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Your very first time on snow...

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Bit nostalgic today and found some old photos, anyone else have a photo of their very first time?

Don't have a ski photo but first and only time on a board... gotta be about '92 in Tignes


MrsSkimottaret '89 Reno Nevada


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SkiMottaretJunior '01 Brentwood Dry slope


SkiMoattaretJuniot feb 02 first time on proper snow


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SkiMotteret, LOVE IT Laughing Will try to dig out mine at home.

But shouldn't this be posted in The Piste?
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Pretty sure I have a school pic from Niederau 1977 somewhere. I'll have to find it, scan it in and post it. The leather ski boots with metal clips and leg leashes are quite amusing.
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The leather boots with metal clips and leg leashes


queen bodecia, I think Skimotteret was looking for skiing photos Toofy Grin
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Tiger2, arf arf! Laughing
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My 18 year old daughters first time on ski's (and before Daddy went grey!) snowHead


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this is me at cairngorm, note the early adoption of modern kit like a 'shell' jacket and woollen socks....

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My 18 year old dauchters first time on ski's


There's no way she's an 18 year old (m'lud) Toofy Grin
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Tiger2, Here she is again but not on ski's

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Not quite the first time, about the 5th on a very short video at Tamworth, late 2004 when I started at 46.

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First time for me at Risoul in 1988 (I don't think Arcteryx made gear then Laughing )
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Yoda, nice belt!
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Squaw Valley, circa 1985. Probably third weekend ski trip.

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^ Nice pants in boots steeze & you're wearing the Squaw Sash
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fatbob, Embarassed
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My first time wasn't all that long ago so, thankfully, no embarrassing retro hair/clothes. Only a stupid pose.


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This thread should definitely be a 'then/now'!
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scotia wrote:
This thread should definitely be a 'then/now'!

Let's see your 'then' then
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Zero-G, I'll go look Laughing
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skimottaret, I'll have you know that's a genuine Salomon bum bag - de rigueur I believe Shocked
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Here we go. Killing it at the age of 3



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skimottaret, cool, with a hardcore Alpine set-up on the board if I'm not mistaken Skullie
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Big three-year old Shocked
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scotia, nah, that's a space invader!

Edit: Oi - you've changed the picture!


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Now doubtful it's actually me. Another photo to replace the one above...
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scotia wrote:
This thread should definitely be a 'then/now'!


the plan was a Your last time on snow thread next... snowHead
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Now doubtful it's actually me. Another photo to replace the one above...


i was wondering about that, definitely didnt look like you..
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Interesting question, I've been hunting for evidence and I reckon I need to find and scan in real photos to do this. On the basis of one or two group shots in the 'scans' directory on my older desktop, I reckon I need to turn up photos from approx 1991 Shocked
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skimottaret, Laughing Laughing
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scotia, that's better - more like a three-year old size. Cute Very Happy
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Actually the filing system is better than I realised, and within 5 mins of looking I have turned up the necessary photo album and found several of me during my first week on skis - will scan in some later, but I not going to post the somewhat un-necessary shot that was taken of the rear end of me disappearing up the baby rope tow - most cruel!!
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but I not going to post the somewhat un-necessary shot that was taken of the rear end of me disappearing up the baby rope tow
You so are! Laughing
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I've got a picture somewhere of me in Santa Caterina, aged 4/5, coat flapping below my knees, winning the ski school race at the end of my first week Cool
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What a great thread! Very Happy Very Happy In the lead so far has to be skimottaret on his board and Yoda with his belt, trying to pretend it's a bum bag. Although laundryman with his cool googles is very close behind Toofy Grin
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cathy, my vote is for laundryman's collared shirt and jumper combo
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Off to hunt out my first time in Hemsedal. Happy
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OK, here's me very determinedly tackling the baby slope in Lenzerheide circa 1990/91'ish - yes I started that long ago, but did have a 10yr'ish break in between then and taking it up again more recently. Several shots here that are even linked!! Chap in blue offering encouragement is my long time Swiss friend, and the child in foreground of one shot is nothing to do with me. I do still have the fartbag and it made an appearance at the EoSB a couple of years ago Shocked The skis look huge!





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Megamum, skiing the 'smurf' slope - quality Laughing Laughing
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This is far from my first time on skis - I started at 4 and in this pic I was around 13. But it'll have to do as it's one of the earliest I have when skiing. It also earns extra points for the cable bindings (and I'm under 40!)

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Zero-G, Laughing It has to be said that after 2 years of a one week holiday there I still hadn't progressed any further - I was just scared witless, that's when I dropped it and never went to back to it until Minimum_2 was about 3 years old, even then it didn't click and fear just got worst until I joined this lot on that fantastic trip to VT a couple of years back and since then I've never looked back snowHead Cool .
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