Our dryslope will not take them below 4 and even then we try to teach through play, we have to teach to a degree for safety.
At the end of their beginers course I always explain to the parents not just to expect too much but not to expect anything, never push then and expect to do lots of sledging snow ball fights with very little skiing and become an expert at buiding snowmen.
The foundations laid at that age will reap the benifits as they get older
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
RobW wrote:
3 is a fairly common age that some ski-schools will take them, but there is no reason why they can't start skiing earlier that that. I've posted this video before:
The first half of this is #2son, taken when last February when he was about 22 months.
The second half is his elder brother, then aged 7.5yrs, who started at a similar age.
Allright, the first kid is what we generally see in 3 year olds. They enjoy themselfes sliding... A parent should not be disapointed if thats it really... The other kid is awesome, he's better then me ;P
I kind of have to eat my words, it IS posible to get a 3 year old skiing, i have one in my class now who skis Wengiboden, speed control, turns, the whole thing in smallish snowplow (for those who know Wengen)... Everybody agrees this is exceptional however
And he managed to get on the button tow as well.... Best 3 yr old i ever had
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?
Ronald, it is possible to get a 3 year old skiing 'cos I had three of them who could snowplough turn, control, stop etc etc but they needed to be taken up the button.
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