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At age 93, this St. Thomas senior stays active doing more sports than you can imagine

Age is just a number for 93-year-old Stan Grohar of St. Thomas, Ont.

The senior has a daily winter ritual of skiing at London's Boler Mountain, and although he may be one of the oldest people there, his smooth 180-degree turns and high speed are known to turn heads on the slopes.

"I just love it, you know? It makes me feel good, and that's about it," Grohar said.

Skiing isn't the only sport he enjoys. The self-described "adrenaline junkie" keeps active throughout the year. In the summertime, he trades his ski poles for a paddle and spends a few hours every day kayaking on local waters. 

"I got some some sports equipment down in my basement like a treadmill and a rowing machine, so I do a little bit of that and I go on hikes and bike as well," he said. 

Trying new things and staying in shape is what motivates Grohar to get up and moving every morning, his daughter Nada Grohar-Mather said following a ski session with her dad. 

"My dad won't put his kayak boat away until he breaks ice, and then within probably a week or two, we usually get snow, so he'll start skiing pretty quickly after that,' Grohar-Mather said.

"There's always something going on, it's hard to keep up with him sometimes."

Despite spending his childhood climbing and hiking the Slovenian Alps where he grew up, Grohar didn't start skiing until after he immigrated to Canada 1951.

"I started here at the Boler when I was 25 and that was in 1955, so from there on I ski almost every year. I concentrate on my turns and the faster I go, the more I like it," he said.  

Grohar is often the first in line to get up the trails at Boler every morning. He's become so well-known by staff and other skiers, they've casually named his favourite hill "Stan's alley". The hill

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