Growing up within 30 minutes of 3 small ski areas (no mountains in WI), I was intimately familiar with the skis that came from Montgomery Wards, Sears, and K-mart. We could ski on night passes for $3 and rent skis, boots, bindings for another $5, so purchasing skis never entered my mind.

Once I picked up a used 6-man toboggan, my ski interest waned. They are fun, light, and have a random chance of disaster that is enough for me. They also float when you shoot across thinner ice than you reckoned it was.

I've never even seen a snowboard. My brother used to sail one of those things with 3 skates and a sail, which are amazingly fast and pretty randomly violent, as well. My last snow fun was screwing sheet metal screws into the knobbies of my CanAm and riding on frozen lakes. We also used to put the garden hose on the silo for a week and then climb the ice rocket.

Grady and others can probably relate to boredom-induced winter fun that only seems fun if there's an element of risk.

I've got a much better chance of winning the TdF than getting back on skis.
I moved here for a reason.

EpicSki? I know a few guys from Milwaukee, but I don't know him.