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4 year olds skiing.

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.kieffer.
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On my my mountain there are a ton of little kids skiing now, like three or four years old. Everyone I chill with didnt start till they were at least aroung 10. Does "skiing" at the age of four really make yyou better in the long run? It seems kinda pointless to me considering all the brats do are stand and cry when they fall.

Jun 18 2011 8:41PM
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DERS.
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i started when i was 2...
Jun 18 2011 8:49PM
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.kieffer.
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shitttt man. do you think it was worth it?
Jun 18 2011 8:51PM
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YoungJah
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I started skiing at 3.
Jun 18 2011 8:58PM
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infuser
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i started skiing at 3... yes it was worth it, skiing is fun
Jun 18 2011 9:04PM
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.kieffer.
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true enough. my sister and i didnt start till we were 11 but are little bro start when he was 6, but its fucking expensive to buy new skis all the time cause you keep growing.
Jun 18 2011 9:10PM
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easy.steezy
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yeah i started skiing when i was 3, too.  if your family loves skiing, why leave the little kids home?  drop them off at a lesson for the day, then when they get good enough, take them with you to the rest of the mountain.
Jun 18 2011 9:12PM
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neutralzombie
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that's why you rent or go to shops who have old gear for cheap or have free ones or do swaps.

i think i started when i was 7 or something. but i stopped after a few years and started back up again. i don't know if it makes a huge impact on how young you start, it's whether you end up wanting to continue. either way. it's nice to do something with your kids or to have your kids active starting at a young age. i don't think i'd personally start my kid til about 5 or something. 3 seems so young.
Jun 18 2011 9:14PM
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DERS.
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hm.. tough question. i have always loved skiing even as an toddler on the magic carpet.. and i have some great memories from my years of ski school (2-10). so having the advantage of being a "double black" skier by the time i was 10 id say it was worth it to me..
Jun 18 2011 9:15PM
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belden...
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My mom skied chest deep pow with me in her stomach and later my dad would bring me out in his backpack at snowbird. I skied as soon as i could walk pretty much and I'd say it payed off.. i could ski most shit at snowbird and alta by the time i was like 8.
And whoever said it was expensive I didnt own skis until i was about 7 and even then they were hand-i-downs.
Jun 18 2011 9:21PM
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infuser
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i rented until i was 12... thats what you gotta do  to save money
Jun 18 2011 9:24PM
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HalfandHalf
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started right before I turned 2
Jun 18 2011 9:34PM
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Baskilla
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Started right before my third birthday... SKIING IS NOW MY LIFE AND I WILL ONLY LIVE IN DOPE ASS MOUNTAINS WITH AMAZING SNOW NOW CAUSE OF IT... totally worth it
Jun 18 2011 9:36PM
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jblaski
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I started when I was 25. Probably didn't help starting that late.
Jun 18 2011 10:01PM
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array.
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I started when i was 4, but i dont think it helps to much cus i didnt hit the park until i was 12
Jun 18 2011 10:10PM
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Chlamydia
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so i thought it was only fitting to have my baby girl start when she was 3.
Jun 18 2011 10:11PM
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kstanz
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When i was little and lived in whistler i hated it... then when i was 12 living in vancouver i finally started to actually ski. I've always wondered how good i would be if i had actually don it when i was younger
Jun 18 2011 10:17PM
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c4t_l0ver
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i started to ski when i was like 4.. and i hated it so much. my dad would drag me to the hill and i would cry in the car casue i hated it .

