For Jeff Combs, sports have always come naturally.

“You name it, I’ve probably played it,” especially if it involves a ball or puck, he said.

Combs also used to snowboard, but last week, he was back to square one. The former Marine suffered a spinal cord injury in 2012, and last Thursday, he was on his second day of learning how to sit-ski.

Like most beginners, his first day was hard. He had to learn the equipment, how to ski and communicate with instructors steering him from behind, and more than once on that one run of the day he said he fell down. On Day 2, it started out that way again, with a few falls on the run from the Village Express midstation back to Fanny Hill. But the third run of the day was one smooth, continuous trip down the mountain — with no falls. Continue Reading.