First Time Ever on Skis: An Essay Contest with Warren Miller
Winter is nearly here, and you can almost feel the first turns of the season—for a lucky few they've already happened.
In anticipation of that hallowed first day, we have partnered with Newschoolers.com to bring you an essay contest on this very subject. The new issue, #4.2, features 20 pages with the one and only Warren Miller—and an essay from Mr. Miller on his first time ever on skis, which took place in 1937.
In homage to first days worldwide, Warren wants to read about your first time ever on skis. Whether it happened on an icy backyard hill or in two feet of alpine fresh, we all know your first day was a life changing experience. And yours might just lead to another epic experience: the winner will receive a pair of K2 Skis, a jacket from Orage, and a pair of goggles from Smith Optics.
The details are simple: In 500 words or less, tell us about your time ever on skis. Entries must be an original work written by you—original content only, please. Include pictures if you have any. Send your story to with the subject line “First Time.”
Entries will be judged by Warren himself, and the winning entry will be published in an upcoming issue of The Ski Journal. The chosen essay will also win K2 Skis, an Orage Jacket, and Smith Goggles.
For those who want to subscribe to The Ski Journal, use promo "WarrenMiller" and you are automatically entered to win another prize package from K2, Orage and Smith, and a copy of #4.2 signed by Warren Miller—valid for new subscriptions, gifts and renewals.
The deadline is December 1, 2010, so put pen to paper, subscribe, and remember your first time ever on skis—and all the days which are yet to come.
Comments:
First Time Ever on Skis
My Grand father made those skis, he was working with Enlish people before 1947 when India was a continent under British rule, and Gulmarg was the holiday place for them in summer as well as in winter.
Kashmir Himalayas was very behind than rest of ski world ,in 1988 i had my first basic ski course in ski school in Gulmarg, in 1989 the cold war started and it remain continue till 2002 and i was still skiing on 165cm Atomic rental ski due to cold war and Militancy in Kashmir, in 2004 when Gulmarg build the worlds highest Gondola which goes up to 4000 metres and i got my first Seth pistol K2 powder skis the real tool for Himalayas powder and in 2006 i got the Pontoons, and in 2009 i had a chance skiing with Pep Fujas and Andy Mahre on K2 Helbent, the big change in Himalayas............a dream which happen, Himalaya ski revolution...
Winner
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My first 'recollection' of skiing
Here is the intro:
One of the ideas behind starting Ski Mad World was to tell the story of skiing, of the sport in general and my particular relationship with the sport. Gathering my hundreds of trip reports of my ski outings along with my other tidbits scattered around the internet.
I also wanted to relive the trips that never made it online, either the recent ones or those beautiful trips from many years ago, recreating the atmosphere of the times. Some of those nostalgia trips would involved trips from my youth.
I found out that my favorite ski mag had a great idea, The Ski Journal had a “first day ever essay contest”. The submissions are to be judged by Warren Miller himself. A great topic that falls right where I want to go with this nostalgia series, however I wasn’t expecting to go that far in the past.
http://madpatski.wordpress.com/2010/12/22/beaver-lake-circa-1968/
