Just couldn’t resist it. Thought I’d try skiing as long as the weather allows and today it’s snowing some more, zero temperature.
When I bought my skis, I decided to go the easy way and get the type where you don’t need to apply ski wax. This is naturally a compromise and you lose a bit of glide, but I was quite alright with that because I certainly have no need for speed. The problem gets even worse when the snow is sticky, as the non-wax skis lose their glide just about completely then. I can now confirm that this is absolutely true. I had an impressive snow build-up under the skis so I had zero glide at times, and then suddenly, the snow would come off and the skis almost glided from under me. Conversely, just when I thought that I had some glide, the skis would get stuck again, halting my progress and almost sending me head first into the snow. Take all that and add 20 cm of soft snow, and I wouldn’t call it skiing anymore. I would have turned back had I not found the situation so funny… but then the joke wore off and I decided to get the rest of my workout shovelling snow from the driveway.
3 April and counting.