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- From: bgohari@wam.umd.edu (Babak Gohari)
- Subject: Ahh, hahahahahaha...WIPEOUT!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.183125.14906@wam.umd.edu>
- Summary: Experiences of wiping out
- Keywords: plow, wipeout, embarrassing oneself
- Sender: usenet@wam.umd.edu (USENET News system)
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- Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 18:31:25 GMT
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- I don't know when the last time anyone has asked this question (I've only
- been reading this newsgroup for about two months now), so...
-
- What are some of your more, um, "memorable" wipeouts? I wonder who can come
- up with the best one. Describe anything else that happens in addition to
- making a fool of yourself. OK, I'll start...
-
- I remember last year, I was skiing in West Virginia (yeah, alright, not the
- best place in the world, but hey). Anyway, I'm screaming down the mountain,
- practicing for the '94 (? why '94?) Olympics [the Albertville Olympics were
- on when I was skiing]. I made this absolutely marvelous turn. Not a wisp
- of snow came out. I hit mini-moguls, and basically looking all around
- impressive. I see this girl a few hundred yards away, on the ground. I
- decide to be my gentlemanly self and help. Unfortunately, my right ski had
- started to cross my other ski. I said, "No problem", and proceeded to lift
- my foot and set the ski back. Just then, a bump jumped out in front of me
- and basically, hit the end of my ski. My leg went up, and to the side. I
- am now skiing on one ski, very fast, with my other leg in the air. Me and
- my bright ideas, I try to stop on one leg, in the moguls. Needless to say,
- it didn't work quite right. I turned all the way around, started going
- backwards on one ski for half a second, before I hit another bump, did a
- nice "acrobatic" 360, and basically hit the ground. Both skis, poles, my
- hat, AND goggles flew off. The good news: I ended up next to that girl,
- jumped up quickly, helped her up, and she thought I was a great skiier! Bad
- news: after talking with her for a few minutes, we decided we didn't like
- each other, so back to the slopes.
-
- -Bob
-
-