Ongoing Kid Stoke [2011 and on...]

[TomCrac]

Great stoke!.... Thanks for posting.

[uglymoney]

mrs acinpdx & the boy framed it for father's day...pretty cool gift, I thought!

Awesome!

And 666 killing it with the kid stoke as usual.

I posted this in photo of the day but it belongs here as well. From my phone this spring at the end of March - Sage was still 3 by a couple days and dropping Warpath at Chestnut. Wife is underneath her on the steep run.



She's had no trouble translating her mad snowskiing skills to the water this summer now that she is 4.

[philth]

Hey, thats good fun….I have a 1 month old squealer in my lap…..pics like that are a long way away.

[~mikey b]

Young Owen's 8th birthday today. Rager starting to wind up.







Piñata

Hopefully this one can actually be broken by a child. The one I made last year was almost indestructible.

[uglymoney]

My girl is tearing it up behind the boat now.

[pruitt]

My 4 year old has no fear...



Also got to let all the girls do some climbing for the first time when we picked our oldest up for camp







Rope management was not the 4 year olds strength.

[~mikey b]

That is a wonderful picture.

[Nuthon]

My son at 5 years old last winter



& golfing this spring

[chiller]

building a pair of skis for/with my son Teig 12.

cutting top sheets


form


spreading epoxy with son Max 15.



in the press


out of the press with lots of work left to do but fun to see shape and camber

[TomCrac]

Can you be my dad?

That is awesome.

[chiller]

Thanks, yea I try and remind them how great I am but they see right through the b.s. It's been fun to have them take an interest in the shop now that it relates to something they crave.

[TBS]

Love this thread and the stoke that kids provide

Since my kids never took to snow sports, I rely on the young'uns at Oregon Adaptive Sports for my fix. My last lessons of the 2014 season were with Luke, below. He's 7 but due to an extra chromosome he cognates at about age 2. He'd never skied before, but by the end of the second day he could make wedge turns down the bunny runs with the tethers loose. His vocabulary generally consisted of "All Good", "Go Faster!", "AAAGGGHHH!" and the occasional "I ski by myself!". We tried to show him the difference between Pizza and French Fry, but he would just laughed and say "Chicken Nuggets". On the chair rides he would yell down at each person who had crashed, "Get Up! No sitting - you ski NOW!".

Towards the end of our last day while I was manning the tethers, he looked back and yelled "I ski by my..." and faceplanted. I had time to think "Don't crush the kid" before going over the top of him. Thanks to my ninja tumbling skillz the only contact was his helmet against my ribs.

Good times

[~mikey b]

Right on Bob!


Kid is also a fashion model. Mommy too.

[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]

I've been wearing a shit-eating grin this whole past week thanks to my 3 1/2 yo. Last winter was her first on skis and lessons and now that summer has taken an autumnal turn here she's been nagging me that shes "so anxious" for winter and skiing again and that she likes the winter best.

[TBS]

Kid is also a fashion model. Mommy too.

Very cool. Do they now travel with an entourage?
I still remember and laugh about O's "more ski school, less preschool" pronouncement

[Lamothe]

TGR Issued Junior skis with errr junior! Hoping to get him sliding around on the magic carpet last this upcoming season.

[markb]

Looking at the skier type thread, I'm wondering what's the general advice on the best overall winter with your first kid? He turns 1 in December, and crawling now but not walking yet. We've got the chariot with ski adapter, but not biking with him in it yet based on safety advice.

Coming from a couple that has lived near lifts for a long time and aren't afraid to tour, what's the best plan? I think we've already decided not to buy passes this year, maybe just 4 packs for our home mt. (bach), and if things work to do a little traveling, great. I can see low-angle touring with the backpack a little bit, but we're not going to do any real downhill with the backpack or bjorn. We've got fat XC gear for mostly off-trail or at least ungroomed.

Do we just get skate skis and embrace the chariot on groomers this year? Even think about looking for tiny skis for the little guy to play in? Consider gentle low-angle touring? We've had enough big days in our lives that we're more thinking long term and want him to have fun. And I'm sure we'll get a sitter for those few epic can't miss days.

Tons of useful info about this on here, but not a lot about that first winter, other than getting them to have fun in snow, a given.

[Danno]

at that age, I think skis for junior is silly.

You can do more than just skate with the Chariot, but we got the kindershuttle for more bc oriented touring (better than the Chariot for non-groomed, but more resistance on the groomed). We did plenty of xc touring, but didn't look for any turns. Mostly just relatively flat trails. I really think that "getting them to have fun in snow" is really all there is to winter at that age, and figuring out how you can have fun, whether it's touring, skating, or trading off so you can get some lift-served.

[~mikey b]

at that age, I think skis for junior is silly.

Owen didn't think it was silly.

Kindershuttle worked well for us. Might have one for sale soon.

[~mikey b]

Young hippy says high!

[mtnbiker/boarder]

telemike thanks for the review on those kids dynastars about a month or so back......grabbed my lil girl the MY FIRST GIRL ski for a great deal brand new form backcountry.com....just wanted to say thanks again for advice....looking forward to having her slidre on some snow this winter....

[~mikey b]

Right on. You are very welcome. Have fun!

[uglymoney]

My daughter at USA Pro Challenge this summer.



Found this last night on the hard drive. POV from her ripping a week before her 4th birthday at JH. Some tree skiing, a couple face plants, ends in a good cry!

[PlayItLeo]

Bump for backyard booter stoke. Tiger style!

[philth]