Wish I knew this stuff before I just winged going down a blue hill. I'm pretty decent tho, only crashed into one tree, one bruised rib, and one concussion, so I'd say it was a good learning experience
My daughter and I watched this video a dozen of times. We are back from our trip and we did great!!! We had so much fun. Thank you for this very awesome instructional video.
This is really the best video to help people and their children get the hang of it a lot easier and have more fun. Robin keeps it simple with the best demonstrations. Her charisma really makes the difference. I'm a former ski patroller and PSIA instructor who also worked with the disabled, mostly war veterans. We all need to get out and do something we enjoy. Thank You REI. Glad to be a longtime member.
I have been skiing fir 9 years and I am constantly suggesting to people to try skiing if you are watching this video to decide I highly recommend skiing it is honestly one of the best things in the world to experience and I can’t stress enough how much I love skiing
Paid for a lesson and in 2 hours we covered the same material. Getting real time from an instructor was worth the price (only $50) but if you were on a super budget this video gets you 80% if you have half decent coordination. Will be attempting to improve my parallel turning on my next visit to the local ski hill before hitting up Colorado. Rather spend my time learning when the lift ticket is only $50 as compared to $250+
@ well i went to the higher difficulty beginner route and regretted it by falling 7-8 times. Then i Removed the skis and went to the first level one. Fell there 10-11 times in one single slide. Got some confidence. Tried again and did it in fewer falls. Maybe next time i will be able to do it in one go
Used to ski all the time when I was a kid (supposedly I was the best in my family, but that was a long time ago)…it’s been a solid decade since then and I definitely needed this refresher before I go tomorrow LOL
@@southsidevante801 Tried last month but on artificial snow and much more weight. I stopped rolling at the end of the track. If i only had this class before. (!trolling, it won't help you much)
Hello from France, thank you for this wonderful video. I’m so stressed out, I’m Vietnamese but i live in France, I’ll leaving for holidays with my family skiing in a few days . I’m scared, it will be my first time skiing, can you imagine i’m from a country almost 35.c the whole year 😅hope everyone has a pleasant day
A great video! This is a great refresher. I took a lesson two weeks ago after previously only skiing once in Vermont fifteen years ago. I have my second ski lesson next week. I’ll watch this video again before I hit the mountain.
2:46 is the understatement of the century. What I need is the video where they explain the PHYSICS of when making a triangle with your legs will or will not stop the trajectory of motion because all it did for me was cause my skis to cross, knocking me straight to the ground! 😭
It will stop the trajectory of motion if you have a wide triangle to ensure resistance which is creates less acceleration and therefore less force. You may have too wide of a triangle if your legs cross
I’m glad that I found this video. Gonna try my first ever skiing experience this weekend. This video made me feel confident. Thank you. Great instructions.
This video was SUPER HELPFUL! I went skiing for the first time today and after one trip down the bunny hill, hit the slopes. Skied for 2 hours, didn't fall once, and the tip of skiing back up the hill to slow down saved me. I really appreciate this video. Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much! I recently picked up this sport (self taught) and turning is the biggest challenge I am facing right now, you have just taught me the correct way!
Just be aware, beginner skiing technique and intermediate/advanced is completely different. You basically have to relearn how to ski and stop using pizza to stop.
I ski blacks/blues, but the stance was really informative. When ever I ski I usually wing the stance and it does me pretty well. I already knew how to parrael ski, but not very well and I can jump turn when it gets too steep.
I am watching this the day after my first ever ski😂 I had zero tuition and just went straight down a run and was quickly doing 30mph with no real idea what I was doing other than trying to stop and do "the wedge" I wouldn't recommend it..but it was a fast learning curve for me. Managed to "carve" a few turns after an hour or so. My main tip is to relax your body and mind.....it is couterintuitive if it is your first time but it is where the magic will start to happen. Your body and brain won't learn if they are tense...that is a simple fact that I feel is overlooked or barely spoken about with beginner videos. Also...I simply observed all the better skiiers as I was going up the lifts...free lessons if you pay enough attention😊
Man when I was a kid my parents payed one instructor to teach me, since then Im scared to even watch her ski, I fell and hurt myself. Younger kid broke a leg, my cousin also fell and made a cut on his head with ski. I'd love if I had instructor like this, calm and nice instructions, now age 30 I''m thinkin about givin it a try again.
definitely give it a try again! i’ve never been before but decided to go for the first time a couple days ago and i’m 20. it’s never too late to start.
