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I guess I was the exception. I went to ski school and got nothing out of it. Learned the hard way until I figured a few things out. I wish someone would have told me to just do jump cuts like in football and I would have learned a lot quicker. Being 6'4"; 240 lbs the slope has to be pretty flat for "the pizza" to stop me. Once I learned to turn I was up on the blues pretty quick. Not going to say I'm smooth, but I'm effective.
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I went for the first time in December. Definitely NOT a poor mans sport. Lift tickets, lessons, and ski rental blows. I didn't have too hard of a time, except for the stopping part!
I have some XL bibs you can borrow if you don't want to spend the money. I bought them at Academy and they worked great. You just want something to keep yourself from getting wet.
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Our family went to Taos for New Years and it was our first Skiing experience. (myself, 12yr old son, 8 yr old son all skiied for the first time)
Everyone told us to do ski school - We Didn't
Everyone told us to stick to the bunny slopes without ski school - We didn't
Everyone told us we would be super sore - We weren't
We all 3 picked it right up and had a blast - stuck to the bunny slopes the first day while getting the hang of it and took to the mountain on day 2. Stayed on the Greens, other than a short stint on the Blue "adventure park" to watch people do jumps/rails/etc/.etc.
The temp was between -2 and 3 degrees both mornings when we started and the first lesson we learned was DO NOT OVERCLOTHE:
First day was a high of around 10 degrees with blowing snow all day long and we burned up in the following:
Heavyweight base layers
Sweat pants
Ski Pants
Fleece hoodie
North Face puffy jacket
Un insulated Ski jacket
Day 2 I ditched the sweat pants under my ski pants and the un-insulated ski jacket outer layer and was comfortable all day long.
Listed below are the 3 lessons I learned from our first trip:
Lesson 1: don't OVER clothe
Lesson 2: Wear a helmet (not only for safety, but to keep your head warm as well)
Lesson 3: Skiing is NOT for tightwads like myself (it gets expensive in a HURRY). If the trip would not have been a Christmas present from my wifes parents, I would have spent around $3,500 (and that is with only 2 days of equipment rentals/lift tickets)Last edited by Codie; 01-17-2020, 09:35 AM.
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Skiing is easy as far as muscle fatigue. I have been with many that had never been and no one complained about being sore the next day. After two or three days, yes. If you don’t want to be sore ski, snowboard you WILL BE SORE the first day. But boarding is far better once you get the hang of it, the soreness is well worth it. But it’s more about the falling that causes your soreness, and not muscle fatigue. And as far as “ practice “before you go, I can’t think of a good “exercise “ to get the feel of skiing, if you were to snow board, the best I can tell you is a one wheel. If your in half way decent shape and your only going for a day, I would think squats and walking, running some steps may help if your concerned.
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Originally posted by Codie View PostOur family went to Taos for New Years and it was our first Skiing experience. (myself, 12yr old son, 8 yr old son all skiied for the first time)
Everyone told us to do ski school - We Didn't
Everyone told us to stick to the bunny slopes without ski school - We didn't
Everyone told us we would be super sore - We weren't
We all 3 picked it right up and had a blast - stuck to the bunny slopes the first day while getting the hang of it and took to the mountain on day 2. Stayed on the Greens, other than a short stint on the Blue "adventure park" to watch people do jumps/rails/etc/.etc.
The temp was between -2 and 3 degrees both mornings when we started and the first lesson we learned was DO NOT OVERCLOTHE:
First day was a high of around 10 degrees with blowing snow all day long and we burned up in the following:
Heavyweight base layers
Sweat pants
Ski Pants
Fleece hoodie
North Face puffy jacket
Un insulated Ski jacket
Day 2 I ditched the sweat pants under my ski pants and the un-insulated ski jacket outer layer and was comfortable all day long.
Listed below are the 3 lessons I learned from our first trip:
Lesson 1: don't OVER clothe
Lesson 2: Wear a helmet (not only for safety, but to keep your head warm as well)
Lesson 3: Skiing is NOT for tightwads like myself (it gets expensive in a HURRY). If the trip would not have been a Christmas present from my wifes parents, I would have spent around $3,500 (and that is with only 2 days of equipment rentals/lift tickets)
I wear my under armor pants with basketball shorts and put my board pants on at the mountain. Upper body depends on temps and wind. Also it gets alot windier and colder on the lift way up top or on the backside. Like say the top of Kachina Peak or the hike to terrain.
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Originally posted by Chad_E View PostI guess I was the exception. I went to ski school and got nothing out of it. Learned the hard way until I figured a few things out. I wish someone would have told me to just do jump cuts like in football and I would have learned a lot quicker. Being 6'4"; 240 lbs the slope has to be pretty flat for "the pizza" to stop me. Once I learned to turn I was up on the blues pretty quick. Not going to say I'm smooth, but I'm effective.
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Run the bunnies a few times until you get comfortable(ish) stopping, then find a GREEN to run from top to bottom, most mountains have several of them. Repeat as necessary until your comfortable. Going with an experienced skier will be a good lesson, unless he's a punk and wants to see you get killed .. To me... Its all about boot comfort. If your boots arent comfortable, go back and get another pair until you find one that is comfortable. That will make or break your experience IMO
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Originally posted by Chad_E View PostI guess I was the exception. I went to ski school and got nothing out of it. Learned the hard way until I figured a few things out. I wish someone would have told me to just do jump cuts like in football and I would have learned a lot quicker. Being 6'4"; 240 lbs the slope has to be pretty flat for "the pizza" to stop me. Once I learned to turn I was up on the blues pretty quick. Not going to say I'm smooth, but I'm effective.
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