First Ski Experience

kate86 · 04-02-10, 03:38 PM

Just for fun...where was everyone's first skiiing experience. I hit the slopes for the first time when I was 4 at Terry Peak in the Black Hills....any one else ever been there? Or where did you go?

Inverness · 23-02-10, 12:45 PM

I was 12. At a tiny ski area in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia called Massanutten. 38 years later my parents have retired there and I ski there most weekends.

catappr · 03-03-10, 07:49 AM

I was about 8 or 9 years old, and I had a pair of small wooden skis. Found a slope quickly (I was at my grandparents at the countryside) and whooosh!...went 12 meters before falling for the first time, just like the Wright brothers and their firs flight.

powder7 · 13-04-10, 05:16 PM

I was 2 years old at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. Remember it like it was yesterday. Pops tossed me in a racer chaser (harness with straps to steer me/hold me up) brought me to the top of Little sister and dragged me down the mountain. Been in love with skiing ever since.

MakeSnoww · 03-09-10, 10:45 AM

I went to Angel Fire, New Mexico. I was about 3ish. I had sooo much fun!! I took ski lessons and passed everything except for safety because I kept going in and out the trees hahah

That's the best part.

Andy B. · 10-11-10, 07:21 AM

The very, very first time I must have been 4 or just turned 5 (it was before I started school) & dad made skis for my cousin, sister & me.

But I would have started to learn properly about 9 or 10 ('72 ~'73) and free style was known as Hot-Doggin!
The place would have been Preshier Valley (Australia), there was only 1 or 2 chairs, a lot of double T-bars, all powered by very loud disel engines, which were terrifying for a child - and the crowds it would take 20mins to get on the bleeding lift!

Wow, how things have changed, far far better.

Ice-Cutter

milky69 · 19-12-10, 01:57 PM

I was 30 and it was in Valberg in France and been hooked ever since.

George_idesignLtd · 23-12-10, 09:37 PM

I was 11, NZ Mt hutt

Grace · 18-01-11, 07:06 AM

I was 24, skifield. And i slipt forward...

damienkris66 · 18-01-11, 06:41 PM

I was 12, Andes... rolled over ten times? hahaha

padec21 · 11-02-11, 07:54 PM

about 12 at Mohawk mountain. in Ct

moldygiraffe · 16-04-11, 05:38 PM

I skied for the first time last month, (been snowboarding for about 10 years) at Northstar at Tahoe. I slowly picked up the rhythm of linking my turns down the slope, but I was still pretty sloppy and kept overlapping the tips... and I think my ankles are extremely weak because I couldn't keep the skis parallel/straight for very long; my feet kept shimmying haha.

ski-till-i-die · 24-06-11, 01:21 PM

13 Big Boulder/Jack Frost in Pennsylvania, lots of bruises that day

poles · 25-07-11, 01:15 PM

I was 10, in Austria, near to Kaprun

kevcinma · 03-08-11, 02:07 AM

4 years old at Sweatt Hill in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Became a great sledding hill for families after the lifts closed for good.

04-02-10, 03:38 PM	#1
kate86 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	First Ski Experience Just for fun...where was everyone's first skiiing experience. I hit the slopes for the first time when I was 4 at Terry Peak in the Black Hills....any one else ever been there? Or where did you go? __________________

23-02-10, 12:45 PM	#2
Inverness Prodigal Skier Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Washington DC Metro Posts: 7	I was 12. At a tiny ski area in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia called Massanutten. 38 years later my parents have retired there and I ski there most weekends. __________________

03-03-10, 07:49 AM	#3
catappr I haven't picked a title Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Cluj Napoca, Romania Posts: 6	I was about 8 or 9 years old, and I had a pair of small wooden skis. Found a slope quickly (I was at my grandparents at the countryside) and whooosh!...went 12 meters before falling for the first time, just like the Wright brothers and their firs flight. __________________ ski resort in Austria

13-04-10, 05:16 PM	#4
powder7 Online Retailer Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Denver Posts: 7	I was 2 years old at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. Remember it like it was yesterday. Pops tossed me in a racer chaser (harness with straps to steer me/hold me up) brought me to the top of Little sister and dragged me down the mountain. Been in love with skiing ever since. __________________ www.powder7.com - Sale Skis, Used Skis for Sale, and Demo Skis for Sale Best Mens Seller: Nordica Hotrod Afterburner Skis + Nordica Pro 2S Bindings Best Womens Seller: Rossignol Attraxion XI 11 Mutix Skis + Rossignol Saphir TPi2 Bindings Now in Stock: Optic Nerve Ski / Snowboard Goggles Leki Peak Vario S Adjustable Carbon Ski Poles

18-01-11, 06:41 PM	#10
damienkris66 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	I was 12, Andes... rolled over ten times? hahaha __________________ Enjoy the best SKI and snowboard experience. Look out for new and exciting tools and features that will surely give you a one of kind experience.

03-09-10, 10:45 AM	#5
MakeSnoww I haven't picked a title Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3	I went to Angel Fire, New Mexico. I was about 3ish. I had sooo much fun!! I took ski lessons and passed everything except for safety because I kept going in and out the trees hahah That's the best part.

10-11-10, 07:21 AM	#6
Andy B. Ice-Cutter Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 73	The very, very first time I must have been 4 or just turned 5 (it was before I started school) & dad made skis for my cousin, sister & me. But I would have started to learn properly about 9 or 10 ('72 ~'73) and free style was known as Hot-Doggin! The place would have been Preshier Valley (Australia), there was only 1 or 2 chairs, a lot of double T-bars, all powered by very loud disel engines, which were terrifying for a child - and the crowds it would take 20mins to get on the bleeding lift! Wow, how things have changed, far far better. Ice-Cutter

19-12-10, 01:57 PM	#7
milky69 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Heywood, Lancs Posts: 3	I was 30 and it was in Valberg in France and been hooked ever since.

23-12-10, 09:37 PM	#8
George_idesignLtd I haven't picked a title Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 6	I was 11, NZ Mt hutt

18-01-11, 07:06 AM	#9
Grace Enjoy life Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Beijing Posts: 12	I was 24, skifield. And i slipt forward...

11-02-11, 07:54 PM	#11
padec21 I haven't picked a title Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 5	about 12 at Mohawk mountain. in Ct

16-04-11, 05:38 PM	#12
moldygiraffe I haven't picked a title Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 6	I skied for the first time last month, (been snowboarding for about 10 years) at Northstar at Tahoe. I slowly picked up the rhythm of linking my turns down the slope, but I was still pretty sloppy and kept overlapping the tips... and I think my ankles are extremely weak because I couldn't keep the skis parallel/straight for very long; my feet kept shimmying haha.

24-06-11, 01:21 PM	#13
ski-till-i-die Never Say Never Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 8	13 Big Boulder/Jack Frost in Pennsylvania, lots of bruises that day

25-07-11, 01:15 PM	#14
poles I haven't picked a title Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 7	I was 10, in Austria, near to Kaprun

03-08-11, 02:07 AM	#15
kevcinma I Like Ice Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 37	4 years old at Sweatt Hill in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Became a great sledding hill for families after the lifts closed for good. __________________ __________________ Vermont Ski Resorts