Every arcade in the state has one machine nobody ever got around to replacing. This is ours, and it has been running the same game since 1991. Ski down, do not turn, and see how long you last.

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How it ends

It ends the same way for everyone. Somewhere past the last set of trees the yeti turns up, and it is faster than you are. There is no version of the run where you outski it — that is the joke, and it has held for thirty-five years.

The shirts

The Ski Free section is our own drawing of the same idea — trail signage, the skier and the thing at the bottom of the hill. Ours are pixels on cotton; the game above is the Internet Archive's.

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