To the people just starting, TAKE A LESSON. You would not believe how much it helps even intermediate - advanced skiiers. Learning for a video is harder than actually having somewhere there, watching your flaws. Yes, you can learn your basics without paying but you can't have anybody watching you, telling you your mistakes.
I tried skiing once and probably gave myself a concussion. 10 years later I'm still terrified and don't want to try again. Going to try and brave it.. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me learn the basics for my first time skiing this past Monday on Sugar Mountain. I struggled to control my speed the way I wanted and ended up crashing to stop myself, but it was still so much fun. It was an awesome experience!
thank you! i feel more confident! i tried skiiing several years ago when i was younger and had a few bad experiences which is why i haven't tried it since
thanks for those tips. i tried to ski 25 years ago in finland and it was a disaster. i had no idea what i was doing. lol. but now i understand that i must learn the basics first and do it slowly. i have a buddy living near the swiss apls who invited to go skiing this season so with your tips i feel more confident. thanks
I snowboarded a bunch last year and got pretty decent at that. I'm skiing for the 1st time tomorrow. I just stopped enjoying snowboarding. I don't care for getting off the lift only strapped into one binding. I'm really hoping I like skiing. I'm cautiously optimistic I'll be decent at it. But I guess I'm gonna find out pretty quick!
I love this video. I went to Heavenly in Lake Tahoe foe the first time and watched this the night before. BUT... wedging does NOT work. Holy cow I could not stop. I kept going, and going, and going.... and boom, ate it. Hahah I tried so hard to wedge and dig deep but nope... fail. I need another method lol
Thank you for the video. in a few weeks I'll be trying it up at Keystone, Colorado for the first time in my life at age 56 and solo. I haven't looked yet, but I'm also going to be looking for proper etiquette on the slopes since I literally know nothing about this sport and I don't want to make any faux pas. lol
Going skiing for the first time in about 3 hours so this was helpful and it should be interesting to see how I do lol. Probably gonna fall a lot more than her.
Recently took up skiing, snowboarded for 8 years. Always looked easy, but I felt like a new born deer trying to maneuver with those things on, but was very fun nonetheless
My first day on skis will be 1/3/2020!!! This video is helping me a lot. Plus my boyfriend is an experienced skier and will be coaching me. I am very EXCITED!!!
Churninpark thank you for asking!!! It was awesome!!! I’m literally sitting in the lodge enjoying some coffee after all my runs today!! I did extremely well!! My boyfriend said I’m pretty much intermediate!! I am so happy and proud and I just kept remembering to “link my wedge turns”!!! I kept snow plowing and turning! It was so awesome!! I can’t recommend this video enough
I believe she understates the importance of putting weight on the new downhill ski while turning in a wedge. It’s not a teeny more weight on the downhill ski but more like 70% of the weight.
for fastest way, straight send down a blue 1st crash on 2nd run down 2nd bad crash on 3rd run down you can now do greens confidently that's how i learned
It really isn't that bad, I learned how to turn a little bit on the first try. Even though I fell a ton, I didn't get that hurt. The hard parts though are stopping and carving effectively down a steep hill, but once you got those down, I'm pretty sure you can go on most runs and not fall too much. Best of luck to you!!!!
don’t be!! i started last year, my number one tip is to not be afraid to be fall! you probably will but if you wear a coat and snowpants and falling into the snow won’t hurt! it looks harder than it is!
Wish I knew this stuff before I just winged going down a blue hill. I'm pretty decent tho, only crashed into one tree, one bruised rib, and one concussion, so I'd say it was a good learning experience
Was the blue that steep?
I’ve only gone on a green hill
David N. I’ve bruised a rib in the woods that were very dense it doesn’t take that much force I’m not a doctor but just thought I’d like to help
I haven't skid in 4 years and accidentally went down the black one. Fell 2 times, once at the middle and the other time at the end
American Bro that’s... traumatic
Anyone else sitting on top of a mountain and questioning their life choices
feel you man
Yep
That was me in a baby hill with a snowboard lol
lol me rn
Literally
i'm going skiing for the first time on saturday so my dad said to watch a video to now some basic facts , i'm so exited
Ken G I’m going on the 26 of December 😃I’m so excited 😆
Liz Rosario me too!!
