I always ask my students if they know the most important part about skiing. Most of the young ones shake their head, some of the older ones will say something about parallel skis, but only a few get it right. The most important part about skiing is to have fun. Why the hell else would we do it?
Luckily most of my students’ parents understand this because most of my students’ parents ski. A few ask if their child is improving technique and learning valuable skills - which is far less bothersome and tends to come off far less aggressive. But some parents question if their child is being challenged, they ask when I’ll be taking them down black diamonds. This bugs the hell out of me.
Often, I find myself explaining that, as an instructor, I’ll often ski with students on terrain below their skill level that is more conducive to learning. They may fire back with, “Well, we ski black diamonds with them all the time,” and, as a mountain employe, it takes all of my restraint to avoid telling this parent, “and your kid skis like shit, they wedge straight down black diamonds, and that's not skiing.”
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