I am learning how to ski at 52 and even though: 1. I get altitude sickness 2. I lack flexibility in my ankles 3. I am scared of speed and sliding - I don't want to give up. My husband and son ski and I don't want to be left behind cooking the dinner. Every time I go out on the slope I think, "What on earth am I doing out here?" but I just keep trying. These videos with these older people (in age not in spirit) are very inspirational. I love the idea that I could have 30 more years of skiing. :)

@MrDogonjon

2 жыл бұрын

F.U.N. is Functionally Understanding Nature. DaVinci said "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding". F.U.N. fearing Unknowns is Natural. Fear is Natural making it a prime driver of our experience just like water and gravity. Your fear is rational and a great opportuni9ty for you to learn about your own nature. With good motivations and chances to take risks at your own pace, sharing with your family in the experiences makes relationships deeper and helping them to understand your path through the mountains of risk gives them better understanding of themselves. As Einstein said "Look deep into Nature then you will understand everything better"

@absolutelyloveangels

2 жыл бұрын

You go girl. I'm 47 and only skied 4 days when I was young and 2 yrs ago went 4 days. This winter we been at it over a dozen of times and building confidence 💪👌. I am too scared of getting hurt. Accidents happen all so fast and you see people that look like they've been skiing for years, and you think, Gee, that could be me. But I try to be a conscious skier breathing in the landscape and putting my attention on my technique so it's a mindful experience. It's an amazing Sport.

@rubyalexander2

2 жыл бұрын

@@absolutelyloveangels thanks for sharing. interestingly - I am not afraid of getting hurt. My fear is more visceral - like in my bones that I should not be moving so fast. I also spend my time working on technique to forget the fear and enjoy the experience. I ski in Vermont. Where do you ski?

@winterblanct3995

2 жыл бұрын

@@rubyalexander2 I learned to ski when I was 48. I am 57 now. I learned when my son learned skiing in his middle school and I was hooked on it. I have knee problem so I am cautious and get nervous when I see moguls. I just hope I will ski much longer like those folks in this video. I ski at Okemo a lot. I am going to Breckinridge in March!

@rubyalexander2

2 жыл бұрын

@@winterblanct3995 That sounds amazing! I ski at Killington because I have an IKON pass. I am going to Banff next week which is a dream of mine.

"and I'm working on my skiing". What a role model you've been for me Max. Jean would be pleased.

I just watched Mary and Max and after seeing them I can't wait to get out there at 67. Haven't had skis on in about 25 yrs. Love all your videos! Very inspirational! Thanks!

Amazing! My grandpa is 85 and still skis 30+ days a year out in VT/NH. He only skis groomers and he always reminds me to stop and look at the mountains. He tells me to slow down sometimes and just appreciate that you can be in such a beautiful place.

I'm 66 and usually considered among the best half dozen skiers on any mountain. That being said...I have slowed down in some regards. I usually ski about two mogul runs per day as my back can't take much more. My core strength isn't as strong so I can't lay my hip on the snow in a really hard driven carved turn, and I don't have as much flexibility. However, I'm doing weighted squats and using kettle bell exercises which is strengthening my core. Flexibility is another story. To my fellow Senior Citizens reading this blurb...conditioning is even more important when you get older compared to when you were young. Staying in shape also helps you recover faster. It helps that I live at the base of the Cascade Mountains and I have two German Shepards that I hike with most every day. We will never have the body of our youth, but staying active gives us a full life to the very end. BTW...I have been a vegetarian for 35 years and it shows in my overall good health. Now get your butt off the chair reading this comment on your computer and go get some outdoor exercise!!!

I'm 75 and this is my 58th year skiing ... so far so good! You are never too old to ski, you only get old when you stop skiing ... and I do not intend to get old! Still skiing about 2 or 3 days a week and I am planning to keep carving up the mountain until I am older than Max! ROCK ON SENIORS!!!!

I am heading towards 78 and have been instructing for 39 years and great to see someone ski and ski so well nearing 88. Hope I can do the same. Some younger people don’t know how wonderful this is until they get older. We are meant to move and never give up and this is a great example

This couple is amazing. Never give up. Never give up. Never give up. Thank you Deb for an incredible interview.

I'm 67 going to be 68 with an April birthday too. Max and Mary Pat are inspirations. I look forward to many more years of skiing. Go get 'm Max and Mary Pat, Cheers. Thank you Deb!