Good for you !!! Hope you have a lot of fun and don't let frequent falls to discourage you. good luck and stay safe.
Liz Rosario bro same, I’m leaving for Colorado the 26th
I'm at A basin in Colorado all week
My daughter and I watched this video a dozen of times. We are back from our trip and we did great!!! We had so much fun. Thank you for this very awesome instructional video.
This is really the best video to help people and their children get the hang of it a lot easier and have more fun. Robin keeps it simple with the best demonstrations. Her charisma really makes the difference. I'm a former ski patroller and PSIA instructor who also worked with the disabled, mostly war veterans. We all need to get out and do something we enjoy. Thank You REI. Glad to be a longtime member.
Thank you for the kind words and for being a longtime member Stan!
A lot better then my instructor who didn’t teach me anything and left me on top of a mountain
@@aaronthelobsterbaby3084 oof
I have been skiing fir 9 years and I am constantly suggesting to people to try skiing if you are watching this video to decide I highly recommend skiing it is honestly one of the best things in the world to experience and I can’t stress enough how much I love skiing
Yes
Oh.. Just saved me few hundreds of euros in lessons in French alps.. With All due respect to all instructors out there. Thanks again
When I went to ski school this is what my teacher thought the class. This is basically a free lesson.
How much did u pay for the first class
@@Daphnee_113usually around 260
@@Daphnee_113usually around 260
This is the BEST beginner ski instruction ever. Seriously.
Went skiing for the first time yesterday and can definitively say that this video was the key to my success. Thank you so much!
Where? Today, I just came back from a trip to jiminy peak in massachusetts
Paid for a lesson and in 2 hours we covered the same material. Getting real time from an instructor was worth the price (only $50) but if you were on a super budget this video gets you 80% if you have half decent coordination. Will be attempting to improve my parallel turning on my next visit to the local ski hill before hitting up Colorado. Rather spend my time learning when the lift ticket is only $50 as compared to $250+
I am watching this while waiting to get my ski equipment in shymbulak. Never skiied before. Wish me luck guys
How did it go?
@ well i went to the higher difficulty beginner route and regretted it by falling 7-8 times. Then i Removed the skis and went to the first level one. Fell there 10-11 times in one single slide. Got some confidence. Tried again and did it in fewer falls. Maybe next time i will be able to do it in one go
@ heck yeah man! We all start somewhere, don’t give up on it try again it takes time to learn but once you learn it you got it!
I've never seen that much snow
And ive never seen my father
So excited to see both of he actually keeps his word and takes me skiing in a month!
What kind of fact is that
Its been a month. Did he keep his word?
@@yses04 he went to get cigarettes
@@yses04 no
Jesus
This is fantastic. These instructions probably stopped me from dying a painful and embarrassing death. Thank you.👍
Now that is high praise. Glad you found them helpful. Stay safe out there.
@00:50 Stance
@4:10 Slowing/Stop
@3:13 @4:10 Going up hill
@5:45 Steering
More people should definitely "Like" this comment.
@@julianamckeehan4314 :😂😃 thnx, glad it helps!
Been boarding for 10+ years, but I was given a set of skis today. Will be going up armed with this knowledge tomorrow. Thanks so much! Wish me luck.
How'd it go?
Used to ski all the time when I was a kid (supposedly I was the best in my family, but that was a long time ago)…it’s been a solid decade since then and I definitely needed this refresher before I go tomorrow LOL
Awesome! We're happy to provide a refresher, and we bet you'll remember a lot once you get out there. We wish you a wonderful day on the slopes! 🎿
Im going skiing for the first time this weekend. I usually snowboard. This was very helpfull! Thank you!
Great tutorial - gets to the demonstration immediately; clear instructions; doesn’t waste time with lengthy explanations. 👍🏻
who else is watching bc they dont wanna pay for skiing classes & its their first time skiing?
Ya! You can be fine! Just the basic technics and take it slow on the bunny hills and work your way up!
NO!! I am more interested in how not to fall next time.
