Ongoing Kid Stoke [2011 and on...]

[Lvovsky]

Have you seen this? Probably super expensive, but really cool:
https://www.tessier-adaptive-sports....door-mountain/

Interesting. I’ll show it to the folks who run the program.

[alias_rice]

I’ve got a kid gear question. My 12 year old ripper needs some new bindings for a new set of skis he has. His new boots are K2 Mindbemder Jr….90 flex. We’d like for him to use this setup to tour as well. He is an aggressive skier so back/front flips, 720s/900s, cliff drops, etc…..would shift bindings be burly enough for him inbounds? Would I be better off getting him something like the Jester? OR….get him regular bindings and get him a totally different touring setup?


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I think they’d be burly enough but they are damn fiddly and require constant adjustment of the afd. I would think they’d be a pain in the ass for a kid. But I’m basing that on my gen 1 Shifts, maybe they’ve fixed that issue.

[detrusor]

[QUOTE=montanaskier;6950258]I’ve got a kid gear question. My 12 year old ripper needs some new bindings for a new set of skis he has. His new boots are K2 Mindbemder Jr….90 flex. We’d like for him to use this setup to tour as well. He is an aggressive skier so back/front flips, 720s/900s, cliff drops, etc…..would shift bindings be burly enough for him inbounds? Would I be better off getting him something like the Jester? OR….get him regular bindings and get him a totally different touring?

Get a different touring setup. I’ve been down both roads and no comparison. Real live touring boots are great as well if you can swing it.

[~mikey b]

yup

[~mikey b]

six Halloweens ago

[comish]

Mini Comish had a good Sunday after DNF'ing on Saturday and most of last year. Only the 2nd day back in gates this year, but pretty cool to see the Insta Story from River Radamus w/ a pict of your kid.

[mn_teleswede]

Mini Comish had a good Sunday after DNF'ing on Saturday and most of last year. Only the 2nd day back in gates this year, but pretty cool to see the Insta Story from River Radamus w/ a pict of your kid.
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Congrats. Enjoy.

[detrusor]

That’s awesome! Congrats!

[Gerome]

We’re on to our second season of Mighty Mites. My buddy has some Lange boots this year and it’s so fun seeing his ski form improve.


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[wickstad]

From today at Mission Ridge.

[Danno]

I just posted a super kid-friendly hut trip that I am selling: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...98#post7013698

Great way to create some kid stoke!

My kid there at 1 year old and at 6 years old.

[Lvovsky]

^ awesome!


Got my kid on skis for the first time thanks to adaptive sports program. Should do five more sessions this season.

[PlayItLeo]

^^^ amazing ^^^


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[MakersTeleMark]

Fkna

[wickstad]

Today at Mission Ridge.

[Lvovsky]

^ nice! Racing drills?

[Lvovsky]

Session 2 of 6 adaptive skiing. He did his first few yards of gliding on his own kind of. Given that 6 years ago we didn’t know if he would even walk, this is pretty amazing.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kS_fuZAGI...4N3OkTucx3qc3s

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[wickstad]

^ nice! Racing drills?

No but we do have tons of racers on the hill that we get to watch from the chair. This season we seem to have more bumps than normal and he is really into it.

[wickstad]

Session 2 of 6 adaptive skiing. He did his first few yards of gliding on his own kind of. Given that 6 years ago we didn’t know if he would even walk, this is pretty amazing.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kS_fuZAGI...4N3OkTucx3qc3s

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Fantastic!

[detrusor]

6 months post ACL and getting pretty strong

Bad news is little sis appears to have a meniscal tear…might be out 4-8weeks. Fucking ski racing

[Lvovsky]

The hand stand is pretty cool. Sorry about them injuries. Hope they heal up fast.


Mine had Day 3 of adaptive skiing. Went up on the chair for the first time. Seems to be stoked and tired.

https://youtube.com/shorts/RLlBRF5NJ...OZa9PrswqcEogz

[new yabyum]

Session 2 of 6 adaptive skiing. He did his first few yards of gliding on his own kind of. Given that 6 years ago we didn’t know if he would even walk, this is pretty amazing.

https://youtube.com/shorts/kS_fuZAGI...4N3OkTucx3qc3s

Guess links to youtube posted via tapatalk don’t embed themselves

Tear in my eyes........Strong work to you both.

[MarcusBrody]

My son is 7 and is now really hooked. I'd tried to get him out when he was about to be 3 and we lived in the northeast, but it didn't really take. Then covid hit and we spent a year on the tiny hump in our backyard, then we moved to the desert and had a terrible snow year (or two?), and I didn't get him back on a real hill until last spring when he was 6 and we went spring skiing several times at AZ Snowbowl. He had a lot of fun and took some lessons, which he claimed to not like, but which helped him a lot.

This year we've been going to Brian Head and it's pretty ideal for his level. The Navajo Express lift services some of the most fun beginner/low intermediate terrain that I've been on. There are flattish glades, lot of little cut throughs in the woods, and a gully between the main edges of the main trails the lift serves that provides terrain variety. My son loves the little cut throughs and toboggan tracks through the trees and I both just enjoy skiing with him and find some of the little side shots and stashes legitimately fun to ski. It's not where I'd spend my time if I were alone, but absolutely no complaints in terms of terrain you can ski with a 7 year old beginner-intermediate.

Off the backside of Navajo Mountain the Wildflower (I think) lift also serves some fun intermediate terrain with again some short powder runs in the trees and has never been crowded when I've been there. The other mountain (Giant Steps) has some steepish bumps, but nothing is too challenging. That's a downer if you're an extremely good skier looking to be challenged, but it's been a great mountain to ski with a kid as we can go up basically any lift and he can ski down something and have fun, even if his preference is flatter with obstacles and short shoots vs consistently steeper and open.

So, this is my endorsement of Brian Head as a really good mountain to ski with little kids. Plus it's free for any kids 12 and under, which is very nice.

[montanaskier]

Little man got 8th out of 38 in CB this weekend. He’s U15 but is only 12 and was the youngest kid this week. Super proud of how well he skied!


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[alias_rice]

Fuck yeah!