Skiing Center

Expert Wanted

Do you know a skiing coach in your community you think would be an ideal candidate to be MomsTeam's skiing expert? Send his or her name to info@momsteam.com [5].

Skiing: the art or sport of sliding and jumping on skis

Skiing is a challenging and popular recreational or competitive cold-weather sport. Skiing techniques take a lot of practice to learn, therefore it is highly recommended that children, or novices, start out at a ski school.

Safety rules must be closely followed because reckless skiing endangers everyone on the mountain. Careless and reckless behavior will not be permitted. Wearing helmets is encouraged.

MomsTeam's goal is to provide comprehensive information on skiing: advice on the equipment needed and how to buy it, a primer on the rules of the sport, and videos and advice from experts, parents, and manufacturers of skiing gear.

But to do that we are going to need your help. If you are a parent of a child who skies or has skied, we hope you will share what you have learned with other MomsTeam parents. Please consider writing a blog, contributing an article, posting on and/or hosting a Forum, or becoming a skiing expert. If you know of someone who used to ski or coach skiing who has knowledge to share, ask him or her to join. Together we can make MomsTeam a true community of sports parents!

-Brooke de Lench
MomsTeam Founder

Featured Articles

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Not Wearing Helmet Increases Head Injury Risk for Snowboarders, Skiers [7]

Did you know that traumatic brain injury accounts for 50% to 88% of skiing and snowboarding fatalities and that the risk of head injury and of loss of consciousness increases for skiers and snowboarders not wearing a helmet when they fall. Your child or teen may not think wearing a helmet is cool, but it could save their life.

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Seven Ways To Save Money On Your Next Ski Vacation [8]

With today's slow economy, more and more families are looking for ways save money on their ski and snowboarding vacations without compromising the experience. [9]Here are seven money-saving tips.

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Buying Ski Equipment [10]

When renting or purchasing ski equipment for your child, beware of what you are getting. Here are some things for parents to consider.

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Helmets Significantly Reduce Head Injuries Among Skiers and Snowboarders [11]

Ever wonder if media exposure can have a positive effect on sports safety? One has to look no further than to what happened after the deaths of two celebrities in skiing accidents in Europe and North America during the winter of 2008-9, the first, a German politician, wearing a ski helmet, who suffered a traumatic brain injury but survived a collision with a helmet-less mother of four on a ski slope in Austria on New Year's Day 2009 in which the woman died; the second, involving actress Natasha Richardson, who died after a traumatic head injury while skiing without a helmet on a beginner's slope in Quebec in March 2009.

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Attention Parents: Wear Helmets Skiing and Snowboarding And Your Kids Will Do The Same [12]

Despite increased helmet use, the number of snow-sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) keeps rising, prompting calls by experts to implement a variety of targeted prevention strategies, with a special focus on educating parents about the protective value of helmets and the role modeling effect the parent's use has on their child's decision to wear a helmet.

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