Is there a 'cutoff' age for skiing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted above but want to say one more thing. I do think it is incredibly scary to learn to ski after 40. I would be terrified as a novice skier and I'm so so glad that I learned young.

I learned last year at 44 (together with my teenage daughter), and it wasn’t scary at all. It depends on the person.

[Anonymous]

If you are fine with the consequences of a fall at 65-75/85 keep on going! Just make sure you have long term care lined up and don’t mind a brain injury.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are fine with the consequences of a fall at 65-75/85 keep on going! Just make sure you have long term care lined up and don’t mind a brain injury.

Brain injuries are really uncommon for people who ski moderately and wear helmets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are fine with the consequences of a fall at 65-75/85 keep on going! Just make sure you have long term care lined up and don’t mind a brain injury.

I hate this stupidity. You don't offer any data to support your judgeyness. I guess we should all just get fat and die in a lazy boy. Thanks Karen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are fine with the consequences of a fall at 65-75/85 keep on going! Just make sure you have long term care lined up and don’t mind a brain injury.

I hate this stupidity. You don't offer any data to support your judgeyness. I guess we should all just get fat and die in a lazy boy. Thanks Karen.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347482751_Geriatric_Skiers_Active_But_Still_at_Risk_a_National_Trauma_Data_Bank_Study

Your choices at 80 are skiing or getting fat in a lazy boy? Sounds like you have an unhealthy relationship with exercise. Are you over 70? If not I think you don’t fully understand what happens to the body as you age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are fine with the consequences of a fall at 65-75/85 keep on going! Just make sure you have long term care lined up and don’t mind a brain injury.

I hate this stupidity. You don't offer any data to support your judgeyness. I guess we should all just get fat and die in a lazy boy. Thanks Karen.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347482751_Geriatric_Skiers_Active_But_Still_at_Risk_a_National_Trauma_Data_Bank_Study

Your choices at 80 are skiing or getting fat in a lazy boy? Sounds like you have an unhealthy relationship with exercise. Are you over 70? If not I think you don’t fully understand what happens to the body as you age.

It's pretty clear that you don't ski or that it's not something important to you. Enjoying an activity and believing in staying active isn't an unhealthy relationship with exercise. Sorry that I refuse to wrap myself in bubble wrap or only take what YOU perceive to be acceptable risk.