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Anyone starting their kid on skis this year?

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Rolla
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My son Asher just turned three and I gave him a pair of skis for his birthday. He's way too short for the shortest skis you can buy, so I chopped the tips off an old pair K2's and made some bindings out of webbing. I'm really excited to introduce him to the sport and I hope he has as much fun as I've had. He'll be able to say he's been skiing longer than he's been using the potty!
Nov 15 2008 5:58PM
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dangerdad
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i think it would have been more advisable to chop the tails off
Nov 15 2008 6:00PM
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Rolla
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Should I cut off my head or cut off my body? I put the bindings on the tip part.

Nov 15 2008 6:02PM
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i.ski.troll.
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what hes saying is he cut the tips off with some length on them. so just the tails are left over.
same thing as saying he cut the tails off.
Nov 15 2008 6:05PM
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DrStrangelove
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whoa whoa whoa whoa...i didnt know there were more than a handful of people on this site with kids
Nov 15 2008 6:12PM
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powderhound100
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I think my dad put me on skis on my second birthday.
Nov 15 2008 6:17PM
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Microcosm
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That's great! No really, he will rip in no time. My parents put me on at two or three, and I'm obsessed now!
Nov 15 2008 6:21PM
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strongmark
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this was clever!
Nov 15 2008 6:36PM
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ct_steeze
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thats a sick name
Nov 15 2008 7:03PM
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skientrepreneur
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Check out ebay, it's the only way you can afford kids stuff.  I got a used pair of volkl 80cm for $50 with bindings and obermeyer jacket and pant for $70, then to top it off tecnica boots for $20.  I highly recommend clamping the tips together.  My 4 year old son requests my Powder & SAM magazines for his bedtime books, he loves to count the chairlifts, gondolas, and groomers! 
Nov 15 2008 9:11PM
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pussymoneyweed
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when i get older i hope my kids if i have them are just like him.. you can't force skiing or sports into a kid
Nov 15 2008 10:04PM
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strongmark
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tell your 4 year old son that he already has fans!
Nov 15 2008 10:06PM
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j.bird
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Thats awesome man. I have a nephew who is about to turn 4, and I'm trying to get him up soon. I hope he likes it.

Good luck, and like the other guy said I think the short bungy method on the ski tips is the best for really young kids.

Nov 16 2008 12:41AM
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no_steeze
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most kids on here are 14 so let's hope they aren't teaching their kids how to ski...
Nov 16 2008 12:44AM
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TheButterHashira
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I got started skiing around 20 months old. Mostly running around the snow in my boots but I skied a little. Do they really not make any skis for children that age?
Nov 16 2008 12:57AM
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-Otto-
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I hate to say it, but maybe snowblades are an option?
Nov 16 2008 11:04AM
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_steezefiend8
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the bindings wouldnt go small enough unless he put dif. bindings on.
Nov 16 2008 11:24AM
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papasteeze
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They are here, tons of them, they just rarely post.  Your parents are watching!  hahahaha  J/K
Nov 16 2008 11:28AM
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papasteeze
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Best advice!

Get him new boots every year and sell last years stuff at ski swaps.  Most of my kids stuff resold often paid for new stuff each year.  If you don't know already learn to ski switch, clamp the tips together and play "catch me"  they will instinctively learn to turn much better when they are focused in something in front of them.  At least that was my experience with teaching my sons at 2 an 3 years old.

I am not a ski instructor.  Just passing along my experience. 
Nov 16 2008 11:32AM
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ONTerriible
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^agreed i tought kids (4-6 years old) for three years, they don't understand all the technical stuff the best way is for them to just do it, like papasteeze said get him to follow you around, play follow the leader.
Nov 16 2008 11:49AM
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ILoveOhio
Posts: 1793 - Karma: 253
Nipples?
Nov 16 2008 1:50PM
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Jwalk
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my dads gettin my little sister on skis this year shes 2
Nov 16 2008 1:57PM
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Malcolm
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thats so sick. hes going to shred so hard when hes older
Nov 16 2008 2:09PM
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K.C.dia
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I taught ski lessons last season, and i agree, the best way for them to learn is to just follow you around. Thats how i learned too!

Funny story: when i was learning to ski, i wanted to be just like my brothers, but my one-piece wouldn't fit over  my diapers, so my dad told me I either had to be potty trained, or no skiing. I chose the better one.
Nov 16 2008 2:10PM
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East.
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Haha get your little guys on blades if you cant find anything small enough. But then again make sure you get em on regular skis before they realize it..
Nov 16 2008 2:13PM
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