Stupid Questions with Seth Stisher

Horton: What are your goals for 2010?
Stisher: To finally balance my family, business, and skiing appropriately. Although I would like to be in the finals for every event, I can't sell my soul or abandon my family or my business to do so.

Horton: Does your pre-event ritual include a bathroom brake?
Stisher: Doesn't everyone's?

Horton: Does your ski have a name?
Stisher: When I ski well I call it "The Best damn ski I have ever ridden", and when I ski poorly I call it, "The Poor under-utilized tool that is stuck with my dumb a-- on top of it!"

Horton: Do you think Todd Ristorcelli is a good looking man? http://ballofspray.com/images/stories/swerve-with-me-225x168[1].jpg
Stisher: My wife thinks so, but sometimes personality goes further...wait he has that too...no wonder my wife likes him better. I think he is an ugly jerk for the most part...

Horton: Do you want to win Moomba or the Masters?
Stisher: Yes, but I am not in the Masters and I have to cancel Moomba because I am having minor knee surgery that week (I hope it's minor)...so I guess it will be kind of tough to win either one...this year.

Horton: What school did you go to?
Stisher: Great Day Kindergarten in Arab, Alabama followed by Arab Primary, Arab Elementary, and Arab High School, oh and then I graduated from the home of this years NCAA National Football CVhampion, The University of Alabama!

Horton: If you were a tree what kind of tree would you be?
Stisher: Oak I guess...I hope!

Horton: How often are you asked about the gay love between you and Tadd?
Stisher: Frankly I think it is obvious that he is not my type!

Horton: Do you have a favorite show ski team?
Stisher: I have lots of friends and students in Wisconsin, so they may get mad if they read this, but the only name that stands out to me from 

Horton: Have you ever ridden a swivel ski?
Stisher: No, but I have a friend Ann Tiemann that rocks on it, and I thought about getting a little tutelage from her while I am there this summer.

Horton: When was the last time you missed a deep water start?
Stisher: At least yearly, but can't remember when the exact las time was. Skinny legs and big boardshorts can be a death sentence for a deepwater start

Horton: Do you like peas? http://ballofspray.com/images/stories/imagesCABY3P9Z.jpg
Stisher: Yes, and interestingly enough do you know that peas was originally the singular form of the word, but it confused everyone with the "s" so it evolved...seriously...a Cliff Clavin factoid.

Horton: Can you break dance?
Stisher: Of course...I grew up in that era and could do all that stuff when I was a kid, however it might not look as fluid now!

Horton: Are you a fan of Lily Allen? 
Stisher: Just googled her because I didn't know who she was and I think I do like her...her accent comes through in her songs...kinda hot.

Horton: Have you ever deboned a chicken?
Stisher: No! I don't even get too close to the bone when I eat a chicken leg.

Horton: Do you put your front foot in first?
Stisher: I am of the opinion that people are killing themselves by doing this...it would be like putting your shoes on with your leg kicked up behind you...makes no sense. Rear foot first always for me!

Horton: Do you pee in the lake?
Stisher: Every single one I have ever skied in...sorry if anyone who has signs posted about this reads this and realizes I did it. Sometimes you just gotta go...besides the fish are doing it, why can't I?

Horton: Do you drink lake water?
Stisher: I spit...wow, maybe I shouldn't say it that way!

Horton: If you were a single woman, would you date Tiger Woods?
Stisher: Probably not, because I would most likely be a lesbian

Horton: Do you know any knock-knock jokes?
Stisher: I can't remember jokes very well...but I think knock jokes are a goofy format for jokes...unless told by George Carlin...that made anything funny. RIP

Horton: Do you ever watch Robot Chicken?
Stisher: NO...NO...don't even know what it is...maybe I've heard of it, but...

Horton: How do you run 39 off?
Stisher: Go really slow. Actually, I haven't run it in a tournament since 2007, but I am feeling good about it again. I think a major key is not overskiing it from an energy standpoint and a path standpoint.

Horton: Why don’t you run 41?
Stisher: I don't think the courses I have tried it on have been regulation...the buoys seem a bit too wide. Seriously, I think you have to ski more than I do to be able to do it and then it is still an amazingly tough task. I truly appreciate the guys who are getting past three ball regularly, but at the same time I have to call BS on all the guys who talk like they run it all the time in practice. IF they did, more people would run it in tournaments. My practice PB and tournament PB are roughly the same...averages also.