I lost my taste for downhill skiing in the mid 80's, after I discovered cross country skiing and my getting more seriously into cycling to some extent. All of the sudden, going up and down a hill or mountain on skis for whole days and sometimes nights, without really getting anywhere, just didn't make that much sense anymore. It suddenly felt like I was just on some sort of winter carnival ride......... Maybe if we had much bigger hills and mountains to ski on in the midwest, I'd felt different??
I never got tired of cross country skiing though, it related very well with my cycling. By the 90's I just didn't have time and energy to do it anymore because of work. It did not help that cross country ski trails are not as accesible in CA as they were in Wisconsin.
Oh to be in your teens and twenties again!

Chombi