Me I can't ski so I need to learn bc im only skiing one day and I dont wanna spend the day trying to learn bc i live in the south so I can't ski alot
i did it wit no class its kinda hard
@@southsidevante801 Tried last month but on artificial snow and much more weight. I stopped rolling at the end of the track. If i only had this class before. (!trolling, it won't help you much)
What a lovely personality! She must really love what she's doing!
Hello from France, thank you for this wonderful video. I’m so stressed out, I’m Vietnamese but i live in France, I’ll leaving for holidays with my family skiing in a few days . I’m scared, it will be my first time skiing, can you imagine i’m from a country almost 35.c the whole year 😅hope everyone has a pleasant day
I did a blue run on my second day! Thanks to you and my teacher, this was the best holiday ever! Even though I only skied for 4 days
Great lessons. My knees and ankles are hurting just from watching
Had a manic episode and decided to ski in Lillehammer. Thank you for helping me not break my face
A great video! This is a great refresher. I took a lesson two weeks ago after previously only skiing once in Vermont fifteen years ago. I have my second ski lesson next week. I’ll watch this video again before I hit the mountain.
Going skiing tomorrow for the first time and after watching this video I’m even more pumped
Right on! We hope you have an awesome time, Victor! ⛷️ Thanks for watching. 😄
Going skiing for the first time this weekend on Saturday, very excited!!!
2:46 is the understatement of the century.
What I need is the video where they explain the PHYSICS of when making a triangle with your legs will or will not stop the trajectory of motion because all it did for me was cause my skis to cross, knocking me straight to the ground! 😭
It will stop the trajectory of motion if you have a wide triangle to ensure resistance which is creates less acceleration and therefore less force. You may have too wide of a triangle if your legs cross
@@MBTIology I'm thinking you'd also need to be on the edge of the ski, no?
I’m glad that I found this video. Gonna try my first ever skiing experience this weekend. This video made me feel confident. Thank you. Great instructions.
This video was SUPER HELPFUL! I went skiing for the first time today and after one trip down the bunny hill, hit the slopes. Skied for 2 hours, didn't fall once, and the tip of skiing back up the hill to slow down saved me. I really appreciate this video. Thanks for posting!
Wow, that's awesome! You'll make memories that last a lifetime on this adventure. ⛷️🙌
Y isnt this pinned?
Thank you so much! I recently picked up this sport (self taught) and turning is the biggest challenge I am facing right now, you have just taught me the correct way!
Glad we could help!😀🎿
Sorry to tell you but the advice in this video will not help you. It wrong.
Just be aware, beginner skiing technique and intermediate/advanced is completely different. You basically have to relearn how to ski and stop using pizza to stop.
Went to ski today for the first time. This video was the key to my success.
I ski blacks/blues, but the stance was really informative. When ever I ski I usually wing the stance and it does me pretty well. I already knew how to parrael ski, but not very well and I can jump turn when it gets too steep.
I am watching this the day after my first ever ski😂
I had zero tuition and just went straight down a run and was quickly doing 30mph with no real idea what I was doing other than trying to stop and do "the wedge"
I wouldn't recommend it..but it was a fast learning curve for me. Managed to "carve" a few turns after an hour or so.
My main tip is to relax your body and mind.....it is couterintuitive if it is your first time but it is where the magic will start to happen. Your body and brain won't learn if they are tense...that is a simple fact that I feel is overlooked or barely spoken about with beginner videos.
Also...I simply observed all the better skiiers as I was going up the lifts...free lessons if you pay enough attention😊
Man when I was a kid my parents payed one instructor to teach me, since then Im scared to even watch her ski, I fell and hurt myself. Younger kid broke a leg, my cousin also fell and made a cut on his head with ski. I'd love if I had instructor like this, calm and nice instructions, now age 30 I''m thinkin about givin it a try again.
definitely give it a try again! i’ve never been before but decided to go for the first time a couple days ago and i’m 20. it’s never too late to start.
