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    I jump into the calm‚ cold‚ dark blue water anxious to water ski for the first time since last year. My family likes do many different sports and activities together and one of the many sports is water skiing. Every year me and my family go up to lake arrowhead to water ski and this year we went during the summer. It has been a year since I water skied but I was anxious to get back up on skis. My uncle driving the boat asks me if I am ready and I nervously nodded my head yes‚ as the boat started

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    Nowadays‚ skiing is one of the most popular sport in the world. Have you ever ski once in your life? I did‚ I extremely enjoy this sport because of the sense of it’s excitement and freedom. My first experience of skiing was hard‚ but leaving the best memory in my life. For me‚ ski with the worst coach I have ever met is just like a nightmare. I don’t know how to control my speed‚ so I went headlong‚ and got a big bruise on my knee. On this sunny day‚ I rolled down the hill moreover to ski down

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    people that want to truly escape into an untouched environment. The summit was used for cattle grazing. In 1994 the decision was made to develop the mountain for downhill skiing and the future for the mountain was not looking bright. Fortunately‚ the Victorian government announced in 1997 that the plans to develop the mountain for skiing have been overturned and to keep Mt Sterling all season‚ nature based tourist‚ recreational‚ and also an educational mountain that is inviting for everyone. Now at Mt

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    “Are people going to make fun of me?” “Am I going to fall?” Seated aside on the escalator with my instructor I pondered to myself “Is it too late to reconsider?” Midway through the ride to the top of the hill he told me bluntly as difficult as snowboarding seems in the beginning I would eventually get the hang of it. I didn’t bother listening to him due to my horrible thoughts drowning and repelling every sound anything made. Before I knew it I stood on the top of the hill and he told me to go down

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    Skiing was not my forte or my favorite activity to do. My emotions were enraged at the way I tumbled down the slope. My body ached by falling and tumbling through the freezing cold snow and ice. Home sounded so marvelous right now‚ anywhere but here‚ my confidence had hit rock bottom. My face red and frozen from sobbing. I concluded that there was some other way down‚ nevertheless there wasn’t. It was a gorgeous day about five years ago. My family and I had left to Sugar mountain to practice skiing

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    shape‚ surface‚ and overall speed of an object (John Polson‚ 2013). Air resistance is present in snow skiers and can inhibit their performance in a race greatly if the proper precautions and positions are not met. Three of the main aspects of snow skiing are posture‚ clothing and location; all of which are affected by air resistance. The drag force of an object is influenced by size‚ shape surface area and velocity of the object. The force of drag is

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    The morning air brought chills across the land. Trees shook and snow flurried about the ground creating the mountain smog. The cold metal of the chair lift endured the morning breeze comfortably‚ while the two on it sat silently tucking themselves away from the frigid air. Puffs of clouds rose from both of their mouths as they breathed in the rejuvenating gusts‚ only to disappear from sight within a few seconds. The quiet breath of the mountain and the groaning of the iron monoliths holding the two

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    Wow‚ what else do you do in your spare time? I hit the slopes. Skiing is a passion of mine. Like I said‚ I love speed and freefalling. With skiing‚ I get both. Do you ever worry about getting injured? Let me share an interesting story. A few years ago‚ I was skiing down a black diamond slope. The terrain was very steep and full of bumps. Now‚ I’ve done the run many times and I think I’m a pretty good skier. That

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    Snowboarding Have you ever done something that changed your life? Well that’s what this story is about. Im going to tell you about the first time i went snowboarding and how it changed my life. “Where are we going?” i exclaimed. “You will see” my mom said with a huge smile on her face while glancing at my dad. We started to slow down in front of a big hotel with a mountain behind it. “Wooow are we staying there?” “we will see i need to check in first to see if we are staying in here or a cabin

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    our rescue. Eventually‚ the speed boat came to our rescue and we all slowly climbed into the boat. Small talk was exchanged between the instructor and my siblings‚ each remarking on the power of the waves and how terrible the conditions were for jet-skiing. I remained silent‚ however‚ with only one thought residing in my mind: I was

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