What do you think of my beginers tips for skiiers? from my experience of my first ever skiing holiday!?

Question

1 falling over- if you lose your balance try to fall on one side keeping your hands out of the way.

2 putting on skies- make sure your skies are perpendicular to the slope then remove excess snow from boot and bindings by hitting them, put downhill foot in ski first then uphill foot, start sliding and go to step 1.

3 going straight on- narrow the tips of your skies, point down the slope loose balance and go to step 1

4.Turning- transfer the weight to the downhill ski, your direction will not change and you will continue going straight on (step 3)

5. Stopping - put the tips of your skies together more, aim for an object (tree, another person snow bank) hit this and then go to step 1.

6. getting onto a chair lift- ski to start point fall over go to step 1, the chair will come behind you and grab you in whatever position onto the chair.

Answer 1

Well....

I never find snow on my skies a problem when i'm trying to put them back on, but I know others do. They are all good exept the chairlift stuff. You just kinda have to learn it, but the best description I can think of is sit down on the chair as it comes round to get on and getting of just don't panic, stand up and turn away. Also, learning paralell turns is vital. When you get onto a red or a black Snowplough's just don't work.

Answer 2

Your tips are good but you're thinking too much.  Get a lesson and you'll be skiing in no time.  Thinking too much on the slopes makes you tense and you need to be loose to ski & enjoy it.

Answer 3

I'm guessing you skipped to step 8 and stayed there?

ps: skies = skis

skiiers = skiers

I don't suggest hitting objects to help stop...if you hit me I will wack you with my pole.

Answer 4

Hopefully this is all tongue in cheek otherwise it's head up a darkside.

Answer 5

HaHa, brings back memories.

The other people who answered need to lighten up.

Answer 6

Thorough and very straight forward. Great advice for a beginner skier. Just fix the spelling errors and it's great.

Answer 7

Are you freaking kidding? Why in the world would you aim for a tree? In Vail, a guy was decapitated when he crashed into a tree. Not something I really want happening to myself.