There are a few issues with this though;
1) I have never skied before in my life
2) I have absolutely no co-ordination
3) I still have no sensible shoes
Now in order to stop myself from breaking my neck and to look exactly like the picture below I need 2 things; Ebay and Skiing lessons.
Donning my favourite tracksuit bottoms (that's a thing right?) I jumped on a train to Tamworth Snow-dome for a 2 hour beginners lesson on skiing.
The group consisted of me and 5 others, all of us with no experience of skiing.
The first hurdle I was faced with was getting myself into my snow boots which, when you eventually get them on, make your feet feel like they've been twisted backwards. After doing the most ridiculous walk from the changing room to the snow, I was immediately faced with another problem: the ski "lift". I say this ironically as it was literally just a piece of string rotating round.
Our warm ups included dancing along to head, shoulders, knees and toes whilst jumping in the air skiing down a hill. THIS WAS ON THE FIRST LESSON.
I'd love to say that after 2 hours, I had any kind of grip on skiing, but the next couple of hours consisted of me snow ploughing at about 4 MPH and crashing into groups of OAP s at the bottom, luckily they comforted me with encouraging pats on the back.
What made all of this worse, was the group of school children gliding down from the top of the hill with such ease I was convinced they had skied out of the womb.
As much as I enjoyed the lesson, I have to admit I was absolutely cacking it the whole time. There's something about potentially breaking every bone in your body that is oddly exhilarating yet completely terrifying However, after all this, I think I will spending most of the ski trip in the bar.
Talent Rating - 2/10 - So much fun, definitely try it with a group of mates as uncoordinated as you!
Favourite moment - I genuinely saw a women lose control down the hill and go straight through the gap at the bottom. Shouldn't laugh, but did. A lot.
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