I had watched skiing on TV. I knew when you wanted to stop you just slide sideways and stop real fast. The first time I tried that I ended doing a 180 and skiid backwards into a crowd of people, making alot of friends. Not my cup of tea either.
Hahaha I'm sure you got real popular real fast.
First time I went snowboarding (never skied) I was on the lift about halfway up a skier was flying then lost control and started tumbling, one ski stayed were he first fell the other ski shot down the mountain. It was seeing that I decided to never ski. I stuck to snowboarding and absolutely loved it.