I Am speechless. Bless such a wonderful people. World need more people like this. We all should stop for a minute and think about love, kindness and spirit not just for skiing but in general. Thanks

I will be 78 on Monday and I still ski. I returned to skiing about 20 years ago after a 5 year lapse when my neighbor (now 89 yrs young) convinced to go back, he said the equipment today makes it easier. I ski Gunstock in NH, they are awesome to old people, giving us a free pass. I actually think I technically ski better than I did when I was younger, I don’t count runs, I count my blessings and love the view. I tell people that when I finish a day of skiing I feel so invigorated, awesome story, love your channel Debbie!

💜💜💜 Sharing with my Dad who is 80 for inspiration. Part of it is COVID kept him away and now maybe it feels a little strange. What an inspiration, thanks for sharing!!

I started skiing at 54. At 56 I had come to fitness club. It helped me to ski perfectly now, at 59!

Thank you for featuring senior skiers. I will turn 75 in April. Have been skiing since I started in the Canadian Rockies when I was 18. Throughout my ski career I have been a volunteer ski patroller, ski racing coach for the Nancy Greene Program, masters ski racer, and ski instructor. I took 18 months away 20/2021 to recover from acute myeloid leukemia. On Feb 12/2022 I broke 8 ribs in my right chest the result of a collision with another skier at Summit Central while on the way to meet my class. I am on the mend and will NEVER GIVE UP. Sometimes SH. But I will NEVER GIVE UP. I was on my new Atomic Redster FS 09 SL skis making railroad tracks in the morning snow. Boom!

Today, at our local hill I saw Otto Ross teaching a class. He’s only 96 years old. In about a week I am meeting an old high school friend in Colorado so we can ski Vail. I was a California kid who had skied at Tahoe before my father was transferred for his work to the Midwest. We drove to Colorado so he could ski for the first time when I was a senior in high school and he was a college freshman 49 years ago. We have skied many times together over the years. It does gets harder and harder to get our other old friends to join us. All of them have come up with excuses again this year. Their loss.

Great video. I am 73 and this is season #52. It’s great to be retired and be able to ski full time Monday-Friday. I have worked in ski shops as a boot and binding technician for 47 years. Love Deb’s instruction videos. Been working on the inside leg and driving the inside knee. Your never to old to learn or improve.

love it - I'm 65 yrs old and just back from first week's skiing in 7 years - very happy with my fitness and being ble to ski the whole mountain all day with my 23 - 33 year old sons ... but, totally get Max's comments about lack of confidence on bumps - already experiencing that when my boys leave me for dust as I slow right down to avoid injury...bought some new boots so obviously expecting a few years more skiing yet, and very ispired by this video... thanks for sharing

I will be 45 next month, just started. You don't have to be a super athlete if you want to try it, go for it. For whatever reason I had convinced myself it wasn't going to happen but turns out you can take a few lessons, go slow, be old and cautious and in control and have a blast. So go for it.

I'm nearing my 80th birthday and still improving in my skiing. I'm carving the best I ever have before. I do have to say my skis have helped in this. My motto is Never Stop Moving.

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

Always remembered that Howard Head and Gerald Ford both skied into their 80s. I'm a mere 62 and thankfully healthy, haven't missed a season since I started at 17. Still refining my technique. These folks are a great inspiration.

Around here there is a big discount for lift tickets for over 65 and free lift tickets for over 75. I really enjoy meeting those older skiers with their free tickets because they have such amazing stories to tell.

I’m 48 years old and returning to skiing after 25 years and feel like an old man. Well done to this guy, an inspiration 👍🏻

What a great couple and great skiers. Unfortunately I think what does most older skiers in who have loved the sport all their lives is when one partner dies or suffers physical decline preventing them from skiing. It breaks the other partner’s heart and spirit. My sisters and ex-wives have all quit skiing. It’s too bad. I think they have lost a certain zest for life as a result and are content to grow old before their time. Skiing and snow have always been a magical world for me. It makes my spirit whole. Last year at Vail I rode up a chair with a ski patrol lady somewhere between Mary and Max’s age. She skied like them also. I swear she has a younger more vibrant mind than the average 45-yr-old.

