Tips for a toddler skier?

[Quinn the Eskimo]

I just got my two year old her first pair of skis. ( XC stlye that you can put any boot into ) I was wondering if anyone has some sage advice as to how to make learning to ski a sucessful endeavor? Any good tips? Progressions? So far we have skied around her bedroom, our backyard, and kiddie kampus at WF.

[SKIdds]

I've had great success with the Kid-Ski teaching aids with all three of my kids. I introduced them all to skiing by the age of three. The older two are now 9 and 6 and doing very well in the Kids Kampus programs. The Kid-Ski stuff gives you everythng you need to progress them through various levels of early skiing. Tip and wedgle locks allow them to get a feel for keeping the skis in the right position for learning. The pole allows you to lead them down th mountian under your control. Progressing to the harness and leash allows you to gradually turn a lot of the control over to them while you still keep them in check. A couple of years of introduction through these tools and they were plenty ready for ski school by age 5. Here's a link to the products I used.

http://www.applerise.com/merchant2/m...gory_Code=1600

[Quinn the Eskimo]

Thanks, the link you provided to the equipment was very helpful.

[I:)skiing]

My 2.5 yo was skiing the magic carpet at Telluride by himself this winter. Key.....in addition to everything you read and learn.....TWO THINGS I believe are musts.

1) Keep up the BR skiing. In and out of skis,, mitten. Walk circles. Have fun, run etc. More time in the warm, dry weather the better. I would sometimes pull my son across the floor using the tips....you will see them automatically grab balance. Lots and lots of this. Teach by Wrote.....when its cold and snowing.....they know what they are doing.

2) PLAN for 20 minutes in skis.....at a time. If its less, so be it. If more take it and run. Try to show up when your area has the animals out. My son talked about powder pig all summer. He rode the lift with him 2 times.


Of course, make sure yours is well fed. You would be surprised how many parents forgo food because of all the hassle os trying to take kids skiing. Kids need food----Watch him/her nap....its well deserved.

Here's my son in Early December...you can see very little snow at our mtn yet. Ski Liberty, Pa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTBSZG2FHQI

[Denison]

My daughter will be 18 months in January - this season she'll be mostly eating snow

[Harvey44]

On this topic, you may want to take a look at this:

http://www.firsttracksonline.com/boa...hp?f=10&t=7113

[Denison]

That's how my son started at 3 years old (December 2004)



From there we moved on to harness and to private lessons

[Harvey44]

Hey cool.. Denison's just a regular guy like me!

Except he's a 'Facer!

Nice pic.