Saturday, December 4, 2010

Skiing with Spike, day 1

We had a fantastic weekend skiing at Mammoth with Spike for her going away trip.  This was the first time for Kyle and Emily on skis.  They had seen my videos from skiing 2 weekends prior and were quite excited to try it out themselves. 

The first day was a warmer day which was good for our liking, though it did make the snow a little slushier.  At least the kids weren't too cold. 
Kyle getting decked out
Emily getting decked out
Kyle strong man carrying his skis
Emily in her gear
Kyle in his gear
Ready for speed
Excited to get on some snow

On day one, we thought we could take Kyle and Emily out to ski ourselves and they would magically know how.  :-) Unfortunately, it didn't quite work like that. We did find a nice bunny hill with a magic carpet ride up the slope to practice. Thankfully there were some ski pros there who worked with Kyle and Emily and gave them some good skiing basics.  They got the hang of turning and stopping.

Videos of Kyle skiing on the first day.






Emily skiing day 1. She did quite well and seemed comfortable on skis.



 
Some warm food for lunch

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