[nabs-l] Has anybody skied before?

[Sophie Trist]

Sami, I love skiing! My family and I have gone for the past eight 
years! My favorite places, adaptive skiing wise, have been Beaver 
Creek and Steamboat Springs Colorado. Like everyone else, I ski 
with a guide giving me verbal directions. However, when I first 
started to ski, I did something a little different. I held on to 
one end of a ten-foot pole, and my guide held on to the other 
end. Of course, this only works on very wide runs, but it's 
useful for people who've never skied before, because it allows 
you to focus solely on the unfamiliar motion rather than 
constantly worrying about running into people. Also, it makes you 
less nervous at the very beginning. Good luck, and I hope you 
enjoy skiing! It's epic!

Sophie

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Zachary N. Griego-Dreicer via nabs-l" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Sami Osborne <ligne14 at verizon.net>,National Association of 
Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:42:18 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Has anybody skied before?

Hi, I've gone skiing both with my parents and with a specially 
trained instructor, in Snowmass Colorado with the challenge Aspen 
ski program.perhaps if your family and my family would like to 
talk that they put y'all in contact, so that the parents can 
share ideas or what. Let me know if you would like more 
information about the challenge Aspen ski program in Snowmass is 
well.

Sent from my iPhone 6 Using VoiceOver

 On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:23, Sami Osborne via nabs-l 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi all,

 So I have a question about your experiences as blind students 
and I hope you can answer.

 Today, my mom and my younger brother (who is sighted) are going 
out skiing.  We've never actually done it before as a family, so 
I was looking forward to trying something new (my mom has done it 
before back in France, and my brother did it last month on a 
school field trip).  But today my mom told me that she'd love 
that I come with them, but that skiing requires a fair amount of 
vision.  She thinks I can learn, but that neither she, my dad, or 
my brother is sufficiently good enough at it to teach me how (as 
a blind person,) and I would therefore need a specialized 
instructor.
 While I was of course pretty disappointed, I could also see the 
confidence that my mom had that I can ski if I get the proper 
instruction (both my parents have high expectations for me and my 
brother).

 So I'd like to know if any of you guys have gone skiing before 
and how your experiences were.  Did you manage without vision, 
and did you learn from your family, friends or a special 
instructor?
 Also, how different is skiing from sledding in terms of 
requiring the use of vision?
 Just to let you know, we go sledding every winter, and I am able 
to sled down the hill and walk back up without any problems with 
vision or sighted assistance (where we go sledding, the hill is 
just a straight line, so it's relatively easy to walk up once I 
slide down).

 I look forward to hearing about all your experiences and try 
something new with my family eventually.

 Thanks,

 Sami.

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