but now i like it, lots
Jun 18 2011 10:22PM
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chuck_testa
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I started when I was 1 1/2 haha. It was only a little hill in the backyard but it's the only thing I remember from back then. Also my first word was ski hahaha. I went to the mountain when I was like 2 1/2. I never wanted to leave.
Jun 18 2011 10:27PM
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.kieffer.
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damnnn... when do kids even start walking now?
Jun 18 2011 10:30PM
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chuck_testa
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skiing started literally a week after I started walking. My dad apparently was watching a ski movie and I kept pointing at it. so he bought baby skis/
Jun 18 2011 10:37PM
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have.faith
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i started when i was 3 and have been addicted ever since. for me its made me live a life where im more comfortable on skis than i am on the street, and im not claiming to be an amazing skiing. but i am claiming the fact that it gave me a stronger love for the sport.
Jun 18 2011 10:41PM
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phelps
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Started at 3
Jun 18 2011 10:56PM
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Mr.Turtle
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2 years old, im an instructor during the winter and I teach a decent amount of lessons with kids 3-6 years old lots of little kids ripping lines
Jun 18 2011 11:03PM
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EmperorKuzco
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My dad had me going down on snoopy plastic strap on skis before i could walk on a hill in our yard
Jun 18 2011 11:04PM
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EmperorKuzco
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I think i was 2
Jun 18 2011 11:04PM
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DaysToCome
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yeah i started around three or four. it was nice. i feel its part of the reason why i feel so comfortable on snow, that is ive been doing this shit most of my life
Jun 18 2011 11:05PM
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TheDavisMobile
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I was gonna say I started late, at 15. But i'll just shut up. Hahaha
Jun 18 2011 11:08PM
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K_FRANK
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i was out there when i was 1 and 1/2! i remember when i was 3 i rented some rad skis with a ninja turtle graphic on them and i was overly sad to give them back at the end of the day.
Jun 18 2011 11:15PM
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.RYAN66
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i started skiing when i was three, never took a lesson since i cried when my parents left me haha.

but it worked out pretty good i would say i was one of the best skiers on the mountain. actual skiing not park.

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Jun 18 2011 11:25PM
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PattyC
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at breck there is this 4 year old border who shreds, also his brother who is like 8 throws better stuff of the first 3 then my friends....  there 15
Jun 18 2011 11:41PM
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Inline.
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4 or 5
Jun 18 2011 11:42PM
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huck_to_flat
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Started at 3
Jun 18 2011 11:45PM
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Steezy_IN_KC
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That, And my whole family travailed 16 hours to do it also.
Because my family loves to ski.
way worth it.
Jun 19 2011 12:12AM
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egg.
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me 2. haha
Jun 19 2011 12:41AM
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Sam.Carson
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i started when i was 2 also.
Jun 19 2011 1:18AM
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Sam.Carson
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i started when i was 2 also.
Jun 19 2011 1:18AM
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rach
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I started skiing regularly when I was about 2 or 2 and a half. I think an early start definitely proves to have an advantage. I hear that young kids are actually more adaptive than most adults, and learn much quicker. More than anything though, skiing at that age just really made the sport a part of my childhood, and a part of my life.
Jun 19 2011 2:01AM
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Rockhound
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started at 3
Jun 19 2011 2:10AM
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snowbombz
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during the winter im a ski instructor. This year i had a 4 year old in one of my classes who was the collest little shredder i have ever seen. He wore jackets that were way too big for him and refused to ever zip up his coat, even when it was snowing extremely hard. He saw me skiing backward and then copied me, and actually was really good at it. He also kept trying to butter up onto his tips and kept falling on his face. Anyway this kid was freaking amazing.
Jun 19 2011 2:52AM
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_DUSTY_
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Tom Wallisch started after high school, I don't really think it helps that much. I've been skiing since I was five and there is a guy I skied with who apparently has only been skiing a couple years (2-3) and he is way better than I am.
Jun 19 2011 3:18AM
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bakedpow
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18 months old.
Jun 19 2011 3:41AM
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Jahrassicpark
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I started when I was 3, I think that's where natural looking and coordination, but then again there are some kids who start late and are still really good
Jun 19 2011 3:57AM
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Ski_Alot
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started at 3 and im a fantastic skier...

Jun 19 2011 6:55AM
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Orrin
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2 is where it's at.
Jun 19 2011 7:08AM
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disastertourism
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I started when I was about 3/4
Considering I'm English if I started when I was 10 I'd be terrible because we only get away approx 1 week a year
Jun 19 2011 7:44AM
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EternalJens
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I didn't start before I was almost twelve and I definitely wish I had started earlier. I also work as a ski insstructor at my local mountain and this year I had one class with 15 3 and 4 year olds. They all learned to ski very well.
Jun 19 2011 7:49AM
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LIL_WAT
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Wrong , he started park in his early teens.
Jun 19 2011 7:51AM
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*SNO*
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i started at 10 and im english
i ski alot though
Jun 19 2011 8:42AM
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disastertourism
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Ah, we only got away about once a week, and I've only recently started going to the dry slope regularly, because I never realised that it's better than not skiing.

If I started when I was 10 I would only have had about 8 weeks of skiing.
Jun 19 2011 8:54AM
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Stickity
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I NEED TO STEP MY GAME UP
Jun 19 2011 9:47AM
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