Oddly, it was snowmobile edits that brought me into skiing.
From there, I did some sledding on some of my sisters boyfriends machines, and fell in love. Unfortunately, even though I had the money from working summers, I did some looking. When I approached my dad to ask him if I could by a sled, he downright said no, and didn't want me to have anything to do with sleds. He claimed they were money pits, and just to dangerous for me. I'm not sure how it all played out but I had been on school ski trips and shit before, and I was on youtube, and I ran across this little gem which I'm sure everyone here has seen.
Everything about this video was perfect. I was just so blown away by everything. Like I said, I had only skied a handful of times before on school ski trips, and once for a buddies birthday. This was the next best thing to snowmobiling, and It was alot cheaper, and seemed to be a safer alternative in my old mans eyes. He still wasn't happy when I wanted to drop like 500 bucks on gear to get started, he said I would never use it...... Now a few years later, I'm happy with the way I'm skiing, and I'm just getting into park skiing/freeride rippin around the hill, and it's the one of the best things that's ever happened to me.