What It's Like to Be a Ski Girl
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Lymecity
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Actual moment in my life -
*from chairlift*
"Woah dude did you just see that guy eat it!?"
*I pull off my helmet and check out my freshly delammed top sheet after catching an edge in the park*
"Holy shit that was a chick! Did you see that?!"
I've also been called sir and dude and a multitude of masculine names. Surprise!!
I think this happens because of the constant battle you mentioned which is hair. Do I slick it all back and look like a guy so it doesnt get in my mouth. OR do I leave some out so that I am indeed recognised as female but have that disgusting feeling of hairy neck and hair in my mouth?! I can't choooose!!
Ski boot fur makes me sick ha
*from chairlift*
"Woah dude did you just see that guy eat it!?"
*I pull off my helmet and check out my freshly delammed top sheet after catching an edge in the park*
"Holy shit that was a chick! Did you see that?!"
I've also been called sir and dude and a multitude of masculine names. Surprise!!
I think this happens because of the constant battle you mentioned which is hair. Do I slick it all back and look like a guy so it doesnt get in my mouth. OR do I leave some out so that I am indeed recognised as female but have that disgusting feeling of hairy neck and hair in my mouth?! I can't choooose!!
Ski boot fur makes me sick ha
jaimegilfish
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13763831:Lymecity said:
Pull two like strands like inch thick out the front and then put everything else in the tightest braid down your back ever
13763896:safarisam said:
Where I'm from we literally call them our "slut strands" idk where it came from but it started when we were like 12-13 hahah
Lymecity
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13763943:jaimegilfish said:
HAHA yes I definitely par take in the slut strand look. I recently cut off a bunch of hair and put some layers in so my braid doesn't work anymore
I usually go through a stage every winter where I want to shave my head ha!Although it always makes me ponder - having long hair is the most annoying thing about skiing. But there are so many guys rockin longer hair. Have they discovered a secret to avoiding our perils? Maybe we should ask the guys about their hair strategies haha
jaimegilfish
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13764501:Lymecity said:HAHA yes I definitely par take in the slut strand look. I recently cut off a bunch of hair and put some layers in so my braid doesn't work anymore
Although it always makes me ponder - having long hair is the most annoying thing about skiing. But there are so many guys rockin longer hair. Have they discovered a secret to avoiding our perils? Maybe we should ask the guys about their hair strategies haha
Ahhh yeh my hairdresser a couple of weeks ago offered me layers.... it took me ages to convince her no... hahah
YES LETS ASK THE BOYS
jaimegilfish
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13764571:Ninskasi said:
I realllyyyyy wanna put the pink back in my hair but I just can't afford to bleach it first
girlscanshred
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13764501:Lymecity said:HAHA yes I definitely par take in the slut strand look. I recently cut off a bunch of hair and put some layers in so my braid doesn't work anymore
Although it always makes me ponder - having long hair is the most annoying thing about skiing. But there are so many guys rockin longer hair. Have they discovered a secret to avoiding our perils? Maybe we should ask the guys about their hair strategies haha
i think the guys just don't care as much as the girls. my brother has really long hair, so he can put his hair up, but its just always kind of a mess during ski season. I dont think asking the guys will help you much.
13764571:Ninskasi said:
some guys on the chair lift asked started talking to me and then one of them said something about me being a guy. I told them i wasn't and they didn't believe me. i have wicked short hair, so i can't put it out of my helmet but its not worth growing out just for ski season
on top of wearing a big ass saga jacket and baggy snow pants, i do look like a little boy
jaimegilfish
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13765177:addie. said:
Hahhh pretty much the same thing
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Wutever
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13763943:jaimegilfish said:
This is perfect, I love this. ^
Other favorite hits include:
"Holy shit that's a chick"
"She has more balls than you" *guy to other guy*
"If she's throwing flips, you better put a ring on it" *guy to my ex* (no ring, still stoked)
I get similar reactions when I pull off my helmet as when I step out of my car... They just can't believe there was a girl in there for some reason.
Honestly, being a ski girl gets interesting sometimes... I've skied with mostly guys my whole life which inadvertently made me into a guy's gal, from a young age. Not being allowed to cry or give up when I fell made me stronger for all the times I'd be bashed up later. Only problem with that was I sort of lost touch with a lot of my female friends cus I kept skiing and they stopped in favor of other sports or just got tired of it. (nothing wrong with that) I dunno, I just grew up as a skier girl, I don't know what I would be like if I wasn't. It's flattering when the guys think you're super hot cus you ski and have a good time. But sometimes but it gets kinda old if I stop into Woodward and want to get new tricks dialed in and get looked at weird cus they think I won't actually send anything. I started throwing down bigger and bigger stuff and the more I threw, the more people wanted to help me go bigger. Last I heard, I was definitely the only girl throwing backflips on the BMX resi mat on roller skis. Once the guys see skill, they kinda treat you as their own. I love the friendly shit talking and crude humor, it's a party with the guys I ski with. Which is nice to a certain extent but sometimes I miss some of that female connection. I can hang with the guys all day but there's some stuff they don't understand. I can't turn to them and talk about cute guys or how I should've worn a better sports bra. (like that article posted here a couple weeks ago)
At least Lady Gabber is sort of a place to reconnect with other girls and just have that tribe. Hopefully there will be more girls around to ski with this winter.
Ninskasi
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13766438:SkierBetch said:
I feel ya.!!! I lost ALL of my girl friends since I was out on the mountain every day I could be. And because of that ended up being one of the guys too. I have a really hard time connecting with other girls because I have such a sarcastic, crude, dirty sense of humor.
