Sports analogies

Sports analogies are common in business.  "Hitting a home run", "Throwing a Hail Mary", "being on a sticky wicket",  "Monday morning quarterback"... I could go on.  None I know of relate to cross-country skiing.  How about we create a few.  Maybe it will be like "going uphill without any grip wax", or should I "go back to the waxing tent" straight away.  What I am really looking for is the  "perfect grip and glide" of sporting analogies or is this "in the hands of the wax technicians".  More fun with this in the article here:
Some fun with sports analogies - article