Most important part of skiing is stopping
Kelpy G yes
No,,,must imortant,right lay dawn
Sometimes u just can’t so u fall and pop those skis off
In my opinion, I feel like turning is the most important skill
id say the most important parts is
yes, stopping
and slowing down
I’ll be in Nagano in a month, and maybe try to ski (I’m level zero). Thanks so much for this video🥰
To the people just starting, TAKE A LESSON. You would not believe how much it helps even intermediate - advanced skiiers. Learning for a video is harder than actually having somewhere there, watching your flaws. Yes, you can learn your basics without paying but you can't have anybody watching you, telling you your mistakes.
Sure if you have an additional 350 bucks for a group lesson
Watching this while I’m at the ski resort bc I’ve never done it before & my bf doesn’t have the patience to teach me 🥲
Get a new bf girl😕
Seriously, new bf is needed if he doesn't care enough to teach you!
Y’all are crazy 🤣
I tried skiing once and probably gave myself a concussion. 10 years later I'm still terrified and don't want to try again. Going to try and brave it.. Thanks for the tips!
How did it go?
I’m going skiing tomorrow and I can’t stop laughing seeing this comments, hopefully I don’t die tomorrow or rupture everything in my knee 😅
Robin! This is wonderful! You are very clear and have covered the basics!
I cannot thank you enough!!!
We just had our first indoor ski lesson,can't wait to go on a ski holiday
Thank you so much for this video! It helped me learn the basics for my first time skiing this past Monday on Sugar Mountain. I struggled to control my speed the way I wanted and ended up crashing to stop myself, but it was still so much fun. It was an awesome experience!
Thanks! These tips will be useful when I go on my field trip!
U there yet? 💀
thank you! i feel more confident! i tried skiiing several years ago when i was younger and had a few bad experiences which is why i haven't tried it since
Watching this in Saalbach Austria after an eventful 1st day "skiing ". Every WORD of this is GOLD!!
thanks for those tips. i tried to ski 25 years ago in finland and it was a disaster. i had no idea what i was doing. lol. but now i understand that i must learn the basics first and do it slowly. i have a buddy living near the swiss apls who invited to go skiing this season so with your tips i feel more confident. thanks
I'm going skiing for the first time on Saturday, and coming from a tropical country, I'm excited and anxious about it 😅
That was a great refresh!! I haven't skied in many years but I'm taking my little girl out and want to teach her some basics! Thank you!!
I snowboarded a bunch last year and got pretty decent at that. I'm skiing for the 1st time tomorrow. I just stopped enjoying snowboarding. I don't care for getting off the lift only strapped into one binding. I'm really hoping I like skiing. I'm cautiously optimistic I'll be decent at it. But I guess I'm gonna find out pretty quick!
Thank you for this video!! I’m going skiing on Sunday, wish me luck ☺️
Awesome training video thank you Robin & REI
Thank you! You stop at an excellent point, this is exactly what I want. Tomorrow I am going uphill.
Watching this to learn before my first vacation
i will ski tomorrow for my first time in 40 years. Thank you for the lesson :D
O Brasil vai invadir a neve!
Good luck tomorrow!
I love this video. I went to Heavenly in Lake Tahoe foe the first time and watched this the night before. BUT... wedging does NOT work. Holy cow I could not stop. I kept going, and going, and going.... and boom, ate it. Hahah I tried so hard to wedge and dig deep but nope... fail. I need another method lol
SAME!!!
Tysm! I'm intermediate/advanced but it's been forever since I've went, so a little refresher would be nice before I went again
Today is going to be my first day as a begginer in skiing. Thank you for the video. ❤
Anyone else skiing in like 12 hours 😂
Broo no way
Me hahaha
Me
4 hrs
5 hoursss!!!
you are the best teacher ❤ Im come from no snow country but i can play ski from you. thanks
my knees hurt watching this
U don’t really feel it cuz the boots put you in that position. L u will be so sore the next day so stretch
Very straightforward and easy to understand....fantastic video!
Going skiing for the first time tonight! Thank you!
Thank you for this video, by the way I love your jacket pls let me know what item of the jacket?
I'm going skiing this Sunday at keystone colorado, I'm super excited
Thank you for the video. in a few weeks I'll be trying it up at Keystone, Colorado for the first time in my life at age 56 and solo. I haven't looked yet, but I'm also going to be looking for proper etiquette on the slopes since I literally know nothing about this sport and I don't want to make any faux pas. lol
I've always wanted to go skiing looks so much fun. Great tips thank you
Going skiing for the first time in about 3 hours so this was helpful and it should be interesting to see how I do lol. Probably gonna fall a lot more than her.
