Here is a quick little video if my son from the past two weekends. He is killing it but I'm wondering if anyone had any tips to tricks as far as getting him to want to turn toe-side more consistently. He can do it when he isn't thinking about it.
I'm also curious from those out west how he stacks up with some of the really young kids there. We live in NC and there seams to be very few kids close to his age that ride. All skiing.
That's awesome, and you can see he is trying his toeside through the cones...
It is just a time thing, as he gets older he will get more, that all do, but moving forward at the right pace is important, and he has the basics that is for sure...
So I figure out another little trick that might be helpful for others. Was trying to get Gunnar to keep his speed up through the flats as I don't think at 4 he was grasping the concept. So we had a little lesson at the house using Hot Wheels. Just put a flat area and hump in the track and showed him how starting it high would make it over and low that it would get stuck. Next time out on the slopes I yelled "hot wheels" before the flats and it actually worked. He would point his board and go. It made it fun for him to as he was pretending he was a hot wheels car.
Good deal! That's the key with kids. They totally have a different concept of everything. The toughest hurdle I think you'll have with him is he will get to a point where he is having a blast but you will want to see him progress a little further. And he just won't see the need as he's out there having fun and getting where he wants to get down the slope.
The concept of progression for the sake of progression just isn't there for kids that age. So you'll have to continually think of new games to get him there.
Yep, You are definitely right. The latest one is to see who can make the most S's from top to bottom instead of talk of heal side and toe side. Heading to Breck and maybe Copper next week so hopefully I will pick up some more ideas from their instructors as far as fun ideas.
He's got it down pretty good now when he puts his mind to it. This is the latest video from a good day from a few weeks ago when he had some motivation from other kids. If you look in the video at one point he tries to spray his buddy in the lift line.
Here is the latest one from the last couple weeks. Starting to get him over the fear factor of the boxes. I think him doing Parkour class has helped with this. Also made him a little website with everything in one place www.gunnarandrews.com
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