I grew up in the alps, skiing since I was 4 years old. It never came to me that the alps are a very challenging area until I went to Whistler a few years ago. Don´t get me wrong, it was a really cool holiday and a great and satisfying skiing event. But it could not live up to steepness, harshness and difficulty of the alps, not at any moment. If you have ever been to the Arlberg, Alpe d´Huez or Zermatt, you know what I mean. The alps are king, Summer and Winter, if you know what you are doing.
Agree. Whistler have amazing snow conditions though, and I have had the best powder experience there. But compared to the alps, the mountains are pretty tame and the apres ski is so so.
Same here. Born and raised on skis, very close to the Alps. Currently living in Canada, but flying back to Les3Alpes early March. That is an incomparable experience for half the price than anything here. Stubaier gletscher still has a special place in my heart. Have been there like 10 times as a kid. Would love to go back.
Laura is very positive and encouraging. A good friend to have. You were also so open to trying to do this and humble about your ability. It is nice to see. You both make me want to try to do something that I cannot do.
My husband also learnt skiing when he was already in his twenties. Except for that one time when he didn't get the corner and went down the snowboard run with half-pipe and multiple jumps, he did pretty well. I will never forget when I looked behind me and he wasn't there anymore, then suddenly he appeared mid-air to the left of me. It was epic.
Hi Nick, this a really a super pleasant video. Many of your followers, me too, remember their performance on the slope. I like it that you are not afraid to show that you are not always the perfect athlete. Congrats!
Laura has a distinct German accent speaking English, the way she pronounces vibes (“wibes”) is the best. It’s funny how Speedy has fluent flawless English with perfect pronunciation, Cody is fluent in the Swabian dialect & their child Nalf speaks Hoch Deutsch with a strong American accent.
Her English shows signs of at least one year in the US. While she audibly is not a native speaker, she speaks great - nothing to worry about or even be ashamed of. Nuff said until Nalf has lost his accent in German 😀
@@schlollepop You know immediately Laura’s German when she speaks. Her accent is very noticeable but English is very good just a couple of small slight errors, such as with prepositions. With Speedy (& also with Feli the former German Girl in America) it’s very hard to tell where they are from even when listening carefully. In being told they are not native English speakers most would guess that Speedy and Feli were Danish or Swedish.
I have two friends who have been US citizens since birth and speak no English at all. one lives in Krefeld and other lives in Augsburg. You live you learn😉
@@lexipip8563 I concur, Laura does sound German, with however a very bearable accent. However, being a German myself, it is interesting to see which differences you (as a presumably native English speaker) and me (as a German) each focus on.
Nice to know you’re now a totally reformed & repentant skiing hooligan. Thanks for the lovely alpine snow scenery in this video & the laughs watching you ski. You had an excellent ski coach telling you to do turns with pizza, go fast with french fries & most importantly wear a helmet ! Agree with you that T-Bars are horrible, but it’s even more so for snowboarders.
@@AndreasDelleske haha, not a snowboarder but as a skier I have some sympathy with them getting on & off chairlifts & dealing with T-Bars, struggling with only one foot strapped to the board. They do have more comfortable boots but sitting en masse in big groups on the snow right at the top of the runs/slopes to do up their bindings after getting off the chairlifts is annoying to skiers. If you really want to avoid snowboarders all together then places like Deer Valley in Utah & a couple of other mountains in the US have a complete ban on all snowboarding. Most snowboarders are cool & chilled out despite their garish jackets & pants & I like watching them “fly” in the terrain park. ⛷🎿🏂
@@libby9433 Yeah sure I have sympathy too, I was joking - still they push all snow downhill on steeper slopes because most of them can't go steep, so they keep the ice for everyone - beautiful.
Laura is adorable. Did I miss the Laura introduction, or did she just materialize in your story out of thin air? I’d love to hear the back story about you guys!
Man, Stubaier Gletscher takes a me back to prepandemic times. I really miss skiing, I even recognise all the slopes and lifts! Super nice video, you took me back to my first struggles with the steep slopes and the intimidating mountains and skiers around me
As an American, lived in Switzerland for 5 years and was almost as bad a skier as this guy. Had a few friends that were unbelievably great skiers. All of us went one weekend to Gstaad and one of the better skiers in the group and his wife said “hey, come ski with us today”. I said hey, I’m not that good. They say ‘no problem, just keep up”. Yes, famous last words, cuz I went around all morning skiing WAY over my head.;..too fast, too reckless and these guys were just flying down the mountain. Suddenly, my skis crisscrossed and I barely avoided a complete head plant, but ended up breaking my scapula in the process. Went to an ortho some days later and they said lets just see if it heals on its own. Never did, and I spent about a week in a very lovely 5 star like hospital in Zurich and now have a souvenir for life from my Swiss days with a titianium plate and screws in my left shoulder!