Howd u do?
Yeah how’d it go lol
Don't leave us in suspense!
@@shrug155 He died
Thank you very much ❤ tomorrow is my adventure skiing. I’m so excited.
Recently took up skiing, snowboarded for 8 years. Always looked easy, but I felt like a new born deer trying to maneuver with those things on, but was very fun nonetheless
watching this on the lift rn, never ski'd on my life, wish me luck!
I went skiing today.This tutorial helped a ton.Guys,skiing is thrilling
I think this is simple and more elaborate explanation.
ma roma alonzo it has to be elaborate there’s a lot to say in a 10 minute video
I’m an expert now. Thanks REI
Im going to skii in 2 weeks just watching this video to know some basic things thanks.
Thanks, that was great for my kids to watch before trying.
From Never Ever to linked wedge turns! Great video!
Best ski instructor videos on the net.
Thanks, Petre! We appreciate it.
My first day on skis will be 1/3/2020!!! This video is helping me a lot. Plus my boyfriend is an experienced skier and will be coaching me. I am very EXCITED!!!
Me too
Me 2!
How was it? I snowboard and got board so i decided to watch the video, hope you had a great time.
It was awesome! These tips definitely worked
Churninpark thank you for asking!!! It was awesome!!! I’m literally sitting in the lodge enjoying some coffee after all my runs today!! I did extremely well!! My boyfriend said I’m pretty much intermediate!! I am so happy and proud and I just kept remembering to “link my wedge turns”!!! I kept snow plowing and turning! It was so awesome!! I can’t recommend this video enough
Great tutorial, thanks!
This will be the only reason I survive Breckinridge this weekend. Thank you so much
Have fun and take it easy! Hopefully you'll be able to pair this with some one-on-one instruction there too. 🤞
Such a lovely lady. You can tell she enjoys her job
Watching this video just right before of going on a skiing trip
If you french fry when you are supposed to pizza, you're gonna have a bad time!
Sorry, I couldn't help it!
@Tom Steeper 🥴🤣🤣🤣
Stan darsh!!!
I was hoping to see this comment🤣
Thank you for this Video❤ i’m skiing this 23rd of Dec and definitely a beginner😅
I was supposed to go the 23rd but Illinois got way too cold. Going today :)
Nice and simple illustration 👌 ❤
I believe she understates the importance of putting weight on the new downhill ski while turning in a wedge. It’s not a teeny more weight on the downhill ski but more like 70% of the weight.
Great video!
Hope it is going to help in my first skiing next month
for fastest way, straight send down a blue
1st crash on 2nd run down
2nd bad crash on 3rd run down
you can now do greens confidently
that's how i learned
I went down a blue 1st run aswell and I can say it’s a really good way to start I’d say you actually have a good tip here
@@heji2743 Same, austrian blue tho. My instructor then took me down a red shortly after learning how to turn. That didn't go to well
thanks :D i’m going on a skiing trip tomorrow and i got no idea how to ski but i think i’m more prepared
Excellent teaching! 😊
This was a great video when I started❤
I’m going for the first time soon and I’m so scared
It really isn't that bad, I learned how to turn a little bit on the first try. Even though I fell a ton, I didn't get that hurt. The hard parts though are stopping and carving effectively down a steep hill, but once you got those down, I'm pretty sure you can go on most runs and not fall too much. Best of luck to you!!!!
don’t be!! i started last year, my number one tip is to not be afraid to be fall! you probably will but if you wear a coat and snowpants and falling into the snow won’t hurt! it looks harder than it is!
Just don’t forget to stop
Same dude , but i really wanna go
Beth Katic me too
Very clear step by step instructions for beginner 😊
Fantastic instruction!
Nice video, voice and picture quality is great
I’m going skiing in two days now for the first time
Wish me luck
EdgarFeelsFine good luck! Have fun!!!
its been two days how was it? 😂
sara I’m in gatwick now I’ll be there tomorrow lol
@@eddfeelsfine5549 yay! have fun
how’d it go?
Thanks! Today i went skiing, This Helped alot! You are the best!😊