Just before the start of 4 th grade, we moved to a suburb of Syracuse, NY, where the winters are long, grey and cold. Here you basically skied in the winter or hibernated; our family chose skiing! Dad took Mom, myself and younger sister to the local ski shop, we rented skis, poles and boots for the winter and got a family season pass to Toggenburg, a small hill just 25 minutes from our house. It was here my ski passion began.
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