Guess the sport

Starting last summer, and really delving into it more this summer, we have a new sport.  This activity comes closest to skiing in terms of a relatively steep learning curve, reliance on weather and excitement.  I love it almost as much as skiing.  Any guesses?

Also, they started blowing snow at Sunday River today, and that got me thinking about this website.

evergreen wrote

Starting last summer, and really delving into it more this summer, we have a new sport.  This activity comes closest to skiing in terms of a relatively steep learning curve, reliance on weather and excitement.  I love it almost as much as skiing.  Any guesses?

Croquet

Lawn Bowling!

Windsurfing

Wake surfing.

I bet you're into mountain biking. To each their own!

evergreen wrote

 steep learning curve, reliance on weather and excitement.  I love it almost as much as skiing.  Any guesses?

 
new girlfriend?

Whether he means MTB or not, that the sport that fits this for me:

evergreen wrote

I love it almost as much as skiing.

Still, my MTB is to downhill as nordic is to alpine. I take it pretty easy. Love it.

Reliance on weather isn't even close though, IMO.

Kite surfing?

has to be golf. steep learning curve.  

sig wrote

has to be golf. steep learning curve.

uhh golf lacks excitement, mtb not really weather dependent.

I'm going with windsurfing / surfing although I really don't consider surfing a summer sport, much better in the fall when the storms start rolling in  

I'm goin' with cat juggling.  Can't do it in the rain 'cus they hates the water!  That or windsurfing.

So the answer is windusfing, good job pro2860.  I'm starting to get it and spend more time on the board than in the water.  When you start flying with a gust of wind and coming up on plane, it kind of feels like ripping a nice set of turns in fresh snow.  I find myself thinking about it at work, like I do about skiing.  Mattchuck2 also is on to something, people who kiteboard tell me it is even better, "you wont want to windsurf again."  I haven't tried that yet, but I'm thinking of going someplace warm next May for a week where I can do both.

When windsurfing is good , it's better then skiing...Spend a week down in Hatteras..Laying down a perfect jibe is a religious experience..

Learn to water start...In my opinion the most import thing you can learn..