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Original poster

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

63 replies

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!

OP posts:
CoffeeCakeAndALattePlease · 08/02/2025 09:17
  • Was it fun? No
  • Did you enjoy it? No
  • What should I do do get ready? Lunges and squats
  • Did it hurt? Yes
  • Would you do it again? No
  • Were you solo? with a partner? or a group? Group
  • Any things that surprised you about it? How hot I got despite the cold weather…. I was sweating away in my salopettes.
I never want to do it again. DH however loves snowboarding and goes on a group ski/snowboard holiday every year. If I join them one day, I’ll be there just to enjoy the scenery and drink holy chocolate.
TriathlonTriathlonTriathlon · 08/02/2025 09:16

Get very good quality expensive mittens, don’t bother with cheap gloves. Hands being cold will make you miserable.

Wear a helmet.

Don't go anywhere near moguls.

Ace56 · 08/02/2025 09:16

If you ACTUALLY want advice about skiing, I’d make another appropriately titled thread.
But I don’t think you do!

JudgeBread · 08/02/2025 09:16

Wow this is embarrassing, you should be embarrassed

SaltyPig · 08/02/2025 09:16

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JJZ · 08/02/2025 09:16

Yes this really wasn’t necessary. Skiing is never going to be amusing topic to talk about and there is probably somewhere better to ask than AIBU.

EveryOtherNameTaken · 08/02/2025 09:15

Am I missing a double entendre or something?

FrannyScraps · 08/02/2025 09:14

Oooh look at you trying to be cool and make a 'fun' thread. Tee hee. You really had us fooled that it was a naughty thread! Oh my!

Bristolinfeb · 08/02/2025 09:13

Awful post

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.

franrix · 08/02/2025 09:11

wtf?

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 08/02/2025 09:11

🙄

skellis · 08/02/2025 09:11

Probably one of the cringiest posts I've ever seen on here. Good going OP.

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