Quotes About Adventure

As pro snowboarders, skiers, etc., we all know that what we do is risky.

I'm a black-diamond skier and can dance the whole night - if I find a good partner!

My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.

We go to Montana every year - that's where my husband is from - Flathead Lake, Montana, which is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to in my life. It's amazing that his entire family lives there. There's waterskiing, jet skiing, and kayaking, and it's just really fun.

For me, skiing is a physical necessity. I have a need for risk.

My first time skiing was in Vail, Colorado. It was brilliant fun until I whacked myself in the face with my ski pole.

I realize how fortunate I am to have been able to make a life and career out of skiing.

For me a great date will be going on jet skiing or other adventure sport.

When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.

I just love to be on my skis, skiing with my friends, just going out into the mountains and being in nature and skiing some powder. That's the best thing.

That's my perfect day: going skiing.

Skiing is the pleasurable part of alpinism - way more pleasurable and fun than alpine climbing.

I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.

I love skiing. What on earth have I been doing on a beach all this time? I mean, that's for morons - you can get sunburn and really damage yourself.

Who actually enjoys skiing? Come on, even Olympic ski masters, even James Bond, think that dressing up in all that fluorescent, insulated kit and having to manoeuvre down a mountain in the freezing cold is no way to spend leisure time.

Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.

I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

I'm still having fun and as long as skiing is enjoyable, I'm going to continue to do it.

My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing.

When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.

I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.

A part of me is missing when I can't ski, but I've learned there's more to define me and make me happy, like stand-up paddling and Jet Skiing - things I'd never done before. Or being with people I love and just enjoying life.

If you like the outdoors, Colorado is a big adventure playground for adults: it's great for skiing, cycling, climbing, and hiking.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.