Ally and Tyler made their first turns yesterday without the aid of their Edgie Wedgies! Trying to put together a little movie to document their first season on the slopes, but having some technical difficulties with my editing equipment right now. Regardless of my video challenges, this seems huge to me. Lauren was kind of pushing them towards taking them off, and frankly, I think I was the only one who didn't think it was a great idea. Not so much that they couldn't handle it (although it did occur to me), but moreover, I was afraid it would make skiing too much work and maybe not as much fun as it had been earlier in the year. Just didn't want to discourage them, right?
Wrong. Couldn't have been more wrong. They took them off and really never looked back. It took about 1/4 of a run down the slope for them to find their groove again, and by the time we finished that run they were skiing with just as much control as they had all season. Awesome! They did both decide to put the wedgies back on again for a couple of runs after that, but after lunch they came off for good and I don't think we'll be going back to them.
We ended Sunday with about a half dozen runs through the terrain park -- yet another first for them that is light years ahead of my first experience. Both of them took runs through the half-pipe and followed me off a few jumps. Not much *air* yet, but I'm sure it's not far off. :-)
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