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... S** ... I want to know details about your first time!

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SlipperySlopes · 08/02/2025 09:10

  • Was it fun?
  • Did you enjoy it?
  • What should I do do get ready?
  • Did it hurt?
  • Would you do it again?
  • Were you solo? with a partner? or a group?
  • Any things that surprised you about it?

A close friend of mine had arrangments, now her DH can't make it due to some work issues. So 7 days from now I'll be with her ...and it will be my first time to SKI.

I'm fit, go running 2x times a week, used to play a lot of sports, just never had the opportunity to try ski. So I expect fitness should be OK?

My friend has only skied twice before, so she classifies herself a biginners. Resort looks really nice, with some beginner areas.

Any advice appreciated!

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StormingNorman · 08/02/2025 13:37

Mulledjuice · 08/02/2025 13:35

Have a lovely day

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Mine’s obviously going better than yours as I don’t feel the need to shit on people. Hope things perk up a bit for you x

Mulledjuice · 08/02/2025 13:35

StormingNorman · 08/02/2025 13:34

And how many posts do you think there for “my husband’s a lazy knob” and “I think he’s cheating” that posters could refer to rather than starting a new one?

Possibly the most cringe comment you can make on a fucking forum is to tell people not to post 🙄

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Have a lovely day

StormingNorman · 08/02/2025 13:34

Mulledjuice · 08/02/2025 09:13

Pretty cringe! There are loads of posts of advice for first-time or beginner skivers on here - try a search. The advice doesn't age quickly.

And how many posts do you think there for “my husband’s a lazy knob” and “I think he’s cheating” that posters could refer to rather than starting a new one?

Possibly the most cringe comment you can make on a fucking forum is to tell people not to post 🙄

TheLargestToblerone · 08/02/2025 13:25

Wear protection.

MelisandeLongfield · 08/02/2025 13:23

I'm afraid that I'm still a virgin at 50 so I can't help 😆

Blueuggboots · 08/02/2025 13:23

Oh, and it was slippier under foot than I'd imagined, even when walking around resort.
Wear lots of layers and be prepared to be freezing cold.

Can you tell I didn't like it?!

TheWiresAreInTheAirNow · 08/02/2025 13:23

Edited.
Read it properly now.

Still do not deep appropriate given recent events. Ask the question straightforwardly.

Blueuggboots · 08/02/2025 13:20

I hated it. It was cold, I detested the uncontrolled feeling of being skis as I petrified of steep slopes.
After 2 days I stopped and just read a book.

MaltipooMama · 08/02/2025 13:11

Well that took me a good couple of read-throughs to realise what the hell was going on 😂

I only went skiing once but have done dry slopes a good few times (nothing like the real thing and nowhere near as fun!) I had a blast though, my partner has been multiple times and he loves it. It's on the list as one of the first things we'll take our children to do when they're old enough!

TheSeaOfTranquility · 08/02/2025 12:45

But in answer to your questions...

  1. sometimes
  2. not really. Not enough to go again.
  3. get the warmest ski socks and gloves you can find
  4. I found the boots very uncomfortable 5 ) no thank you
  5. in a group
  6. how much I loved skiing when it went right...it really is like nothing else when you're whizzing down the piste with the sun sparkling on the snow ...but unfortunately for me these times were outweighed by how much I hated being cold, scared and uncomfortable
Oblomov25 · 08/02/2025 12:42

Eh?
Hmm

TheSeaOfTranquility · 08/02/2025 12:25

I thought it was quite funny and creatively done! It certainly got my attention, and I'd never normally click on a thread about skiing!

bridgetreilly · 08/02/2025 12:22

If you can’t even write the word, you shouldn’t be doing it.

CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 08/02/2025 12:21

ZaraSkyTraveler · 08/02/2025 10:34

this is terrible advice! DO NOT DO THIS. You cannot have one morning ski lesson and then go solo in the afternoon having NEVER skied before. This is dangerous for you and others. Just get an adult group lesson for a week (mornings and afternoons), advise your friend to do the same. Do not go on the main slopes with your mate te gong you if she’s only been twice. This is extremely dangerous

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Blimey - calm down.
Im not suggesting joining friends on advanced runs for goodness sakes. I’m thinking of little practices down the baby slopes which is perfectly safe to do as a beginner.

EggshellAttic · 08/02/2025 11:43

LBFseBrom · 08/02/2025 10:03

Did He ski? I've heard it said He rode a bike and liked boating occasionally but I'd have thought Shanks's pony or a donkey was more His style. ;-)

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Don’t forget the magical water-skiing. (Well, without the waterskis.)

Cattery · 08/02/2025 11:41

Good snow gloves
Learn to snow plough
Don’t “sit” on the lift that drags you up the mountain
The boots hurt like fuck

Iwilladmit · 08/02/2025 11:37

ZaraSkyTraveler · 08/02/2025 10:34

this is terrible advice! DO NOT DO THIS. You cannot have one morning ski lesson and then go solo in the afternoon having NEVER skied before. This is dangerous for you and others. Just get an adult group lesson for a week (mornings and afternoons), advise your friend to do the same. Do not go on the main slopes with your mate te gong you if she’s only been twice. This is extremely dangerous

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its not that bad! It depends where they ski. If they stick to the beginners area they’ll be fine. No one is suggesting exploring the mountain!

bifurCAT · 08/02/2025 11:35

Tell me you're a guy without telling me you're a guy.

Springsunflower · 08/02/2025 11:27

Yuk

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 08/02/2025 11:08

Oh

Awkward Episode 2 GIF by The Office
ZaraSkyTraveler · 08/02/2025 10:34

CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 08/02/2025 09:21

Oh yes, definitely book lessons!
I recommend lessons in the morning then break for lunch, then venture out to practice in the afternoons.

which resort are you going to?

this is terrible advice! DO NOT DO THIS. You cannot have one morning ski lesson and then go solo in the afternoon having NEVER skied before. This is dangerous for you and others. Just get an adult group lesson for a week (mornings and afternoons), advise your friend to do the same. Do not go on the main slopes with your mate te gong you if she’s only been twice. This is extremely dangerous

SassK · 08/02/2025 10:33

SlipperySlopes · 08/02/2025 09:10

  • Was it fun?
  • Did you enjoy it?
  • What should I do do get ready?
  • Did it hurt?
  • Would you do it again?
  • Were you solo? with a partner? or a group?
  • Any things that surprised you about it?

A close friend of mine had arrangments, now her DH can't make it due to some work issues. So 7 days from now I'll be with her ...and it will be my first time to SKI.

I'm fit, go running 2x times a week, used to play a lot of sports, just never had the opportunity to try ski. So I expect fitness should be OK?

My friend has only skied twice before, so she classifies herself a biginners. Resort looks really nice, with some beginner areas.

Any advice appreciated!

Quite extraordinary.

BodyKeepingScore · 08/02/2025 10:26

What even is this?

Nothatgingerpirate · 08/02/2025 10:23

TheFormidableMrsC · 08/02/2025 10:22

Have you ever ski'd though?

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Yes, about thirty years ago.

TheFormidableMrsC · 08/02/2025 10:22

Nothatgingerpirate · 08/02/2025 10:02

🤨
You can spell sex.
It always was and is disgusting to me, I'm 45, stopped having sex altogether at 40, very happily.
My husband is 75, decent, all agreed, married 20 years ago both for practical reasons and convenience. Separate assets until recently.
He was only my second and last intimate partner at the age of 25.
Sex can go to hell and after I'm left without my darling husband, so can all men.
👍
Enjoy, OP, I leave it here on purpose!
Edited for typos.

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Have you ever ski'd though?