Hi everyone-I’m Dan, age 54. I started skiing around age 10 on a small lake in Maine where my parents had a camp. There was (and still is) a show ski club on the lake which I skied with for several years. I participated in several novice tournaments in the 80s, and then pretty much dropped out of skiing for a couple decades. 10 years ago my wife and I bought a camp on that same lake, and my son joined the same ski club. I helped by chasing skis, driving, coiling ropes. Then 6 years ago my son showed interest in tournament skiing so we spent a week at Swiss ski school just for fun. I had assumed I was over the hill and was shocked to see many skiers at Swiss in their 60s or even 70s. So... there goes my whining about being old. ;-) We bought a portable slalom course we use in Maine, and plan to continue visiting Swiss as often as possible. I ski like crap. But love doing it and after 5 or 6 years I think I’m finally beginning to fix a lot of bad habits I burned into my brain back in the 80s......