Printable View
I'll try and post some video later, but my 3 year old has been making really good progress. He's now at the point where he can turn and use his wedge to stop. We've gone from me skiing backwards and catching him to him following me down. But I see the power wedge creeping in. Any suggestions for how to avoid that? I've been having him make bigger turns that cut more across the hill to try and control speed, but as soon as we get on something a little steeper he just takes off.
We took our 3 year old to an indoor ski class in Boulder (Shredder Gym) which is awesome. The owner suggested taking two long pieces of webbing and tying them around her boots instead of a harness, that way we can control her speed without messing up her form. I tied each strap to a small carabiner so I can quickly hook her up with the biner and each strap. Worked really well. I think this might be the ghetto version of the Hook ease that montanaskier mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by The SnowShow
Some California Daylight Savings Night Skiing Jumpathon at Boreal...
http://distilleryimage10.ak.instagra...7dff5742_8.jpg
And some vids...pretty fun to film the kiddies :)
https://vine.co/v/MqDEwHzMaxW
https://vine.co/v/MqIdXtz3uMW
Great stoke folks! Now that I've got my son some real boots and 80 cm skis, I'll contribute.
Had a great time testing out a friend's chariot + ski attachment system and heading out to Castle Pass a few weekends ago.
http://snowymonk.blogspot.com/2014/0...g-mission.html
And here's short vid of my elder son's first few days on real skis (not counting the day he walked around on those lucky bums)... the first few min is all you need to see...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-2E0bEV7fU
This past weekend I got him a strap that attach to his boot and got him down Mountain Run before naptime. Do folks have any opinion on those vs the harness type on their waist?
^Nice work!
FKNA!Quote:
Originally Posted by flowing alpy
great job kids
young Maggots FTMFW!
My little dude locally here in MN - this is his fourth time out this season - he just turned four a few weeks ago. So far so good. He quickly figured out that rolling the edges works great for turning, which is fine on the shallower hills, but on the steeper stuff he picks up speed too quickly when doing so - we'll have to work more on the wedge turns to dump speed next year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OP5GkixgLs
Very proud of all my children.
Attachment 152795
She's 4 and this is her 4th day. She LOVES it.
Attachment 152796
He's 8. This is his 1st full-year boarding. I've seen so much improvement...and he's coach-able. This is his 5th year on the slopes. Unfortunately, he broke his wrist (radius and ulna) on this landing an hour later. His season is done and he's worried about baseball...but he should be fine.
Attachment 152797
He's 10. He excels at most sports (baseball, football, basketball, lacrosse, snowboarding, golf), but doesn't listen very well to his dad/coach. :)
This is his 8th year on the slopes and 3rd as a full-time boarder.
*if any child likes to watch video of them in action and benefits from slow-motion/stop replay, I highly suggest the app Coach's Eye ($5). It's worth it for immediate feedback.
More 2 year old stoke from Kirkwood the last two days. Dad tip - its a bit hard skiing with a 5 year old and a 2 year old on your own.
http://photos-b.ak.instagram.com/hph...93029675_n.jpg
http://distilleryimage7.ak.instagram...58d21eeb_8.jpg
Vine vid of the 2 year old...making great progress as she's able to slow down on her own pretty well
https://vine.co/v/MhZAnm9XIKu/
The 5 year old had his last session of mini-jets at Kirkwood and they skied from the top of Chair 6 down Sentinel to end the year on a black run. He and I are stoked.
Lookin' good pointem and thanks for the kind comments on my kids vids! :) Instead of working on wedge turns just keep him on the flats and teach him parallel turns (french fries) until he can do them well enough to handle steeper runs. We just use the wedge for emergency stopage and around lifts etc but always discourage or stop her if she tries to use them when actually skiing. She only learned snowplow turns from watching other kids but by then she'd formed good habits so she doesn't use the wedge much at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by pointemstraight
Anyway...
My little girl is only 3 for a couple of more weeks and I am enjoying every minute of it while I can. We took a trip to Jackson recently and she had a chance to ski and learn on the same slopes I learned to ski on when I was 4. Jackson was a lock this year even before it started to snow because of this. I fell in love with skiing at the Hole and so I can't think of a better place in the world to have her shred.
The Kids Ranch in Jackson is first class. The instructors are always great. The vibe is great. The facility is great. We put my stepson in classes when he was young and he always had a blast and was never held up. My girl had never been in a formal lesson but mom and dad needed to ski pow and of course she had a blast at school and the second day at the ranch she was ripping it up all over the mountain with 5 year olds.
Thursday we skied at Targhee and she did a Dreamcatcher lap on the ridge in a near whiteout with no problem. We had to take shelter behind some trees for a bit when the sleet hit but otherwise she had a proper first day at Foghee.
