Sinful ski outfits Contest

Mike,

You have a great idea. I will discuss this with the site "guru" Dave and perhaps get some sponsors to "donate" some skis or boots as prize!!

Now we will have to have "rules" . Foe example can Green skier win TWO prizes?

Are there "others" that want to share their skiing stories?

This is what I suggest.
We have a well defined section for ski stories.
We can have a "voting" system so that readers can vote for "best "story.
Every month or two months we can have some form of prize!

Any more rules?

Pavel;

I'm glad you like the idea. We skiers are supposed to have a "soft" side so we can feel the snow. And to me that means we are creative and observant. If this is true we should be able to tell of our experiences (real or imaginery) on the skis. There is a "closed" auduience here in that we are all intereted in skiing and will all be able to relate to others' stories with enthusiasm. We all like to tell our stories and who better to tell them to than an interested selection of people with like interests.

Rules ? I suppose there must be guidelines if a winner is to be declared. If her voting peers feel Greenskier's story is the best, she should certianly be able to win the prize. Whether the stories are true experience or not, I think the voters will have to decide if they are plausible or not. Plausible storie should be a requirement. Possibly different categories might be established. The stories that come from dreams, those that are factual, and maybe the ones who's truth is stretched slightly. The whole intent is to put the reader "on the hill" or "at the tuning bench" with the skier telling the story. They should be entertaining and not use up all of Dave's band width!

If pictures to enhance the story are available, they may be permitted however this takes away from activating the readers' imagination of the circumstances being described. I, for example, have a very clear picture of searching for leaks from your story and you didn't include any pictures. Maybe pictures should not be permitted so as to "force" the literary value of the stories.

Mike

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pavelski wrote: Foe example can Green skier win TWO prizes?

Of course she can! (Although I may be a little biased) If you let me enter I promise to share my story about how I started the day with two skis and two stocks and finished with no skis and one stock - and no it doesn't involve powder.

I can't wait to get my tuque and show it off to my friends - do you think it would be stretching the truth to say I won it in a ski competition?