a board, whether it's one board (snowboard) or two boards (skis).

Greg Ditrinco

We have a house up there. We love going up there. My dad skis but my mom does not. We have two dogs and she likes taking them for walks in Vermont. We like it up there.

Jessica Haight

He skis like a rocket.

Nathan Rafferty

I decided that instead of flailing in classic skis, I would just learn how to shoot.

Sarah Konrad

I will continue to base out of Laramie. But I'll pursue skiing and biathlon at an international level for at least one more year after the Olympics. I feel like I am still improving, so I am not ready to hang up the skis yet.

Sarah Konrad

You cross your skis and you grab the tail of your skis. It looks really cool.

Dylan Ball

You definitely fall a lot more. But it's not like you're tumbling on the dirt and rocks. It's just like falling on your skis or snowboard. You end up on your side, sliding.

Cory Ross

Maybe it's sheer athleticism, but that's not quite it. Aspen kids are on skis for so much of their life. When they put on jumping skis, they are just big skis. They are not intimidated and handle it beautifully. They are fearless.

Fritz Carpenter

Usually I have a problem with my skis or with my mind. My biggest wish was to get the gold medal in the 10K classical. I got it. It's mine!

Kristina Smigun

Yesterday was our biggest crowd in quite a few years. We've got almost 900 pairs of rental skis, and we ran out. Everything was jam-packed.

Tony Paterno

Chick's not slowing down. He always skis like he's late for something.

Bob Thomson

I think he (Raich) is the perfect skier in this moment on the World Cup. Hermann was perfect before and now Beni is. He skis well all four disciplines.

Hans Pum

Almost every pair of rental skis we have was out this weekend. Sales were up 11 percent from last year, it's looking even better going into this week.

Ryan Lant

The only one that really competes against Hannah is Hannah. When Hannah skis well, I think she's the best (female) skier in the world.

Jeff Wintersteen

If you have snowshoes that are the correct size, you're going to float better on freshly fallen snow, which sometimes you'll sink into up to your knees on cross-country skis.

Jim Warner

I was trying to hold the race line and I went full speed just to see how the course skis today.

Kelly Vanderbeek

Hermann was perfect before, and now Beni is. He skis well in all four disciplines.

Hans Pum

It was a great day today, perfect. We had great skis and we felt pretty good.

Brian Mckeever

Picking skis for use on soft snow is important as is the lineal rill on the bottom of the ski. The better they are, the better you are able to channel water away from the bottom of the ski.

Sten Fjeldheim

They're spending $1,000 in skis -- they can try and make sure they like it before they buy.

Eric Fitting