Back at JH
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/...1be2e8c4_c.jpg
Carving it up making it hard for dad to keep up with the camera out!
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/...93d6c967_b.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/...88ddde59_c.jpg
Catching some air on what she called the Monkey House. She had to take me on all the fun trails she learned about at the Kids Ranch.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3796/...49bf58cf_z.jpg
First (winter) tram ride. She wanted to ski down and she could have if I'd have let her but it would have been hell on dad and full of meltdowns so I made her ride down. Next time!
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/...ee965621_c.jpg
More to do in Jackson than ski!
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2886/...65b56799_c.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/...2b488880_z.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/...a638f41e_c.jpg
My 4 year old dog is our third kid. Here he is shredding some hardpack.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/...e1c5ec5a_z.jpg
Back to skiing kids...my stepson gets the last picture for having the sack to send some rock (next picture in series from post^).
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3704/...6b1d8491_b.jpg
Sofa King awesome! I can't wait to get my boys out west - maybe even as soon as next season....
My younger two sons and Flowing Alpy's boy (at the bottom) all were on top of their respective age groups' podiums at the Alpental Jr. comp this weekend. Getting' after it!
Attachment 152813
give 'em full due:
http://stk.tetongravity.com/forums/a...3&d=1395100649
Trying to get out as much as we can before the season disappears.... video quality sucks, but you get the idea...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LstTlERKVwc
I may have a little racer on my hands. My 8 yr old decided to go to race team next year after the development team fun races.
red course
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3694/...5cbdd870ae.jpg
blue course
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/...d56e3e8021.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3695/...20065deba1.jpg
Post race fun:
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/...aa5066aeaa.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/...dcb054e4b7.jpg
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/...5855fca10b.jpg
only a year & a half until my boy starts
can't wait!!
at first i didn't see the awards and thought blue jacket son was giving us the fingerQuote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
He's been known to do that too, at least to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
He's too young to be a park rat already but here's my 5 yo hiking the grom rail Park at the end of the day today... My knee was toast but he didn't want to stop.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/22/ty3yma8e.jpg
Only straight sliding the boxes but gets a big kick out of the drop at the end of each one.
tell me if this is another thread and i'll re-create it
but
when do parents decide to take kids into beacon/probe/shovel territory? specifically steep sidecountry, not just mellow skinning in the BC
we have gated access at our home hill that my son is begging to try. he is 9yo and has the skiing skills to make it down these slopes with the right guiding/mentoring (purely from the skiing side it). so far i've told him, "i'll take you when you can dig me out", and i've warned him about sneaking behind my back to do it with friends that the penalty is the loss/death of a friend or him (due to accident, not filicide)
what are your thoughts on this?
[edit] i figured this might sidetrack this kid stoke thread after posting, so I made separate post here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...80#post4215680
[/edit]
Third day in a row of shredding with nino numero uno. Had planned to take him to NYC to check out dinosaurs and other cool stuff at the Nat history museum today, but he woke up this morning and said, "daddy, can't we just go skiing instead". Why yes, yes we can little dude
Attachment 153394
Had my 4 and 6 year old out yesterday for their first powder day. Knee deep for them and they just loved it! They would aim for the big patches of cut up pow!
I was absolutely tickled although I have to temper my expectations. I keep wanting them to go bell to bell instead of three runs then a break!
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...12/skiing.jpeg
An awesome weekend skiing with our 5 year old. He hiked out the ridge with mom and dad and skied west bowl (out the gates, decent pitch). He's a carving machine! Steeps, pow, trees, moguls, gates, park... You name it he'll ski it. So proud!
Attachment 153570
Attachment 153571
He started skiing with poles a few weeks ago and is doing great.
Also did a slopestyle contest this weekend in the mini grom division.
Attachment 153572
The kids were so stoked! My guy is on lookers left.
Little sister, future shredder enjoyed hanging out and watching.
Attachment 153573
What a great lifestyle to raise kids in.
I got the same question this year, and it's so awesome. Like on a random Tuesday night:Quote:
Originally Posted by PlayItLeo
Mini-Mag: "Daddy, we should go skiing tomorrow."
Me, after thinking about what meetings I'll be blowing off before deciding I don't care: "Let's do it!"
Two more days with the little guy this past weekend at Kirkwood.
He has no complaints on skiing...and even told me to tighten his boots so he could ski better, haha.
http://distilleryimage7.ak.instagram...9aac6927_8.jpg
First day of true light and dry pow...after this pic he found out what happens when you b-line into the powder berm off trail. :)
http://distilleryimage6.ak.instagram...01188fc6_8.jpg