I took back my skiing life 2 1/2 seasons ago, after not skiing for over a decade, and just a smattering of times the decade before that while raising family. I'm 62 now and am so grateful for your video's. I'm a better skier now because of you Deb Armstrong. I've learned so much from you and have so much fun. Not only can I still make a turn, they're better, better, better turns! Thank you!

So I’m 52 years old in 2008 I had full open heart surgery I’m definitely obsessed with this sport I still teach and occasionally attempt to race Love these really inspiring people Thank you again Deb

Full respect for your yong 💕🥰💕

Wow…what an inspiration! I’m 65 and my contemporaries asked me why I still ski and run marathons. My answer to them is that one day I will not be able to….I’m blessed and grateful that I still can! Live each day!

I’m 40 and been skiing for 5 seasons now. My coworkers tell me I started late. But now I can show them this video and tell them I got a longtime ahead of me God willing.

Now at 81 but missing serious powder skiing badly, because of 3 yrs of overlapping fusion surgeries, these videos and comments add to my angst. Regardless of my 'spinal hardware store" my MAYO neurodoc says "OK but cautiously".. I CAN NOT WAIT to be back skiing Colorado with my helmet blowing tunes! N B PS Wouldn't it be nice to see more resorts discounting these outrageous lift prices?!

68 and picking up a sport I used to love and do about 40+ years ago. I used to ski on 180 Olins! Great video, very inspirational. Thanks to all.

I used to ski with my dad who studied in Graz Civil engineering and fell in love with the sport. Now he is 77 and still rides his skis in the alps.

Hi Deb, I just got in touch with the video I needed. I’m 70 rather close to 71 and after almost two years of intense biking I regained a good shape. That said, this winter I got back skiing as well, but a little worried about. Now, looking at this wonderful couple I feel completely relieved and hopefully waiting for many more skiing seasons. Many Thanks

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

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I started skiing again after 30 years +, am 54 and absolute LOVE to be back! I actually thought I would't be alle to handle it, but I did not give up! This video gives me hope that I Will keep on going for ever! 🤩😍

So very inspirational! Thank you Deb, for making this video.

I'm 49 and transitioning from Snowboarding to Skiing so I can keep up with my wife :), I love this channel. The passion of Deb and showing people loving the sport young and older is awesome. I hope to be able to ski at that age and enjoy life, their smiles and story is infectious.

100% Right! Thanks Deb!!

So beautiful to see young at heart and willing to do what it takes to believe in yourself. Simply Amazing Video.....❤💪

Deb, your videos rock!!! Thank you so much for all great info and inspiration. I'm teaching my 11 y.o. son right now. We are watching your videos, trying to imitate all the drills and having so much fun. I've been skiing for 40 years but I have found so many useful hints which make me more aware of what im doing. Good job 👍

I'm 75 and I just returned to skiing this week after 27 years at Mount Rose near Lake Tahoe in California and it's really beginning to come back to me. My son convinced me to get back into it. I've been staying primarily on the beginner trails working on carving turns and staying parallel. I'm having a blast just feeling the flow of it again although my form needs work when I get on the steeper intermediate terrain. It's been wonderful skiing with my son and now my wife, who is 73, is thinking of trying again too. Thanks for encouraging us seniors to keep on skiing as long as we can. I love your channel and just subscribed.

Great Deb! Your doing a wonderful job of capturing some of the best role models. 👍

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mugzy!!! And always great seeing you on the hill

@beckymurphy5399

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I’m 58, started skiing upon my move to CO again, after 26yrs, & I’m thrilled to see such a great attitude toward age & any activity, but especially skiing! Thanks, Deb! Love your vids

Thanks for having all ages in your videos. You show what is possible of all of us!

Thank you so much for this video. I wanted to give up today. I ski in the east on ice. I have no excuses. Haha love these two!

Thanks for the inspirational video. I’m 62 and skied for the first time in 40 years last week. I was a little apprehensive but it came back like riding a bike. Only 1 (truly epic) face plant in 3 days of skiing mostly blues in Steamboat (a couple of bruised ribs to show for it), but I’m ready to return and really rebuild some skills. I had forgotten how fun and challenging skiing is and loved every minute on the slopes.

Thanks Deb! First secret to carving at 88 is to live to be 88! Second, learn to carve at whatever age you are now and never quit!

@MrDogonjon

2 жыл бұрын

the secret to carving is to never stop learning. Sensations of movement, forces below us in the chemistry of exclusion zone- phase transition gauge pressure/ temperature gradient manipulation. It is a deep trench to contemplate/ compaction satisfaction.

