My little guy, only 8, passed his "gold medal" ski level (french grading) this year (he's been in ski school since 4) - I'm so proud of him cos he's much smaller than other kids his age, so we go skiing together in the afternoon after his morning classes finishes and I get a real proud father feeling skiing with him....
He can't ski well off piste, so I always take him there to level things out, but on the giant slalom, he beats me each time - this year, he whipped my ass by 16 seconds!! You can see the buzz he gets from it whipping his "papa's" ass!
It's such a shame we don't live nearer the stations for him to train more to perhaps make a career of it cos the French ski team requires full-on training week in week out each season. But hey, he's half British, so maybe he has a chance to slide into the Winter Olympics at some point representing the UK that is always crap! If so, watch out for a UK small dude doing Super G with a sponsorship sticker "I'm only half-borked"
