Why do people brag about their 7 year olds skiing blacks.

[Anonymous]

My ex would rag on the kind of people who bragged like this but then force our then-4/5/6 year old to ski crazy mogul runs under the lift so he could hear people cheer for them from the lift. Kid could do it with style but wanted to be with their friends or playing on tree runs and would cry to me after.

At the time we were locals and skiing 40-60 days/year.

You don’t have to be a visitor on vacation to be a total arrogant loser who tries to feed his ego through his children because he’s a small man. In all ways.

[Anonymous]

My kids stick to the bunny slope but I enjoy hearing about the exploits of those who do black diamonds.

It does depend on the person, some people are one-upper braggarts while others are just sharing what they enjoy. It depends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This seems to be a thing in my social circle where the kids and parents are obsessive about skiing black or double black runs out West. My kids are competent skiers, have taken lessons and we ski several weeks a year (own a second home in Jackson) and we mostly do blues. I have 7 year old twins and I think it’s safer for this age. Skiing isn’t something I would push just to be able to say we do that.

oh the irony of this post

I thought the same. OP is the person she is complaining about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s also kind of silly because there is a big difference in difficulty just based on conditions. A black that is powdery is not all that bad. An icy one is a whole other thing.

Only plebs ski ice.

Maybe, but they’re better skiers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My ex would rag on the kind of people who bragged like this but then force our then-4/5/6 year old to ski crazy mogul runs under the lift so he could hear people cheer for them from the lift. Kid could do it with style but wanted to be with their friends or playing on tree runs and would cry to me after.

At the time we were locals and skiing 40-60 days/year.

You don’t have to be a visitor on vacation to be a total arrogant loser who tries to feed his ego through his children because he’s a small man. In all ways.

It sounds like your kids were crying because they had FOMO about not skiing with their friends, not that they minded skiing moguls under the lifts. We're local to a mountain town, and our kids want to ski with their friends, too, whether it's under the lift, in the trees, in the terrain park, or on the Nastar course. By 7, they load the lift on their own when they're with their team, so they feel very independent and know the mountain. When they have a day off, they no longer think they need us. It's a little sad, actually. It happens too fast. From 7-8, they'll still ski with parents, but hopefully it's with a friend and their mom or dad. By 9-10, family skiing is over, except on special occasions, like holidays, if you plan a trip to another mountain, or if you let them ditch the morning of school to ski with you on a powder day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My ex would rag on the kind of people who bragged like this but then force our then-4/5/6 year old to ski crazy mogul runs under the lift so he could hear people cheer for them from the lift. Kid could do it with style but wanted to be with their friends or playing on tree runs and would cry to me after.

At the time we were locals and skiing 40-60 days/year.

You don’t have to be a visitor on vacation to be a total arrogant loser who tries to feed his ego through his children because he’s a small man. In all ways.

It sounds like your kids were crying because they had FOMO about not skiing with their friends, not that they minded skiing moguls under the lifts. We're local to a mountain town, and our kids want to ski with their friends, too, whether it's under the lift, in the trees, in the terrain park, or on the Nastar course. By 7, they load the lift on their own when they're with their team, so they feel very independent and know the mountain. When they have a day off, they no longer think they need us. It's a little sad, actually. It happens too fast. From 7-8, they'll still ski with parents, but hopefully it's with a friend and their mom or dad. By 9-10, family skiing is over, except on special occasions, like holidays, if you plan a trip to another mountain, or if you let them ditch the morning of school to ski with you on a powder day.

Uh no. My kids were upset because they knew no matter how good the snow was anywhere else, if it was a busy day they’d have to be on display for dad’s show. Worst part was he always insisted he had to go first so he could get fresh tracks so if they popped a ski or fell they were on their own to dig their skis out or pop back in. Then he would make them listen to “feedback sessions” on the lift when they just wanted to tell jokes and riddles and sing.

And yes as they got older they tried to peel off and ski with friends and neighborhood groups and their dad would freaking show up and tag along like he was also a 9 year old. Not surprising that they took many years off skiing after the divorce and only came back to it on their terms. He’s still mad at one of them for becoming a Nordic skier.

[Anonymous]

I sincerely doubt most people are doing more than an occasional quick boast about this - they are proud and if you don’t ski much it probably feels kind of cool! It’s not any different than mentioning one’s vacation home in Breck or that you ski all the time or creating an entire thread on this small behavior because you know better, etc etc. And I don’t think it’s some sort of reflection on the personality of the entire DC area - it’s just parents thinking their kiddos did something impressive, we all do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s suchhhhhh a probbbblemmmm. Thank goodness you were able to find a way to tell us about your Second Home in Jackson. Your kids are perfect, you are the perfect parent, and all those mean meanies who let their kids do different things are so horrrrrible!

Lolz

Why do people always have to mention their 2nd home?

+1

And Jackson is obsolete. It's like 1988.

[Anonymous]

I talk about my kids skiing blacks when people ask how my vacation was but my intent is not to brag. But the fact that my kids are skiing expert terrain and I’m not does impact the trip. I wish my kids were satisfied skiing easier stuff, but they get bored and then I worry they won’t pay as close attention and could get hurt that way. Most people I know who got hurt skiing were good skiers on an easy blue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s suchhhhhh a probbbblemmmm. Thank goodness you were able to find a way to tell us about your Second Home in Jackson. Your kids are perfect, you are the perfect parent, and all those mean meanies who let their kids do different things are so horrrrrible!

Lolz

Why do people always have to mention their 2nd home?

Personally I’m very interested in OPs second home. Especially one she needs to fly to and then only uses a few weeks a year. OP, do you mind sharing what type of place it is and what your HHI or NW is? I’m trying to figure out when it becomes worth it to do something like that.

They likely rent it out the rest of the year. We do that with our beach house and it pays for itself.

A friend bought a house in Deer Valley last year (I assume in the new part because it was a new build). We were going to be there so I reached out to see if they would be there as well. Nope - they only use it 2 weeks a year and it is rented the rest of the time.