I'm a 54 year old who began skiing at 3 but hasn't skied regularly since teenage years. I'm happy to be returning as an intermediate skier with my youngest son, who is 13, picking up the sport enthusiastically. I'm hopeful that this will be a lifetime sport we enjoy together. If I have something to contribute to the community, other than my enthusiasm and interest in the opinions of others, which will go largely unobserved, I will. My son and I skied only a dozen days this year. We may take a trip out west for spring break this year but that's still up-in-the-air. Next year we plan to get season passes to the local Pennsylvania slope. Thanks in advance for all of the great information and respectful discussion I've come to expect from this site over the past month I've been lurking. Cheers!