I was having a little lie-down yesterday, on a bitterly cold but sunny afternoon, when the usually-placid cat on the bed started growling.
She was looking intently out the window and I thought, “Racoon.”
Not hardly!
This para-skier swooped and flipped and flew outside our windows for an hour or more, in spite of wind chills well below zero. Later, another guy joined him, so we had a pair-a-skiers. (Sorry.)
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Ah, to be young and athletic and able to make the most of the wicked winter. Applause to this gentleman and his skills. 🙂
I know–I kept wondering how long he could keep it up. He performed as if he knew he had an audience!
Add this one to the list of sports I will likely never try. Props to them though on getting out there and enjoying the winter weather
I cannot imagine doing this! Most of the time his snowboard was on the lake surface but then the wind would scoop him aloft–eeeeek!
Live entertainment right outside your window. And no charge either. Can’t beat that!
I know! In the 7-8 years we’ve lived here, I’ve only seen one other para-skier! Mostly we just see the ice fishermen, plodding along and shivering . . .
Looks like fun. But cold.
what fun! That is a kind of skiing I might like to try! I love that the cat growled. Our cats would stare and hunt from window to window, but I don’t think they would growl.
I thought the skiing looked like fun until he was airborne all of a sudden! That wouldn’t be for me! The cats really were fascinated–they don’t get much to amuse them during the winter!
That’s too cold for me! We’ll gladly go out when it’s 10-20 degrees and not windy. Walking/hiking or snowshoeing gets the body temp up plenty to withstand that. But not with the wind, so I’d say a wind-dependent sport would not work for me! Fun that you and cat got to see them, though.
I agree about the wind–that’s the dealbreaker. But I wonder how much that really bothered this guy–after all, he was mostly traveling with the wind so he shouldn’t have felt it quite the same way as a stationary person would?
It does make a difference. And of course different people have different tolerance for it!
A good gallery. I’ll forgive the pun
Thank you, Derrick–that’s very kind of you!
🙂
Some fun, he must have been nicely insulated! I love the cat’s reaction, that would be Max, having an absolute fit.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! LOL!
Oh, I know–I couldn’t believe how long he kept at it! We watched him, then went outside and cleared our driveway for a long time, and when we came in, frozen, he was still out there!
That is making lemonade from lemons! You are so lucky to be able to enjoy it from your window:)!
Too true! Being in the warm house made it a lot more fun to watch!
The best sort of ringside entertainment. So you didn’t run out and ask if you could have a go??
Ha! He kept being lifted off his feet, way up in the air–that would scare me witless!
Wow, that looks like so much fun. You must have enjoyed yourself watching him (or her).
It was fun–I had to pull myself away, eventually, and clear snow in my own driveway–but he (definitely a “he”) was still there when I came back!
Way too cold for me. Like any sane person I would be inside nice and warm and only watching. It was -7 when I got up this morning. I would guess much colder where you are.
Way too cold for me, too! We had to force ourselves outside to clear snow and I didn’t think I’d ever get warm again. We’ve seen the thermometer at -25 . . .
What a great post!!! I love this glimpse into your and your cat’s and these hardy, acrobatic souls’ winter afternoon….
Thanks, Will–that cats and I were very happy to have a warm house from which to watch the entertainment!
I’ll bet he was having fun – the things our pets growl at 🙂
One of our cats charged a huge heron and chased him off our seawall once! And they chase dogs that come on the property–they see themselves as very big and scary!
This would of been so fun to watch! Lucky you!! Glad you shared it with the rest of us bloggers,and give Kitty a nice rub for giving you the heads up.
True–without the cat alerting me, I’d’ve missed the whole thing! And then what would I have have blogged about?!?
Excellent exercise for a blustery sunny winter day…I bet they were sailing right through it 😉
I think it must be great exercise–he was lifting off the ground and doing flips. I’d love to know how fast he was moving, in terms of miles per hour!
Tee-hee! No wonder the cat growled. As for the pair-a-skiers, fortitude or lack of sense?
Maybe the cat was growling at my bad pun and not the skiers?! I need to remind her who feeds her . . .
Oh, it won’t help. You know how cats are. 😉
I love the pun! I would like to have seen this but there is no way I would have gone out to join them!
Fun with puns–a little goes a long way! I didn’t feel any desire to be out there on the lake with that guy–It’s like watching the acrobats at a circus–fun to be a spectator!
Free entertainment for the cats! Lucky you.
The cats are bored out of their wits these days! It’s far too cold for them to be outside so they pick on each other and look for trouble . . .
Oh, I can see it now. We’re having AC installed this week, and two of our three cats had an adventure in the crawl space under the house. When my kittens were bored in my small apartment many moons ago, I would walk around the place opening cabinets and closets so they could explore. That and tossing a few paper bags on the floor. I hope they get some outside time soon, for your sake as well as theirs.
The perfect thing to watch while you’re tucked up cosy inside with a hot drink.
Exactly–like watching TV, only better. If I’d had to go outside to take the photos, there would’ve been no photos . . .
Must have been a delightful sight. Nice pix!
Thanks, Cynthia!
That looks fun. But then again I would be inside watching from the window…with a nice mug of tea in my hand! 😉
Oh, yes–watching from the window was the only sensible course of action!
I believe it was a message from the Universe …..What color is your parachute, Kerry?
I like messages from the Universe, as long as it tells me what I want to hear!
Thanks for the giggle. And some of the comments are funny too. Like Carol’s. What an interesting thing to see outside your window!
I’ve known Carol for about 45 years and she is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met! It was interesting to see the skier–and not common. In 7-8 years here, I’ve only seen one other.
You must live in a very interesting place. I would never see anything like that here.
How fabulous and exciting! A whole performance just for you and the cats!
I understand about the cold but just think how exhilarating that whole experience would be! And how great the guy would feel afterwards.
Now I imagine that I would love to try it…..then I remember my age, how I hate the cold and how low temperatures trigger my Asthma. But the comic hero me would love to be out there with him😀
I agree–it would be a thrill of a lifetime . . . but I was happy to watch from my warm home. Living vicariously is still living, right?
That looks like fun! I might be tempted to go try that myself. 🙂
Not me! Just watching took my breath away!