Why young lady....<i>(insert Yiddish accent of an 80 yr old guy from Long Guyland)</i><br>I learned to ski with some crappy no name 160cm skis with screwed in edges, cable bindings, long thong straps that would windmill and slice your jugular when you yard saled, plus some leather boots with elastic laces and I thought I was KING SH*T! :D<p>Until I bought a pair of used Head 190 metal sandwich GS skis, Marker Rotomats and Nordica Astral Slaloms (I challenge anyone here to remember those! lol) That setup instantly humbled me...but I got good (okay,....mediocre) real fast by buddying up to the guys on the Saranac Lake NY high school race team and following their ruts through the gates at 10 below zero. Such a yutz I was.<i>(End accent)</i>
So far as my boys...<br>My 17 year old on a visit from GA was linking turns in 30 mins <br>My 15 year old sat down and cried on the bunny slope 'cause it was "too scary" ...Oy vey.<br>My 7 year old is going to have to wait 'til the 08-09 season to make tracks with Dad, but he's currently jumping off playground equipment, doing 360s in the air and sticking the landing perfectly! YEAH!!!<br>Help Daddy retire, kid...help Daddy retire. :D