re: Tried skiing today for the first time

I learned how to water ski very quickly. Found water skiing to be amazingly boring.

I learned to ski when I was 18. It was also the first time that I had ever seen snow. My friends took me to a black diamond run on my first day. I also went off of a 15ft cliff jump...wiped out, but the whole day was pretty fun. My friends were mean.

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Skiing is easy. Snowboarding on the other hand is something that you have to commit time to. Your knees and wrist will never hurt as bad as your first day snowboarding

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All true. Well, skiing is easier to pick up the basics anyway. A reasonably athletic person can do it in a day. Getting really good though takes a long time.

Snowboarding complete opposite. You have to progress and practice ALOT to get the basics and will assuredly have bumps and bruises along the way. Once it clicks though, you can advance quickly.

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Snowboarding complete opposite. You have to progress and practice ALOT to get the basics and will assuredly have bumps and bruises along the way. Once it clicks though, you can advance quickly.

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Skiing is easier to learn but harder to master
Snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to master

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I don’t guess I’ve ever consciously tried to lean forward more. Any body got more tips?

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Look up the YouTube channel “stomp it tutorials” - have been a big help for me, just knowing what you are trying to work towards and have a visual on what good skiing should look like.

As for tips:
-already noted, but lean forward, you should be leaning your shins into the front of your boots. You need the front of your skis to “hook up” with the snow to make turns
-keep your upper body upright (not leaning), and facing down the hill (not the direction you are turning
-turns are all about edge angle
1. Start by flexing your ankles at the beginning of turn, then your knees, then back out in reverse order as you complete the turn. This creates a smooth increase in edge angle into the middle of your turn, then a smooth decrease as your turn concludes.
2. Outside and inside ski (or uphill and downhill ski) in a turn need to have the same edge angle. Otherwise your skis turn on a different radius and that’s gonna make you unstable or fall
3. The more pressure you can put on the outside ski, the better. Use that metal edge to dig into your turns and power through icy spots, etc

I’ve skied probably 5 times in my 30 years on this earth, the biggest thing I learned last time was learning how to fall. I had a buddy who gave my private lessons and I very quickly figured out that if you’re gonna fall it is best to just lean back and fall with your back into the snow. It’s when you fall to the front over your skis that you can get yourself in trouble.

My first day with my buddy was just learning how to turn and fall with grace but by day 2 I was really starting to get the hang of it. I’m hoping to get back out west this year to practice some more and hopefully move up to blues. No shame in taking it easy that’s for sure.

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Skiing is easy. Snowboarding on the other hand is something that you have to commit time to. Your knees and wrist will never hurt as bad as your first day snowboarding

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The truth is the exact opposite of this statement

I'm 6 weeks into recovering from a broken hip...

I can't even watch it on the box...hurts too much...

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Baseball, football and basketball, but now I’m a 40+ year old dude way past my playing days.

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well you havent done shite but drink beer and sit in the lodge for last 20 years...wtf di you expect?

i always laugh at these threads....yea skiing isnt easy(snowboarding way harder apparently) but why would you think not working out and not doing any type of athletic movement for the last 20 years was suddenly going to allow you go do a really athletic event and be good at it after 6 tries??

talk about delusion