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16 Things That Only Female Skiers Will Understand

No, I don't want pink flowery skis, thanks very much

1) When your mates are talking about their favourite handbag – and you realise yours is a backpack

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2) Getting a wax doesn’t have anything to do with hair removal

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3) Just because you’re a woman, doesn’t mean you want pink flowery skis…

4) You tried snowboarding once…. but it’s got nothing on skiing

5) You can’t stand it when other skiers ask if you can keep up…

6) You understand the pain of getting a transceiver to the boob… Ouch!

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7) Your make-up bag looks something like this….

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8) The only hairstyle you care about is the one that keeps hair out of your mouth

9) You’d rather have new gloves than a manicure

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10) You have an unhealthy obsession with Merino wool

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11) And you have more beanies than anything else

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11) Your pants look like this…

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12) Rather than this…

13) Your winter feet look something like this…

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14) You do squats and lunges to prevent thigh burn – rather caring about how your butt looks

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15) The sight of this gets you more excited than anything else in the world…

16) Because skiing is life!

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