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Post where you first skiied and how old you were thread

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jibmaster_josh
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k so just post the first place you skied at, and how old you were!!

ill start.. mount pakenham, 6 years old. then i stopped and didnt restart till i was 13 lol
Apr 14 2007 2:54PM
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K2skipunk
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mt baker, 3 yrs old, currently 16
Apr 14 2007 3:14PM
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C-Burg
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winter park i was 5
Apr 14 2007 3:15PM
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t-man152
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La Plagne, France 3 years old

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Chamonix 2nd trimester.

whenever I went to Chamonix with my mom she would point this one hotel and tell me that thats where I was conceived.

she even sent me a postcard of that hotel.

now im tromatized
Apr 14 2007 3:19PM
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twix_182
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i think i went my first time at smuggs, then went to the middlebury snow bowl for lessons. i think maybe i was 6 or 7
Apr 14 2007 3:21PM
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ButteredToast.
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Perfect North Slopes in Indiana woot woot! (my home hill). I think my first time was when i was nine. didnt really get serious about it until i was 12. im 14.
Apr 14 2007 3:26PM
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45.
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at like Ski Apache when i was 2
Apr 14 2007 3:28PM
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tahoearmada20
Posts: 971 - Karma: 352
Mammoth... 3 years old

My parents tell me that I was conceived on New Years Eve also at Mammoth
Apr 14 2007 3:39PM
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railsldr1242
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BMOM..................Black Mountain of Maine! iwas 3, and if you didn't know what bmom stood for you're a super noob.
Apr 14 2007 3:41PM
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thelazyboy
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a ghetto hill in quebec chantecler i was 2 i think i actually remember the moment is started going down the hill very vividly its awesome
Apr 14 2007 3:45PM
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artfullydodged
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bear creek, 3yrs old
Apr 14 2007 3:48PM
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bigwhite.steeze
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silver star 2 years old
Apr 14 2007 3:52PM
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EClay46
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mammoth when i was 2
Apr 14 2007 3:53PM
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Marcos79
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Wow did you guys first ski after walk hahaha
so I was in Leukerbad Switzerland at the age of 5
Apr 14 2007 4:16PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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morning mountain when i was 2
Apr 14 2007 4:18PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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and before that i would go in my dads like backpack carrior thing and i would just chill on his back while he skied
Apr 14 2007 4:20PM
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t_rob
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probably mount abram. probably 3-4
Apr 14 2007 4:34PM
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cobra_commander
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Huricane Ridge I was 2 or 3
Apr 14 2007 4:38PM
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*cowboy*
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Ski Sawmill in PA... place is epic.. NOT!

age 14?
Apr 14 2007 4:39PM
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Colt45er
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"repost"  Kissing Bridge NY, 5 years young
Apr 14 2007 4:39PM
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GetPitted
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Solitude, 3 years old
Apr 14 2007 4:40PM
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eastcoastsoloMAN
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stowe, three years old
Apr 14 2007 5:00PM
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bigwhite.steeze
Posts: 8227 - Karma: 1,030
oh and when i was 1 i used to chill in this baby carrier thing on my parents back when they were cat skiing. they were guides so technically i went cat skiing when i was 1....yeah i know, im hardcore
Apr 14 2007 5:02PM
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Holte
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a hill in my backyard when i was 1.
Apr 14 2007 5:05PM
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king.tubby
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i think ski brule in michigan when i was like 4 or 5.
Apr 14 2007 5:23PM
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Desjardins
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i think i was 5 years old and it was at St.Sauveur in mtl, i remember skiing a blue run and i thought it was so steep but i skied it anyway, without falling, it was awesome
Apr 14 2007 5:28PM
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604.
Posts: 134 - Karma: 15
Blackcomb when I was about 6 or 7.
Apr 14 2007 6:01PM
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HeathR
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berkshire east and i was 3
Apr 14 2007 6:05PM
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MrLevel
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I'm gonna get flamed for this hahaha... I started at 12 in Tirol, Austria. Yeah to bad their aren't any mountains for me within a 12h drive range, my partents aren't/weren't realy active people, they never even seen a ski up-close untill I started.


Apr 14 2007 6:11PM
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Legit
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blue mountain, 3yr
Apr 14 2007 6:15PM
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Nicholas.
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i think probably west mt, new york when i was about 3 or 4.
Apr 14 2007 6:17PM
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N.Diddy
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willard, age 3
Apr 14 2007 6:18PM
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tSki
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the parking lot on plastic skis when i was 2
suggarbush wen i was 3
Apr 14 2007 6:22PM
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alaskakid
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Birch Hill when i was 11
Apr 14 2007 6:25PM
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reezyfbaby
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hahaha dude, mount pakenham! i learned to ski there too, i was two years old. small world.
Apr 14 2007 6:27PM
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vzdz
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squaw- 2 years old
Apr 14 2007 6:35PM
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Shpadoinkle
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let's see...vail i was 3, now i'm almost 19
Apr 14 2007 6:37PM
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Jeff_Lo
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Age 16 at Mt. Hutt, New Zealand. Now 18
Apr 14 2007 6:39PM
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Ben.
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breck 3 years old, been in love with skiing ever since
Apr 14 2007 7:00PM
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ATLskier
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winterplace wv 14 years old
Apr 14 2007 7:00PM
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freeskier1316
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bachelor 9
Apr 14 2007 7:05PM
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Ben.
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ahh u missed out on like 11 years of skiing
Apr 14 2007 7:11PM
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Bini.
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mount snow, 3 years old
Apr 14 2007 7:27PM
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dgcarbs
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pats peak- 5 years old
Apr 14 2007 7:30PM
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skisher
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killington i think, age 2 i hated it till i was three tho
Apr 14 2007 7:38PM
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ATLskier
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I know, no one in my family but me skis. But i've made the most out of the last 6 years.
Apr 14 2007 7:39PM
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*i<3snow*
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Ski Sawmill, pa
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i was around...9 or 10 i think.
Apr 14 2007 7:41PM
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7tennis
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Camelback , PA

i was like 19 months my dad said so like 2 years old... didnt get serious till i was like 7 or 8 tho.
Apr 14 2007 8:06PM
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*monsterskier*
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wintergreen resort, 6 years old
Apr 14 2007 8:32PM
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Microcosm
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Killington at 2 yrs old. Been loving every moment of it ever since.
Apr 14 2007 8:35PM
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