Does the activity require specialist foot wear? If the answer is yes, then it’s a sport. If no, then it isn’t. This gets rid of pub-based activities but keeps football, rugby, cricket and most importantly skiing in.
High Court rules bridge is not a sport. Bridge players who wanted the popular card game recognised as a sport have lost their High Court battle. The English Bridge Union had challenged a decision by Sport England not to recognise it as a sport because it does not involve physical activity.15 Oct 2015
High Court rules bridge is not a sport - BBC News
Playing bridge obviously requires no specialist footwear.......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
@skiingwithdemons,
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Hopefully getting the balance of self-promotion and entertainment right
Not sure you're getting the balance right now ?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
It's an addiction.
You either dabble occasionally with a little bit of the white stuff and get the odd high, or take it all in and never want to stop
for the me its a non-competitive sport , that requires hours/days/years of practice with very little chance of ever achieving perfection, that keeps you challenged on every level , in your mind , body , soul and wallet . but still gives you immense satisfaction 99% of the time
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Way to many Fat City Folk on the slopes who think they are Sporty
It's was a hobby that has become an obsession. When I attend uni next year the real reason I'm planning an exchange year in Europe is to learn either French or German which will then help facilitate a permanant move closer to the mountains.
Rather that the pile of bull $h1t I wrote on my personal statement about expanding my cultural interaction skills in a globalised world or something like that.
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It's an addiction
It's hyperbole.
Anyone who claims they are addicted but hasn't packed in their job to live and work in the mountains is over-egging the pudding (there's a phrase not used this century ).
I am always happier in the mountains. I feel uplifted and my chest opens up when I'm there. I'll ski, climb, hike, cycle - whatever. But the fact that I still live in SE England where I can earn more money means it's not an addiction.
After all it is free
After all it is free
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Anyone who claims they are addicted but hasn't packed in their job to live and work in the mountains is over-egging the pudding
I must be addicted then - my pudding is correctly egged. Then we have the question : Can you ruin a hobby by making it your job?
see @Timberwolf, not a single mention of my book (doh!).
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I was reading this thread again, when I thought "have I ever met a miserable skier?". You know the sort of miserable moaning person you see in some towns, and then I remembered this video I came across (I have never seen anything like this on the piste)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
@jedster,
No did not pack my job in, but took two jobs skiing, and spent a good 30hrs plus a week skiing all year round.
I could have got seasonal full time work skiing back then. The issue was work out of the ski season. This set up allowed me to do 3 weeks skiing holiday where I was able to do what I wanted each day so pretty much at that time about the best option.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Boarders so suck. Always have. Always will. Single-helix atavist urchins.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
I thought hobbies are what you did in sheds, so how can skiing be a hobby?
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Bigtipper wrote:
I was reading this thread again, when I thought "have I ever met a miserable skier?". You know the sort of miserable moaning person you see in some towns, and then I remembered this video I came across (I have never seen anything like this on the piste)
Going to the alps skiing is a treatment against the northern wintet depression (is so dark all day).
It might be a sport or et might be a hobby - but for sure it is drogue💉
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why do you think we called our company Mountain Addiction - although we've now closed it, we're still and always will have a Mountain Addiction - forever needing our next fix.
The Mountains always make things better... But I don't go in for the whole snow culture thing - baggy trousers, people saying Epic, pow and vert with shocking frequency, the surgically attached beanie from Dec 1 to April 30
I just love mountains, I need them.
After all it is free
After all it is free
reded78 wrote:
Probably a bit of all of the above in my case. Think if I actually lived in / near the apps it would much more be a permanent fixture, where as now (and I suspect similar for many fellow snowheads) it's probably best described as an obsessive holiday past time.
This. If I lived closer I would be obsessive, but have to make the most of whatever weekends, or weeks we manage to get off work to go. this working stuff really ruins our skiing.
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A hobby for me. And I'm definitely not addicted or I wouldn't sometimes look out of the window and think "Oh, FFS, I'm not going out in that!"
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pam w wrote:
A hobby for me. And I'm definitely not addicted or I wouldn't sometimes look out of the window and think "Oh, FFS, I'm not going out in that!"
haha, +1
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
It's just the most efficient mode of transport to get from one mountain restaurant to the next.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
full on addict. skate all summer, snowboard all winter...
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
Mountain Addiction wrote:
But I don't go in for the whole snow culture thing - baggy trousers, people saying Epic, pow and vert with shocking frequency, the surgically attached beanie from Dec 1 to April 30
Haha nice! Was in a certain ski resort bar 2 weeks ago and realized i was the only person not wearing a beanie (out of maybe 7 total). I did request a discount for being the coolest by definition
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Can't it be a sport that's a hobby? I seem to have used up all of annual leave over the past five years on skiing. Keep thinking of going on a normal summer holiday but skiing keeps winning and south America's quite nice.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
jedster wrote:
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It's an addiction
It's hyperbole.
Anyone who claims they are addicted but hasn't packed in their job to live and work in the mountains is over-egging the pudding (there's a phrase not used this century ).
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There is such a thing as a functioning addict. When you find yourself lying to colleagues about why you're taking another Friday off cos they'll think you're a freak - that's a sign.
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a way of life...
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
A thing I was lucky enuff to be close enuff to as a kid that it didn't break my folks purse, a thing that was too expensive to be able to afford for a while, a thing that I could finally afford on my own, a thing that became complete when I met my OH. Joint appreciation rulez.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Kelskii wrote:
Can't it be a sport that's a hobby? I seem to have used up all of annual leave over the past five years on skiing. Keep thinking of going on a normal summer holiday but skiing keeps winning and south America's quite nice.
+1
I now view holiday time and money spent not skiing as wasted.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
[quote="Lechjas"]
oxforddictionaries wrote:
Sport noun
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment0
^ That's the critical point IMV.
Without competition, it's not necessarily a sport. I ski (sort of) but not competitively so for me it's not a sport. Others ski competitively so, for them, it is a sport
That doesn't mean all competitive activities are sports - eg. bridge, as mentioned earlier
After all it is free
After all it is free
Lechjas wrote:
oxforddictionaries wrote:
Sport noun
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment
Hmm, well it rather depends on which dictionary you use...
oxforddictionaries - (Advanced Learners) wrote:
sport noun
activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules
Collinsdictionaries wrote:
sport noun
an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often involving the testing of physical capabilities and taking the form of a competitive game such as football, tennis, etc
2. such activities considered collectively
3. any particular pastime indulged in for pleasure
cambridgedictionaries wrote:
sport noun
a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job:
Football, basketball, and hockey are all team sports.
I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.
all types of physical activity that people do to keep healthy or for enjoyment
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Really the whole thread gets derailed with whether skiing is a sport or not? yes it is a sport , whether you treat it as a sport or not is the question. I consider it sport, yes from time to time I utter the words, race you, so that would indeed make it a sport,. Horses though are my main sport.
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