I grew up seeing this creek every day and learning how to ice skate, swim, water ski, do everything on this creek. I want her to be able to do the same, but it just doesn't look like it did.

To see him ski is to see fluidity, as if he were a droplet of water trickling down a rough plaster wall.

He loved to ski barefoot and enjoyed making his own skis. He would soak boards in water, and put them on blocks. Then he would drive his model A car up on them and let it sit while they dried. It would form a curve in them. He loved the outdoors.

I start training two weeks before a competition, every other day. I'll drink a gallon of water and eat cottage cheese while at I'm at work.

One of our owners, Bob Nicholls, got the idea to do a ski free day because he wanted to show the place off to some people who maybe hadn't been here in a while. Judging by some of the equipment I saw, I think he did just that.

People hire him to ski with him for a day. He really enjoys that.