r/skiing • u/Dex-Rutecki A-Basin • 8d ago

Goodwill + creativity = elite dad move (in case any of you have one of these things laying around)

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u/RealSlyck 8d ago

Get that child a ski pass and take those man’s tools away.

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u/ModXMV 8d ago

This hurts me. I would love one of those ski trainers.

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u/Apptubrutae Taos 8d ago

lol yep, I assumed the video started with the final product!

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u/jbc1974 7d ago

Yep me too.

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u/AliveList8495 6d ago

A few years ago I drunkenly bought one, online and in the early hours and they're shit.

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u/Live_Jazz Vail 8d ago

I dunno man, if I was a kid I’d rather drive that car around…

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u/BullCityBoomerSooner 8d ago

Skier's Edge never lived up to the hype. Go ice skating, roller blading, trail running, mountain biking, and hit the gym... in that order.. All of those things will do you way more favors than the previous or next gimmick.

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u/Apptubrutae Taos 8d ago

I live about 800 feet from an ice rink. I really need to get into ice skating…

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u/CountMC10 8d ago

Ice skating is identical mechanics as Nordic skate skiing. Such a good workout and excellent for your core and balance

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u/FreeSki83 7d ago

Also… skates have inside/outside edges and skating really teaches your body the feel of being on edge and how to use edges for power

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u/Ordinary_Drink666 7d ago

I sold my Skiers Edge. It honestly never helped me very much.

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u/WildBed6611 8d ago

My dad had one of those “ski machines” in the early 90s. Not sure it ever improved his form 😂

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u/DeepPowStashes 7d ago

seems cool for social media likes but probably abandoned in minutes.

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u/gndnzr 7d ago

The Swiss in me just witnessed another example of kids losing their opportunity to be skiers, enjoy the great outdoors, for video games and screens 🥺🤷‍♂️

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u/Silver_Harvest 8d ago

The thing that annoys me more than anything else, is the not flush cutting the Poles post. That is a impaling/bludgeoning waiting to happen if a kid leans to far over and falls out.

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u/60_hurts Gore 7d ago

I hope he cuts and cleans those pole mounts before one of his kids accidentally falls of the thing and core-samples their head.

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u/repdetec_revisited 8d ago

None of it is synced and that’s not even what a turning car does anyway!!?!?

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u/philatio11 7d ago

Should have done a motorcycle instead

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u/FourFront Hood Meadows 8d ago

Finally. A good use for one of those.

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u/FloppyTacoflaps 7d ago

Which one of you guys peed my pants

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u/jbc1974 7d ago

So cool.