Dave I didn’t take Plake’s statements as skiers were better back then. I’d have to find it again and listen but I think he said that there are great skiers today too, just as good if not better owing to better training and analysis and stuff like that there. His point, or what I took from it is that people can buy sports equipment that will let them do things they couldn’t before. If I buy myself a DH bike I’ll be able to do amazing things, for my skillset, but it won’t improve my skills.
The old man fallacy, which I also call the retro grouch fallacy, is that things were better in their youth. And I’ll agree with you 100% there. No they weren’t. Our bodies were better then and that’s what we want. That young body we could hit the ground with a still ride the next day instead of now where I’m taking serious time off to recover. Except that now I get injured in my sleep.
June 3, 2024, 3:39 p.m. - Andy Eunson
Dave I didn’t take Plake’s statements as skiers were better back then. I’d have to find it again and listen but I think he said that there are great skiers today too, just as good if not better owing to better training and analysis and stuff like that there. His point, or what I took from it is that people can buy sports equipment that will let them do things they couldn’t before. If I buy myself a DH bike I’ll be able to do amazing things, for my skillset, but it won’t improve my skills. The old man fallacy, which I also call the retro grouch fallacy, is that things were better in their youth. And I’ll agree with you 100% there. No they weren’t. Our bodies were better then and that’s what we want. That young body we could hit the ground with a still ride the next day instead of now where I’m taking serious time off to recover. Except that now I get injured in my sleep.