I was standing in a lift queue in Canada when a group of youths came skiing past wearing only boxer shorts. All but blizzard conditions at the time, iirc.
and if looking at ski flicks from say Late 90’s a’la Shane McSlonkey , he often skis some fine spring line butt naked. And continued to do so for the 2000’s, thus influensing a lot of younger wannabees.
Even I’ve done that on a summer ski touring sesh, and no boose was involved in this stunt…. Only nice corn run and no one else around.
A day or so before New Year 2000 together with a friend I skied a 20 km nordic style trip in the Pyrenees taking in a couple of cols & ending at a friends house. Near the end we used some XC trails for a few km which was the only place we saw anyone else. That included a middle aged guy wearing a floppy hat, ski boots, an old battered rucksac & nothing else who was happily pottering along on a pair of old 'classic' skis as we overtook him. Nice sunny day but I suspect a bit chilly on the downhills if naked.
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