Rebel8 said: "My perfect body would be able to ski w/o falling,"
But falling IS part of skiing! That's why there's snow!! [speaking from personal experience here...]
One fall you want to avoid is the one where you're going downhill at seventy-miles-per-hour and fall - OUUWWCH!
But bunny-slope falls - fun! **PoUFFF!** Big cloud of snowflakes!!
Personally, I gave up downhill skiing shortly after taking it up - actually showed some talent at it, but JW pool-hall-gambling-beer-boozin' ex-hubby kept whining that it had destroyed his knees so he couldn't go hiking...
I'd rather hike than ski... Zid