Skiing is Awesome!
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I went Skiing for the first time ever yesterday, and my experience was absolutely amazing! Before I had gone, all I heard about were stories about how people had broken bones or how badly I was going to do, but when I got out there, luckily, I was a lot more excited than I was scared. That was the confidence I needed to tear up the slopes! After only about an hour on the bunny slopes, I was already advancing myself to the higher hills. The friends I had gone with were already expert skiers, so I was excited to be able to join them on the slopes. I even tried the slopes made for advanced skiiers, and although I fell a couple times, I know I could have done awesome if I had tried again. Either way, by the end of the trip, my friends were trying to catch up to me, and they couldn't. How awesome is that?! Well, here are some tips that I think helped with my success for anyone who didn't have as much fun as I did when experimenting with the slopes:
- Stay confident! Don't think "Oh, I'm about to fall," but instead think "No, I can't fall" and maneuver your body in such a way so that you can try to just regain your balance. Trust me, it helps a lot to be in that mindset!
- the number one tip I kept getting all weekend..."Put all the pressure on the downhill ski only"
- Think of skiing as fun, not something you are afraid to do
- when you feel like you are starting to go too fast, just keep turning your ski so that you are going more perpendicular to the hill and less straight down
- if you are about to hit something, just fall down (that made for some pretty funny pictures)
- don't be too afraid of falling because you are pretty padded with clothing to begin with
- bend forward a little
- when you feel like you are about to fall backward or to the sides, just tip your weight ever so slightly in the opposite direction
- a lot of skiing is having the right mind set so just have fun!
I think skiing was actually easier than ice skating. Just prepared to be ooberly sore the following day. Sitting around in the hot tub helped with that, though, so just think of enjoying yourself. I know I sure did. Skiing is awesome!
- Stay confident! Don't think "Oh, I'm about to fall," but instead think "No, I can't fall" and maneuver your body in such a way so that you can try to just regain your balance. Trust me, it helps a lot to be in that mindset!
- the number one tip I kept getting all weekend..."Put all the pressure on the downhill ski only"
- Think of skiing as fun, not something you are afraid to do
- when you feel like you are starting to go too fast, just keep turning your ski so that you are going more perpendicular to the hill and less straight down
- if you are about to hit something, just fall down (that made for some pretty funny pictures)
- don't be too afraid of falling because you are pretty padded with clothing to begin with
- bend forward a little
- when you feel like you are about to fall backward or to the sides, just tip your weight ever so slightly in the opposite direction
- a lot of skiing is having the right mind set so just have fun!
I think skiing was actually easier than ice skating. Just prepared to be ooberly sore the following day. Sitting around in the hot tub helped with that, though, so just think of enjoying yourself. I know I sure did. Skiing is awesome!