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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a house in Telluride and I rarely if ever see 4 year olds on double blacks. [/quote]

So do we [/quote]

Which runs? I really do not see any 4 year olds on double blacks in Telluride. [/quote]

I'm the PP on the ski topic, and I live in a ski town different from Telluride; though we love skiing Telluride.  One of my kids is nationally competitive as a skier.  
Skiing a double black diamond at four was not hard for him, and we skied the same run with his friends around the same age and their parents.  These kids have grown up on skis, mountain bikes, skateboards, ice skating on the ponds, surfing and water skiing in the lake.  Among our friend group, no one thinks it's noteworthy that he did that; if anything, skiing in big moguls that slowed him down was a good break from the terrain park or crowded runs where he was more likely to get hurt.   And freestyle skiing is a sport where you know if your kid will be great by 8-10 years old.  We watched Walker Woodring ski when he was 8, and I told my spouse that, barring an injury, that kid is going to the Olympics.  Videos of him at 11 and 12 are amazing.  [/quote]

My brother is an internationally ranked surfer and you don't see a lot of 4 year older surfers either. I think you're getting carried away. [/quote]

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