I took Tyler night skiing for the Neighborhood Ski Night. He was scared at first and was worried that he would crash a lot. I kept telling him that it's okay to crash as long as he got back up.
Tyler was able to take a lesson that night and the ski instructor was very patient and used food to help them understand how their posture is supposed to look like: smash a grape between your shin and boot, make a pie with your skis to slow down or french fries to speed up! Apparently they didn't work on making S's going down the mountain. I found that out the hard way. I wanted Tyler to ski the whole mountain instead of taking off on the trails. I hyped him up and told him he could do it (he was skiing great). He must have a little of his uncle Justin in him, because instead of making S's he went straight down the mountain! He claimed he was trying to slow down making his pie shape but it didn't work out so well for him. He ended up tumbling in the snow head over heels a couple times, skis went flying off. Luckily he walked away with only a headache....phew! Tyler loved skiing and asks continually to go again!
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