For my birthday, my lovely friend Lori, purchased a group lesson and rental equipment. The group had a broad range starting from age 8 and up. At first I was worried that I would be the lone adult skiing with kids, but it was a good mix.
In fact, I did end up skiing mostly with the kids, because the adults were taking more time to learn, while the children and myself were ready to go onto the hill. They were quite talkative and ballzee.
I very much liked the attitude of the children. And they rocked at skiing too. It wasn't just naivety. They are actually quick learners. I did well on the bunny hill, but the slopes were steep and I did less well the there. The kids would say "finally you didn't fall" or "bye!" when they whizzed passed me when I fell.
Apparently, it's impossible to fall if you stand right. However, my natural instinct isn't to keep my centre of balance, but to flail backwards. This causes you to wipe out. I would so this especially when I felt as though I couldn't turn the way I wanted and sped down the hill.
All in all, it was a fun experience, and I can now go when some asks me to join them (as long as they wanna ski the easy hills :) )
