F.O.P. Ski Club

We were called Baby Boomers and we ruled the world!

Your first skis were as tall as you were… 200’s or 205’s or even 210’s.
Your first ski boots were leather…ACK!!!!
Your skis had safety straps on them instead of the ski brakes. And when a ski came loose from the strap everyone on the mountain would scream “SKI” to alert those down slope to watch out.
You used to repair your skis at home using p-tex, a candle and a steam iron to fill gouges and then a scraper and file to level the bottoms and edges.
You owned 2 pair of skiis………..your good regular ones and pair of old rock skiis for early and late in the season.

You bought a lift ticket at the ticket window each time you skied and put it on a wire wicket on your jacket (sometimes elastic cord) and you kept the old ones on the jacket to show everyone that you were a skier….and look how many times I’ve skied this year.
Lift tickets cost $15 to $25…….and many times you could find some discount paper coupon and even pay less.

Remember when you bought your first ski rack for your car….you were now an official SKIER. And, of course, you kept it on the car all season long.
Carried a set of chains in the trunk of your car…didn’t have SUVs back then.
On the way to the resort, ended up getting stuck behind a slow-moving huge land yacht 4 door car (you know – the big Buick or Oldsmobile) that had no snow tires on it.

You wore blue jeans and the bottom of the pant legs would freeze solid during the day.
You skied in a blue jean jacket and down vest.
Helmets……don’t need to stinking helmets.
Your first ski jacket was a puffy / fluffy down jacket and left feathers on your sweater then you took the jacket off. Oops, did I mention ski sweater….yes you probably had a couple in your closet.
You wore your designer sun glasses (not goggles): Vuarnet, Carrera, Bolle and looked cool…and you had a strap on the ends so you wouldn’t lose them if you fell down (maybe a Bula brand).
You wore a bota bag to take your wine with you on the slopes…..and it you fell and the bag burst it looked like blood all over the slope (provided you were drinking red wine).
You remember your first pair of stretch ski pants and how great they were to wear…you really looked cool in them.
Ski gloves or ski mittens?

You always picked up a ski map and read it on the slopes to figure out where you were at and where you’re headed….and you always ended up on a double black diamond run by mistake! End of the season you had a dozen of the maps in your pocket and the car.
Suzy Chapstick commercials on TV.
You wanted to look like Jean Claude Killy when you came flying down the slope.
If you’re a guy, if you had to pee while on the slopes you skied off in the tress. Oops….still do that.
You’d bring your lunch in a back pack and eat in the cafeteria at the base to save money….and many times someone sat on your brown bag lunch.
Pocket beers and a flask….no wait, still do that😊
Watched John Denver Christmas specials and moved to Colorado.
Watched SNL skits with Bill Murray as the lounge singer at the ski lodge and Dan Akroid as the snow cat driver grooming the slopes at night.
Watching Andy Williams Christmas specials filmed in Aspen. Hey, remember his ex-wife Claudine Longet shooting Spider Sabich….OH NO, did she ever get convicted of that?