This is a late response as I've only just joined. But I am a skiing fan and I empathise with you so much. After 14 weeks skiing and being left behind on the nursery runs I really did consider giving up. But the holiday itself, the scenery, the people the hotels are so amazing I kept going back. I had so much tuition I really could teach it myself now, but nothing worked. I was told my skills were perfect, nothing needed tweaking or changing, had the right boots the right skis - but still, I felt sick with fear even before I got to the lifts! Once I got off, I would almost freeze. I had to force myself to move off and once I got going nothing improved. The slightest bump or mound of snow, slightly icy patch or hollow and I would panic. I can't tell you how many times I took my skis off and walked down to a flatter area! My husband and kids lost patience with me as they just couldn't understand what the fear felt like, no one ever does, certainly not instructors! The I watched a wold-cup ski competition on TV and noticed that the competitors waiting to go, were recreating the runs in their minds. Weaving with their hands the exact turns and undulations of the course - seeing it and experiencing it in their minds eye. I thought I wonder if that's what they call 'Sport Psychology', when tennis players and golfers can't improve because they don't believe they can so they employ these people to help get their heads in the right place! After much searching, using words like "help for nervous skiers", I struck lucky and found a company that make Hypnosis CDs for this issue (as well as others that I didn't need!). It aims to teach you how to relax, how to change those negative thoughts that run through your mind...the ones that say 'this is madness!' and takes you down an imaginary run. It boosted my confidence so much I wouldn't have believed it possible. I used it just before I went skiing for a week, played it on the plane and again at the hotel the night before I skied and I was shocked at the improvement. I'm still not as confident and bold as the rest of my family but I can now ski on the reds, something I never thought I would. And if I lose my balance or things don't go right, I don't get into a state and take my skis off - I just use the techniques I've learnt to get back in control of my mind and I'm off again. I don't think you can post links on here, so just look for Hypnosis for nervous skiers, sure you'll find it and good luck.