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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Isn't it great how many of us are skiers with kids?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Megamum, no.
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richmond, why? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Anniepen, because he's Richmond and likes to FISH! 
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cathy, just answering the question.
Anniepen, 'fishing' means (I think) posting in the hope of eliciting a strong reaction from fellow posters. Not true in this case, I just answered the question, rather facetiously and pointlessly. I don't think it is particularly great that so many of us have kids (no offence to Megamum intended). It's not particularly bad either, it's just one of those things.
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richmond, I meant from the perspective that we can all discuss the pros and cons and get advice like we are doing here.
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We went to Soll last year with our daughter who was 5 years old (just).
She enjoyed it but preferred the kindergarten group where she did some indoor activities and then outdoor activites which included some ski lessons. This suited her better than full on lessons, which in Austria last for 2hours morning and 2 hours afternoon - this was too much for her.
She still learned to ski by halfway through the week - good snowplough turning and very controlled.
She is now 6 and we're off to Flaine on March 31st where I'm hoping she'll do better with the 3 hour morning only classes. She'll probably be better than me by the end of the week 
PS. never use gloves - always mitts with kids. They can pull Mitts on and off by themselves and they tend to keep their fingers warmer - with gloves you'll be helping them all day long, very frustrating. Mitts, Mitts, Mitts everytime.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Megamum, actually I agree and think it's great having a thread like this. It's really useful to get advice from other parents on how they go skiing with their kids.
We're going to try our 3 year old on skis again this season. We had a bit of a try last season with borrowed boots and skis when she was 28 months or so but she kept tipping backwards when she was on her own so I was ploughing while holding her up. I don't think her legs were strong enough. To be honest I think she enjoyed the magic carpet best!  The main thing for me is that she has fun so when we try again this season we'll start with some short half hour sessions and some snowplay and we'll see how she goes from there. I don't think I'd want to put her in ski school until next season.
Hairy Boy, definitely agree on the mitts - that's all I have for our little one.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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mitts with long string threaded down arms of suit.....(one piece)
Thredbo ski school takes them from 3 years IF they are toilet trained.... most are fine - but they are taken in regularly for warm drinks and lunch and kept inside reading stories etc after lunch before going back out....
interesting though how many of the "three year olds" will tell you they are three while holding up TWO fingers(all these poor counters seem to be quite on the small side as well)
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| richmond, I meant from the perspective that we can all discuss the pros and cons and get advice like we are doing here. |
I know, I was just passing an idle moment.
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You know it makes sense.
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i started at 5 but there are some people which have a physically better body at 3. I had many joint problems at a young age.
My sister started at 3/4 although she apparently had difficulty concentrating and carrying skis.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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easiski, what's the best way for little kids (6yr olds) to carry their skis? We carried their skis last season but are intending they carry their own this season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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when they were little my kids found the sling type things quite helpful, but we don't bother now (in fact I think I still carried Zit 3's skis on our last trip and she is 10 - but it was more for speed than anything else). If you want, I can let you have a lend of ours for your next trip and you can try them out.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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slikedges, mine carried theirs (and sometimes still do) cradled in their arms. Dangerous for everyone else, of course, but it worked for them. A velcro tie for keeping the skis together can be handy.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thinking about it, cradling is probably no more dangerous than over the shoulder or under the arm (like a shot gun, my preferred method).
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Thinking about it, cradling is probably no more dangerous than over the shoulder or under the arm (like a shot gun, my preferred method).
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Our 9 year old has carried his own skis since day one (aged 4) _ Old enough to ski, old enough to carry them has been our maxim - evil old hag that I am! But he does find the velcro strap that 'fell off mine and landed in the pocket' a couple of years ago very useful.
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slikedges, Deffo in the arms if you don't have any aids. their shoulders are usually too narrow to rest the skis on. No sticks is deffo best too. If they insist make them carry the skis and the sticks - that will probably cure them!
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I guess kids must find their skis as weighty as we do - I was actually quite surprised at the weight of my hire ones myself. I think my 6 old carried her's last Feb, I believe if memory serves that she cradled them sort of under one arm and held across the body with the other hand, anyhow I decided it was probably easier if she worked out for herself the easiest way to do it. Mind you I must confess that no-one ever told me the best way to carry mine. I discovered that if I held them upright in my hands the weight soon became too much and pulled them through my grip, so in the finish I watched everyone else for ideas and ended up with them over my shoulder, however reading Richmond's comment on here
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cradling is probably no more dangerous than over the shoulder or under the arm
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I now wonder if this is the done thing
Maybe I try to get some of these velcro ties that you're mentioning, they do seem to be the most awkward things to manoevre, though I did get on much better once I discovered that you could kin-of lock the bindings against each other by sliding the second in against the first - that's the thing as a newcomer to this sport, all these little things you all take for granted we've still got to learn. The kids got on better once I did it to theirs.
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Megamum, however you carry the damn things, other thasn verticallly upwards, there's a danger of belting a passerby with them. Caveat passerby is my approach. The ideal way is to get someone else to carry them, but I've never managed that. I find the under the arm shotgun carry the most comfortable and the easiest to control, the kids favour the cradle. The OL sticks 'em over her shoulder. Bindings do sort of clip together in a desultory fashion, but that's not very secure, the skis easily pivot apart; a velcro tie stops them from doing so.
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FAQ
Am I irretrievably naive? Should I leave well alone? Am I going to be sorry I asked this? 
