The Key to your First Time Skiing - By Mallory Thompson

The Key to your First Time Skiing

By Mallory Thompson

    These are a few tips and hints for your first ski trip. Try not to get discouraged; it’s worth it in the end.

You will fall a lot. That is just part of the skiing experience. Everyone falls. You just have to get back up. After a while, you will look back at your falls and laugh about how funny they were.

    That said, getting up from falling down is the worst part. Your skis go everywhere, and you will probably fall down a couple of times just trying to get up.

    Skis can pick up speed faster than you think. Just remember pizza to slow down. (Pizza is when you turn the tips of your skis in to create a pizza shape.) When in doubt, pizza.

     Getting lost is actually fun. It makes the best stories to tell when you get home. So if you accidentally take a wrong turn and ski your way down only to find out you just did a black, embrace and be glad you made it down with no harm done.

     Tiny little kids will zip right past you in a crouched position while you are struggling to keep moving. I always wondered how you could be so good at skiing at the age of 6. You just have to remember they probably have a lot more experience than you, and you are not small enough to ski like they do.

    Halfway through your first day, you will probable never want to ski again. By the end of the day, things will start to look up. The morning of the second day, all hope will be lost. But if you never give up, the third and fourth day you will be skiing slopes you never thought possible, and it will all be worth it. On the way home you will be planning your next ski trip.