‘Hey, sexy boots, get on your boots, yeah.†When Bono belts out the new single, could he be talking about a pair of sexy new snowboard or ski boots? As the days get longer and warmer the best spring skiing beckons. So, I have a question for you, sexy boots. Would you take your clothes off and ride that last run of the day in your birthday suit? What would possess you to do that? A bet? A girl? A liquid lunch?
Mixing winter sport with nudity doesn’t exactly sound like a tasty cocktail, but nudity and sport go way back. After all, the word gymnasium, distilled from the Greek “gymnos,†means naked. Leave it to the ancient Greeks to exercise their hard bodies while in the buff. The gym was originally a sacred place for the intellectual, sensual, moral and physical education of young men, all en plein air. Ladies, next time you take your yogic mountain pose, remember the olive oil-scented, naked young men who came before you… Details