Rimes of an Ancient Ski Teacher - Heinsian Skiboy Poetry by Gary Heinz - HTML preview

Acknowledgements

Special Thanks to:

Terry Abelin, Ernie & Martha Anderson, The Apache Indians & Sunrise Ski Area, Diane Baker, Joe Borque, Donna Brummer, Renny & Tracey Burke, Barb Burrows, Pat Camp-bell, Gordon & Dian Chalmers, Regina Clark, Doug Coombs, Herb Davis, Sam DiBella, Bob Emery, Jay Evans, Patrea Faulkner, Susan Federspeil, Alan & Marsha Garber, Victor Gerdin (Vic-Tor), Tommy Hammerel, Susan Hedden, Henry Hornberger, Rick Jacobs, Beth Jones & Chris Latham, Bar-bara Kaplan, Joan Kaufman, Greg Keeler, Rick & Terrie Klein, Christine Langdon, Janette Langdon, Kip & Dara & Anne Laughlin, Elton Lee, Rich Lee, Shawna Lockhart, Kent Lundel, Donna Mahony, Mike & Cheryl Martin, Cynthia McHugh ("Massey"), Matt Merritt, Jamie McIntosh, Theo Meiners, Jim C. Moore, Dan Mortensen, Kay & Gary Owen, Craig "Roper" Pearson & the old Park City Ski School, Vern Peterson, Tom Pettigrew, John Ramage, Bud Ridenour & the old Red Lodge Ski School, The Robison Family of Red Lodge 1979-80 & their Bogart's Pizza, Dale Rundell & Brian Head Ski School, Miriam & Mike Sodergren, Pepi Stiegler & the old Jackson Hole Ski School, Don Scott, Jeff Socha, Keith Talley, Paul Trout, Cory Vellinga, Joe Waggoner & the old Bridger Bowl Ski School, Stuart Wilde, George Willett & Showdown Ski Area, Marianne Wood, Ace Wright, Jeff Zell, Jim Zell, Julie Zell, Jane Dantz, and the thousands more who have egged me on.

Extra Special Thanks to

GARY HEINS'S ROUGH READERS

(you know who you are)

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Guess Who's also rewritten dozens of classic country-western songs for skiers. Stay tuned for : GARY HEINS

SINGIN' CRUD

--the finest in

Heinsian

SKIBOY-n-WESTERN MUSIC

--where . . . he uses skiing as a crutch, to get away from his troubles

--they say he can sing

. . . like he don't need the money

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GARY HEINS

circa 1990

at the HeinsQuarters of the

SWINGIN' G RANCH

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Hear what others might have said about

Heinsian SKI-BOY POETRY

By GARY HEINS

"'If I can make fun again, it looks like Heins has gone . . . from bad to verse in his writing."

--Mike Finnigan

"I always figured Gary's skiing career would take a turn for the verse."

--Doug Coombs

"What I learned most skiing with Mr Heins is this:

'you can get further with a kind word and some fun . . . than you can with just a kind word.'

--Al Capone

"I guess the flowery kind of poetry doesn't grow too well in the ski world."

-- Rod McKuen

"I imagine writing ski verse . . . is like playing ten-nis with the net up, only the net is probably strung together with barbed-wire, and the rackets are likely snow-shoes."

--Robert Frost

"Gary Heins is likely . . . the greatest ski writer who's ever lived. To ski, . . . or not to ski--that is the question."

--William Spakeshear

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"When I'm readin', I'm right."

--Gary Heins

"Advice is like snow: the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. Heinsian Ski-boy Poetry . . . sounds like good deep advice."

-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"With Heins, ski teaching is not a purpose . . . but a passion."

--Edgar Allan Poe

"I've heard of 'Pair o'D's' before, . . . but I didn't realize they could be parodies in Ski-boy Poetry. . . .

Maybe Heins should think about going global."

--Dolly Parton

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HAVE HARMONY WITH WOMEN

--Heinsian WESTERN SWING

ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANOTHER

--Heinsian DOWNHILL SKIING

SIT DEEP IN THE SADDLE

--Heinsian WESTERN RIDING

poetry and song:

RIMES OF AN ANCIENT SKI TEACHER

--Heinsian SKI-BOY POETRY

MIXIN' MISERY & SKIIN'

--Heinsian SKIBOY-n-WESTERN MUSIC

friction:

THE GREATEST SKI INSTRUCTOR

IN THE WEST

THE PROHIBITION

OF SNOW-BOARDING

--THE ENFORCEMENT OF TRUE DOWNHILL SKIING

By GH--USST

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some bonus books:

THE GREATEST SC

S HOO

O L

O -BUS

S

DRIVER EVER

ESCAPE ON TWO WHEELS

--Heinsian BIKE-PACKING

And watch for these columns:

RIDING WITH HEINS-SIGHT

(TWELVE READS)

SKIING WITH HEINS-SIGHT

(FIFTEEN UPRIGHT COLUMNS)

GOLFING WITH HEINS-SIGHT

(--NINE WHOLE COLUMNS)

"BUTT-FIRST" WRITING

--THE HEINSIAN WAY

(TWELVE INSTILLMENTS)

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To bring a

GARY HEINS SKI-BOY POETRY reading to your area, . . . or to find out his other services, call the HeinsQuarters of the: SWINGIN' G WINTER RANGE

PO Box 784

Saint Johns, Arizona 85936

(928) 205-7756

Thanks.

www.wrangler-skier.com

E-mail: GARYHEINS@Gmail.com

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