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Home / Type of trip / Active / Ski and snowboard lessons in the UK – share your family days

Ski and snowboard lessons in the UK – share your family days

September 13, 2013 by Gretta Schifano 6 Comments

Madesimo, Italy

Madesimo, Italy. Image supplied by Madesimo Tourist Office.

This is a weekly Linky to share ideas for family days out.

Last week I dropped my kids off for the first day of the new school term and then went skiing – at the Hemel Hempstead Snow Centre. I’d been invited there for the launch of Go Ski Go Board, a national campaign to get more people into snow sports ahead of the Winter Olympics in Russia.

I ski very badly and am heavily dependent on a move known as the snow plough. This allows me to ski slowly, which I like. I learnt with friends when we were teaching English in Italy. We used to go to the mountains at weekends, hire some skis and go for it. Without helmets, because nobody wore helmets in those days. I never really liked it that much. Then earlier this year I skied for a day on a trip to Madesimo in Italy and really enjoyed it. So I was happy to take up the offer of a Go Ski Go Board beginners lesson at the Snow Centre. This is me (on the left) learning how to ski with one ski at the start of the lesson:

Go Ski Go Board skiing lesson. Copyright racer-ready.co.uk

Go Ski Go Board skiing lesson. Image supplied by racer-ready.co.uk

The Go Ski Go Board campaign offers value for money ski and snowboard sessions at a network of the UK’s indoor and artificial snow slopes. The scheme is run by the sport’s national governing body Snowsport England and is being supported by the Tirol Tourist Board, who are keen to encourage more visitors to their slopes. I really enjoyed the lesson and am thinking about going back with the rest of the family. The price of the sessions start from £5 including the hire of equipment, jackets and salopettes so it sounds like very good value.

Family travel lowdown: To find out where your nearest Go Ski Go Board sessions are click here.

If you don’t fancy skiing or snowboarding for a family day out, how about something cultural? This is the annual Heritage Open Days weekend when thousands of free events are organised across the country to celebrate our architecture and culture. Check out the website to see what’s happening near you.

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Categories: Active, Family Days Linky, Seasonal, UK
Tags: #familydays, family days out, family skiing, Go Ski Go Board

About Gretta Schifano

I'm a freelance journalist and blogger specialising in family travel with teenagers, trips when parents manage to travel without their kids, and 50+ travel. I also write about vegetarian travel, parenting teenagers, adoption, SEN, ADHD and anxiety. My work's been published by the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, National Geographic Traveller, Lonely Planet and others. I've lived and worked in Italy and Spain and am now based in rural south-east England with my husband, adoptive and birth kids and our dog. I previously worked as a social action radio producer for the BBC.

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  1. Becky @ lakes single mum says

    September 14, 2013 at 9:07 pm

    Not skied for over 10 years! Been tubing etc as love the snow
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    • Gretta says

      September 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm

      Maybe it’s time to try it again?!

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  2. LearnerMother says

    September 14, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    Looks like you had a great day – we took the kids indoor ski-ing last year and they loved it, you’ve reminded me to plan another trip!
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    • Gretta says

      September 14, 2013 at 8:41 pm

      I want to take my kids too, I think they’d enjoy it.

      Reply
  3. Only Best For Baby says

    September 14, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    It sounds amazing, you dropped your children at school and then went skiing! How fab!
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    • Gretta says

      September 14, 2013 at 3:19 pm

      It really was fun, I’d definitely like to do it again.

      Reply

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