Photos of yourself skiing when you were young

[Karen_skier2.0]

I know there is a thread somewhere with photos of kids skiing. When I was going through photos scanned from slides, I came up with a bunch of skiing photos.

Please share photos of yourself when you were young.

This was me skiing down the hill in our back yard. I had a patch on my suit that read "don't eat yellow snow."

This photo is from one of our Killington trips. The outfit matched the colors in my parent's kitchen. And the hat is handmade from a neighbor.

 

[Chris Walker]

That's me in the grey with my best friend, dropping into "Danny's Dive" at Sugarcreek (now defunct) in Bellbrook Ohio. This was about a 25' slope of fill dirt at the tip top of the hill that passed for the "Extreme" terrain in Ohio. Must have been about 12.

 

[Sibhusky]

December 1971, learning in Austria. Wasn't all that young except relative to now.

 

[RNZ]

First day on skis - at Erewhon Park (which is now closed, but the area is has experience renewed fame as a Lord of the Rings location) It was a great ski field, a monumentally crowded day would be 50 people. By the end of the first day I was coveting those K2 Stingers that my friend had. Luckily, I think that the wooden wonders I had were replaced with volkl junior tigers by the next season.

 

[Jim Kenney]

Last year I did a profile on an age 90+ skier who is still active. He provided this picture of himself skiing in 1933!!!

 

[Ron]

GREAT THREAD!

 

[x10003q]

1966 at Craigmeur in NJ. My second year of lift served skiing.

 

[Ron]

Thats where i first skied!

 

[coskigirl]

I believe the first pic is my first super G race at Jackson's Snow King and the second was at Payette Lakes, ID. I'm the taller one in the second photo. Actually, this summer I was going through some boxes when my mom moved and I found the hat I'm wearing in that picture. Looking forward to donning it on a retro day this year.

 

[scott43]

They didn't have cameras when I was young..

 

[KevinF]

Last year I did a profile on an age 90+ skier who is still active. He provided this picture of himself skiing in 1933!!!

Your article that you linked to above is awesome. I did notice that the gentleman in the picture appears to be wearing a dress shirt and a tie underneath his jacket. There are many aspects of ski fashion that I am glad have passed... but wearing a tie to go skiing just might be on top of the list.

 

[Ecimmortal]

See my avatar you geriatrics.

 

[SBrown]

I wasn't that young, 17 I think, and my brother was about 15. That's his buddy in the middle. Loveland has always been cold...

 

[Bad Bob]

A poster done from a photo around 1970. Yes they were mirrored sunglasses.

 

[Frankly]

About 30 years ago

 

[ScotsSkier]

not that young (I was 14 when I started) but one of my earlier ones from 1977

 

[SBrown]

not that young (I was 14 when I started) but one of my earlier ones from 1977

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Is that your tongue?

 

[ScotsSkier]

Is that your tongue?

Hmm....that might make me the most interesting man in the world......???!!! Unfortunately I think it is the end of my neckerchief!!

 

[Monique]

Vail. First ski trip to the West. Spoiled me forever. Yeah, not exactly a kid, but definitely young in retrospect.

 

[Don in Morrison]

I started skiing at 18 and no one took a photo of me until about 23. In four more years will be the third time I've been 23. It's never as good as the first time.

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