OK confession time: I fell off the wagon on Saturday, but as it was my mate Steve's leaving do I feel alright about it. However am firmly back on the trail now. And having thought about the warm-up last week, I now come to the warm-down, which for me mainly involves the Wii-Skiing or, if you like Skwiiing (actually, no, that's horrible).
The best bit about the slalom course is nothing to do with the Wii. Though I enjoy bending back and forth like a reed in the wind, the real fun comes from leaning into the go-faster zone and trying to complete the course as fast as possible. The other trick is to crank-up the iPod with the best of Bond Themes. Nothing beats skiing on the Wii as you hurtle down the slope with Carly Simon telling YOU and no one else the NOBODY does it better than YOU. This also works well with the ski jump when you can pretend it really is the beginning of The Spy Who Loved Me and your parachute will be covered in the Union Jack. A more leisurely ski might involve Nancy Sinatra's You Only Live Twice or even Rita Coolidge's All Time High from Octopussy. If you fancy moving across to the snowboard Duran Duran works best allowing you to recreate the opening of A View to a Kill with Roger Moore as the world's most urbane snowboarder.
Some company must realise the potential for doing a skiing, driving, shooting Bond game for the Wii using the balance board and motion plus, now that would keep you fit...
Sounds like a Rare opportunity.
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