@davidbeazer9799

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrDogonjon two deep trenches!

Great technique. I can't imagine how this skier could ski when younger. An inspiration for every ski lover. Congrats.

@jamesdunn2214

2 жыл бұрын

He was a great skier when younger. He still is.

Out of retirement at 75. 50 years between ski trips. Now once a week. Quit jumping last week. Over small jump, rail on the other side. Oh,oh!! Missed it. 😀

I'm 70 next season and looking forward to another Kootenay winter with 8 ski mountains within an hour and a half to a six hour drive. Started off with single piece of wood no metal edge skis, bear trap bindings and leather lace up boots. I'm now on a (real) world cup slalom ski with the race plate and higher DIN bindings and a race boot. Life is good when you can get the skis to snap on the groomers.

❤️❤️❤️. I recently met a man in his 80 hiking up a steep trail on the Olympic Peninsula. So amazing to see these guys getting out there and getting after it. Never give up!!! Love your videos.

The skier here is thin and fit. The key to being active well into your 70s and beyond. His turns are effortless. I guess he doesn’t need to use his poles the way most of us should. He’s that good?

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Max is an expert skier

Wow very inspiring. My husband turns 80 later this year and despite two separate falls (broken hip and leg) in the past few years, we ski a couple of times a week and still plan to spend another full season at a ski area before we die! Decreasing bone density is a concern for older skiers so caution is a must. It’s all about rounded turns and staying in control. And hoping that other skiers won’t run into you. One perk: most ski areas let over 80s ski for free or at greatly reduced prices.

@normferguson2769

2 жыл бұрын

Norquay in Banff Alberta has Seniors season pass for $96 CDN.

@teach1644

2 жыл бұрын

You need to pay full price and stop begging for discounts just because you are old and rich…

@dennisdose5697

2 жыл бұрын

For bone density add some weight lifting to your routine. Squats and deadlifts in particular load your whole skeleton. I recommend free weights as they also improve your balance. You don't need to go big but I think you will be surprised how much you increase your strength in a few weeks. Two or three days a week, I recommend Starting Strength by Rippetoe as a book.

Good genes there my man😊🏴‍☠️

His technique looks soooo good! He’s been watching your videos! In all seriousness though, for a guy that was probably 65+ when shaped skis came out, he obviously continues to learn and progress his craft! Very cool.

@jamesdunn9714

2 жыл бұрын

Max goes way back at TSV and was teaching when Deb was not yet born. He is one of the best.

Loved this one! Ok - I love them all but, this one I loved even more!

Truly inspirational

I started skiing at age 40 now I’m 66 . I love skiing and tennis.

I am 62 and I have a friend in Scotland, older than me. His father is quitting skiing for the last 10 years, but since he got his first pair of carving skis, he can not retire from skiing.

I am 68 now but intend to ski until I am 90, like my wife’s uncle did.

I have skied since five years old, raced in high school and college. I'm 74 years old now and can still load an edge and on a good day can carve. I have lost my interest in training and conditioning, so where I could carve for a thousand vertical feet, I'm exhausted at three hundred. I admire my elders in their passion, but I find it hard to lose to whatever talents I had at thirty. I'm healthy, but rumours of morality suck.

I am back in the mountains of Utah and back on skis after living 25 yrs on the beaches of North Carolina. I wasnt sure I could still do it after so long and at age 64. First day back was 12-14” fresh and still snowing, on my birthday in December of 2020, 9 degrees and blowing at Alta. Just like I remember it from my youth when I first started there in 1966. I pointed em down the fall line with some hesitation and after 2 turns, wondered why on earth I had not done this in so long. This video gives me encouragement to think I might have, God willing, another 25 years and thousands more vert to come! Thank you Max and Mary.

My takeaways: 1. If you like it, do it. 2. A body in motion stays in motion. 3. Stay in motion. 4. Having a companion that will bust your chops is a-ok. 5. The older you get, earning your turns is not about the uphill… and that’s a-ok.

So cool!! Good for them!!

Crazy !! Nice to watch. I often ask myself how long i will be able to keep skiing...

That's my goal ...to become a smooth skier like him and have that longevity!!!

