What age did you start skiing or riding?

**ALLSKIING** · Jul 26, 2005, 7:29 PM

I started around 10 years old. From 91 to 94 I only skied 1 time due to living im Miami.

teachski · Jul 26, 2005, 7:34 PM

I started on my 5th birthday.

Sky · Jul 26, 2005, 8:06 PM

I started when I was about 23. I was staioned in northern Italy for three years and started learned then. Took about 12 years off due to living in Kentucky and having very small kids....and running the basketball programs they were in (in town).

Then #2 son wanted to join the school's program. That was about 14 years ago. I chaperoned and skied six tiems a year with him for about 5 years on that antique gear from Italy.

I've really started working at getting better in the past four or five seasons. Now, it's never far from my thoughts.

loafer89 · Jul 26, 2005, 8:23 PM

I started when I was 11 years old in 1982. In July, 1985 my parents put me in summer ski camp, and I was forced to spend my time in Europe glacier skiing

riverc0il · Jul 26, 2005, 8:35 PM

3 or 4 i believe. one of my first memories

hammer · Jul 26, 2005, 8:41 PM

I started when I was almost 39.

After living in New England on and off for about 20 years, I finally decided that I needed a good winter activity.

**Greg** · Jul 26, 2005, 9:31 PM

I started during my junior year in college at age 20. My roommate (Joe) had been trying to get me to try skiing for some time. I woke up one snowy morning and said to him, "let's go skiing today." We took off to Mount Southington. During that first visit he took me to the top of a black diamond there (pretty lame slope actually, but it looked like a cliff to me at the time). After surviving that run and looking back up and thinking to myself, "I did that?", I was hooked.

I skied one more time at Southington that season and went and bought brand new skis, boots, poles and clothing that summer. We hit Mount Snow and Haystack many times over the next few seasons. College students could get $25 lift tickets on weekends then.

I'm going to try to get my daughter on skis next spring. Probably nothing serious - maybe just plastic skis in the yard. For the 2006-07 season, look out. Ski school will be the norm for her. I really hope she takes to it and truly enjoys it.

andyzee · Jul 26, 2005, 9:41 PM

Late bloomer here, 44. But doin my best to catch up

ChileMass · Jul 26, 2005, 10:16 PM

I'm pretty sure it was the winter after I turned 8.

I've told this story here before - my buddy's Mom was a skier and dragged us up the steep hill across the street from my house and made us ski down it to try to convince us skiing it was more fun than sledding on it. Don't know that she won that argument that day, but I have been skiing since - 37 years.

sledhaulingmedic · Jul 26, 2005, 10:48 PM

I started late, at age 8. (After my folks moved to Nah Hampshah from the Midwest.)

Jul 26, 2005, 7:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
ALLSKIING The Glen Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mattituck, NY Posts: 4,319	What age did you start skiing or riding? I started around 10 years old. From 91 to 94 I only skied 1 time due to living im Miami. __________________ Dave 35 days 07/08 Season

Jul 26, 2005, 7:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
teachski Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Barre, MA Posts: 1,041	I started on my 5th birthday. __________________ Born to ski, forced to work. I\'ve used all of my sick days so I\'m calling in dead.

Jul 26, 2005, 8:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
loafer89 Sugarloaf Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Coventry, C.T Posts: 3,551	I started when I was 11 years old in 1982. In July, 1985 my parents put me in summer ski camp, and I was forced to spend my time in Europe glacier skiing __________________ Ski School - A place where novices are turned into menaces.

Jul 26, 2005, 8:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
riverc0il Ari Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ashland, NH Posts: 6,700	3 or 4 i believe. one of my first memories __________________ -Steve TheSnowWay.com featuring Big Jay Coverage "Skiing is not a sport, it is a way of life." - Otto Schniebs 52

Jul 26, 2005, 9:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Greg Nassahegan, CT: 8/14 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Thomaston, CT Posts: 20,286	I started during my junior year in college at age 20. My roommate (Joe) had been trying to get me to try skiing for some time. I woke up one snowy morning and said to him, "let's go skiing today." We took off to Mount Southington. During that first visit he took me to the top of a black diamond there (pretty lame slope actually, but it looked like a cliff to me at the time). After surviving that run and looking back up and thinking to myself, "I did that?", I was hooked. I skied one more time at Southington that season and went and bought brand new skis, boots, poles and clothing that summer. We hit Mount Snow and Haystack many times over the next few seasons. College students could get $25 lift tickets on weekends then. I'm going to try to get my daughter on skis next spring. Probably nothing serious - maybe just plastic skis in the yard. For the 2006-07 season, look out. Ski school will be the norm for her. I really hope she takes to it and truly enjoys it. __________________ Greg 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05 Life's too short for warm up runs.

Jul 26, 2005, 8:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sky Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: South Central Massachusetts Posts: 912	I started when I was about 23. I was staioned in northern Italy for three years and started learned then. Took about 12 years off due to living in Kentucky and having very small kids....and running the basketball programs they were in (in town). Then #2 son wanted to join the school's program. That was about 14 years ago. I chaperoned and skied six tiems a year with him for about 5 years on that antique gear from Italy. I've really started working at getting better in the past four or five seasons. Now, it's never far from my thoughts.

Jul 26, 2005, 8:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
hammer Mona Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: at a computer Posts: 2,197	I started when I was almost 39. After living in New England on and off for about 20 years, I finally decided that I needed a good winter activity.

Jul 26, 2005, 9:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
andyzee Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Home Posts: 7,394	Late bloomer here, 44. But doin my best to catch up __________________ Hardware is out Stitches are out

Jul 26, 2005, 10:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
ChileMass In the Whites Aug 2008 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: East/Central MA Posts: 2,283	I'm pretty sure it was the winter after I turned 8. I've told this story here before - my buddy's Mom was a skier and dragged us up the steep hill across the street from my house and made us ski down it to try to convince us skiing it was more fun than sledding on it. Don't know that she won that argument that day, but I have been skiing since - 37 years.

Jul 26, 2005, 10:48 PM	#10 (permalink)
sledhaulingmedic Hillman's Highway Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,333	I started late, at age 8. (After my folks moved to Nah Hampshah from the Midwest.)

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