Skiing Since Age 1 | Mountain Girl Journey

I can do this daddy because I got stronger. Yeah because how much stronger are you? A lot stronger? Yeah. How's it going? How are you guys doing? Good. Nice to meet you Adia, finally. I taught all three of our kids how to ski shortly before they could walk. Why? Because I'm a dad who loves skiing and I wanted to share the gift of the mountain with my kids as early as possible. In this video we're going to follow the progression of Adia learning to ski from age one to age five. She's our daughter, the youngest of three. Let's start at the beginning. At age one, Adia is still very much a baby. I started off introducing the plastic funny ski boots inside the house to get familiar. Our first few sessions were outside in the front yard. At this stage, all I want is for her to associate being on skis with having good times. Later on this winter, Adia learned to snow plow and stomp on her own before her second birthing. Do a pizza. Big pizza. Yeah! That was a pizza stomp. We're a little busy. Go to mommy. Is that mama? At age two, this is where the lower mountain chairlifts at Fernie Alpine Resort were able to provide more elevation and longer runs than the bunny hill. And we were also able to visit the tree trails 278 times. This allowed Adia to get extremely comfortable with the terrain and to know almost every curve and bump and whoop-de-doo on the trail. And this also happened to be the same winter where I put a microphone on her to capture a lot of her pep talks and self-narration as she navigated the trees and obstacles in the forest. And the internet absolutely loved it. This was the winter where Adia went viral on Instagram first, where the world fell in love with hearing her positive self chat. Well you try you try three turns all by yourself. At age three, Adia continued gaining miles on the slope. This is the age and the stage where she became a lot more independent. It's also the season where she started doing more park features like boxes on her own. I want to quickly let you know that I do have a how to teach your kids to ski playbook available for purchase. This is where I shared my approach to how I taught our kids how to ski with little to no tears. Lots of joy, lots of fun, and in the playbook I just lay it out there. I share my perspective, my mindset, and give some practical tips on how you can ensure you set your kids up for success their first few times on snow. I'll leave a link to that playbook down below in the description, and if you or somebody you know is teaching a little one to ski in your life, I'm confident that playbook will add value and make things a little easier your first time out on snow. At age four, I'm still prioritizing having fun while being on snow. A four-year-old child is still a really little human, and I do my best to remember that. But she's also becoming more resilient and can handle longer days on the snow. This is no longer Adia's first rodeo, she's getting very familiar with all of the terrain. At the end of her fourth winter skiing, Adia is able to carry more speeds, link some turns, and just started to look a lot more like a skier. At the time of this video, it's currently December 2023. It's the start of Adia's fifth winter season on snow, and she's only five years old. I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen this winter, but I do know we're likely going to get up to some adventures that come along with some smiles and laughs, and there might even be some sprinkled tears in there and some frustration. And I know that it's my job as a parent and as a dad to be present, to be able to mentor and guide our kids through some of those challenges. And I just love how skiing and the sport of skiing is something we get to do together with our kids, and there's so many transferable life skills like resilience and grit and risk management, and just confidence that our kids are learning that are going to be transferable to other areas in life, no matter what they grow up and end up doing. My name is Eric. I'm a dad who documents our family's outdoor adventurous lifestyle here in British Columbia. If you like the sounds of that, hit the subscribe button to follow along for more adventure. More importantly, I hope you get outside for an adventure of your own soon. Thanks for watching. See you next video.