Great story! Love it. Reminds me of a spectacular bluebird day years ago in my early 40s, riding the lift with a couple, he was 80 and she was 79. I told them I wanted to be them someday; I am now 65 and still going strong. I’m all about the trees, bumps, then groomers. I may have to decamp to the groomers someday, but then it will be all about speed. Keep moving!

Very inspiring video

Love this! I just started skiing maybe 3-4 seasons ago. I’m 46 now. I didn’t want my kids to remember that their mom was afraid of trying (and sticking with) something new. Even though my four kids and husband can out-ski me and sometimes I cry at the top of a slope I love being outside and moving my body! This gives me hope that I might have 40 more years to perfect my turns. Thanks Deb Armstrong for posting!

Life goal! Absolute life goal!

I love when you do these types of videos! I send them to those I know who think they are "old."

Hi Deb, I love this video and have saved it in my favorites. This last year I passed my 60th birthday and my present was to live in the mountains of Colorado. I get out to ski the many resorts that are an easy drive to me and hope to be like this young couple when I am their age. Never give up! Thank you.

Excellence. Appreciate the inspiration.

Awesome!

Lovely video. You are amazing. Your love for your subjects, your passion for skiing, your dedication to teaching-all such admirable qualities. Thank you!

Hello!! I am 60 years old and love to ski, I love the mountains, we skied in Austria and Italy this year, both amazing beautifull, every time again. Deb's instruction video's are very helpfull, I watch them a lot, she brings them with so much joy as well. I hope for the future there will be enough tips for the "older" skier, it's not about speed or tricks but just to enjoy skiing for as long as I will be able to. Thank you Deb, keep us informed, you are super!! Greetings from the Netherlands, Europe.

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. So happy that my videos help. Take good care

@schul3d

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Deb, I have a question regarding my skiing, I try all slopes but when the snow is flat and hard or icy I slide away with the back of my skies at the end of the turn, this makes me a bit unsure when this happens and then I decide more to slide from the slope which is okay but maybe you can give me a tip or advise or a link to one of your video's about this issue. Thank you!!

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

@@schul3d hum, difficult for me to say with this amount of information. so many things can be going on. im sorry. fore/aft balance is huge, being balanced over your feet and from there you can access the tipping and turning skills more effectively. then the trick is the proper blending of these skills, that is a very general answer and I can not be specific because I am not certain what the issue is.

@schul3d

2 жыл бұрын

@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong Okay, I know that skiing is a learning proces with every turn you make and the best thing is to never give up. I know my limits and the joy is the most important!! Thank you!!

WoW! This wonderful.

Debbie, that was fantastic an inspiration to us all, I've just turned 60 a few days ago, I've skied since I could afford to ski, so since I was 16 years old ! My love for the sport gets more & more with each &every year that passes By ; I've been getting over Covid, which attacked my thyroid, now I have an under active thyroid !! So the Alps were closed last season & then over the last 12 months ( Covid) So all being well & with the help of a training Ade, E- mtb which will help get my fitness back As mountain biking is also a big love of mine ; so with a good wind ! I will be back ski instructing next season ! Love your channel such great content Debbie your a star ✨❤️👍👌

Mary is rocking it 😊

love this :)

Wonderful x

Really cool 🔥👌

Wow!

25, I hope I can ski for 63 more years 😃

Nice.

Two "seasoned" and smooth skiers. 😁

Hotdog Hans is 86 years old as I write this and he is doing backflips off side hits while holding a beer.

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

Love it

Unfortunately we had a bad snow year here in New Hampshire. The season is coming to an end. I’m a very athletic 67 year old. Been skiing about 35 years. My skiing is all screwed up. I made up my mind to start off taking lessons next year. Determined to become a smooth skier. Need your opinion on how to pick a instructor and possibly a mountain anywhere in NewEngland. What I don’t want is to waste my money on someone who is a good skier and is just working at the mountain for the perks. Any suggestions Deb

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

some fantastic instructors in Taos if you can make a trip there

Just don't ski the icy bumps. We have quite a few older skiers. You have the time away from work.

👍👍👍❄

Did they tell you how many days they are getting per year?

Classic

Where is Max from?

Rage against the dying of the light.

what dis accent

Stop pandering the old people it’s obvious…

@DebArmstrongSkiStrong

2 жыл бұрын

If you are familiar with my channel ou will know I make videos with all ages, colors, ability level, stye of skiing,, adaptive, the full spectrum. I'm sorry the lense with which you form opinions makes such assumptions.