[jyl]

Took my kids up to a local bunny hill, my daughter skiied a few times twenty years ago and my son has never been on the slopes. She did fine, about as well as she did at 6 y/o. My son rented a snowboard and, while he fell a lot, did really well - which I expected, him being a dancer and skateboarder.

This was my first time on skis in twenty years. The rental skis were short and weird, since I’m used to straight skis (my skis, which are still around somewhere, are 205 cm K2s from the era when that was not long). The rental boots sucked, had me bolt upright, otherwise they don’t seem to have changed. After I figured out how to not “over-turn” the skis, the (bunny) hill got boring pretty quick.

I’m kind of thinking about doing more skiing this season. The slopes are only 90 minutes from my house. I could find my old skis and boots, maybe, or if not then buy a starter set. Lift tickets are outrageously expensive but I could buy a pass, the season only recently started.

So, any advice on what to look for in modern skis, bindings, and boots? Back when I skiied, my favorite runs were the steep ones. Hard and icy was cool, but I never was great at the VW Bug size type of mogul, or powder.