Kids Say the Darndest Things

Normally the kids shun the old man in the lift line. This one was different.

An 8-year old boy saw me in line, and said something along the lines of “Are you going single?” I said yes, and so we rode up on the lift together.

As we passed over he terrain park, we watched a boy struggle with a fun box. My companion pointed out that he would have never taken on the box in that way. I didn’t quite understand what he meant, but let it pass.

I asked him if he rode much in the park. He said no, that he normally raced on a board.

Interesting. I had never met a snowboard racer, let alone someone that young. (By the way, I should mention that I started skiing before I started riding. And I started skiing at age 35.)

“Have you always been a rider, or do you ski, too,” I asked him.

“Oh, I used to ski,” he replied. “But that was when I was little.”