@@lotharschepers2240 Wait, all the white stuff in the indoor ski hall in D'dorf/Neuss was delivered by the Dutch without the German Federal Police noticing it?
@@raythevagabond3724 German federal police are protecting trainstations, airports and other federal stuff. The German correspondent to the FBI is the BKA and they have the duty to watch out for drug trafficers. Their headquaters is located in Wiesbaden and therefore they think that snow is that frozen rain that they have to shovel out of their way before they could drive from their home in the Taunus hills towards their office in Wiesbaden. But I was born and raised close to D'dorf before I moved to a small village in the Taunus wher nearly everyone is an employee working for the BKA.
As Austrian and therefore a born skiing expert I´ll give you props...for the 7th time skiing and the very first time on so to say "more challenging terrain" it was pretty good - at least which was shown in the vlog ;-D I would say you just need a bit more practice and as consequence of that a bit more confidence then your body posture on the skies will become a bit more natural and elegant - meaning in particular skiing not that straddle-legged as you did now...but as I already said at the beginning ..You did pretty good for a beginner.
@@myfairlady343 And I´d say you don´t know what you are talking about. But I presume for you the earth is a disk as well and the moon is made out of cheese. Just take your pills.
@@michaelgrabner8977 most of the people living in towns can't ski. 99% of vienna Burgeland ans niederösterreich can't ski which makes like 35% of austria. I think 90% is quite good gueswork
This kinda puts into perspective how wild our school trip to Austria was. On our 3rd day of Snowboarding we went down a 2.3k meter mountain in one go, full send and jumping around for a lot of it. Our school didn't give a damn. Wintersports in the Alps are super fun.
Oh man that really brought me back to all the times I went there for skiing early in the season during school and college time. I can even remember all the songs we listened to driving there and back... Great Video! You are actually doing really well for the conditions. I know it's hard with that fresh soft snow on the tracks and the bad visibility, but the better you cope with these conditions, the easier it's going to be on a sunny day with well groomed slopes. Keep doing those trips and you are going to be a professional too very soon!
same situation here, my wife was close to amateur racers and I started skiing at 41, 20 years later the blue slopes are still enough for me but I'm no longer stressed, keep on trying, Laura will love you for sharing her sport....
It's a good thing that Laura's on site To ensure that safety's done right Cos the helmet's a must Lest a move you bust That lands you head-first in the white The Schlepplift can be a bit of a drag for the inexperienced skier...
@@Quotenwagnerianer I guess that's my cue, better run Or I'll catch rotting fruit by the ton, Let me just say Before I go away: Some girls just want to have pun * exit, pursued by a pear *
Awesome! - Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂 The mountain view is stunning, and you really did a great job. First time Schlepplift worked out too.- Congrats. 😀
So Laura can out hike you and now out ski you. You have some work to do in the training dept. Please feature many more ski videos as the snow gets better and the areas open up. Much envy here from hardcore skier who has been to Tremblant too.
I skied through a toddler ski school my 1st (and last) time skiing. The snow was like mashed potatoes, and I ruined a lot of families videos with my 5-star vocab. Really classy, Miss Crabtree.
Great !!! I loved skiing so much and I miss it with all my heart - I had twice a "Kreuzbandriss" and therfore I stopped skiing 5 years ago after more than 44 years on ski...... Who knows, some day I try it again..... Enjoy it ! And try it again on a sunny weekend - together with LAURA 😍
Aaaargh! Those "T bar" ski lifts! I remember when I was learning to ski near Innsbruck, Austria. I had a pair of ski gloves that you snapped closed around the wrists. Well, after we made it through a long line, my sister and I had to share the same T-bar. She decided to sit on it while I decided to hold it in front of me. It did not go well. Next thing I knew, my sister wasn't there anymore, I wasn't on my skis either but the T-bar had somehow hooked itself underneath the snap on my left ski glove. Thanks to the snap, the glove would not come off. The T-bar dragged me up the slope on my left side with my skis flailing in the snow behind me. Everyone in the line was screaming, "LET GO!!! LET GO!!!" "I'm trying!" I feebly yammered. Finally, the glove came off and my torment was at an end. For an eight year old, it was a humiliating experience. Thanks for dredging up that trauma that I had banished to the furthest reaches of my memory, Nick! 😑
I was wondering if what he was on was a T-Bar but the angle of the shot was bad and from what I could see it didn’t look the same. Also he didn’t say gondola for the 1st lift unless I missed him saying it originally.
You looked so out of your element while talking about what was about to happen, intimidated by everything, the big gondola, the glacier, the Alps, skiing in the Alps, but quite honestly you looked fine on the skis! I'm no skier, but to me it looked pretty solid.
Haha…Laura working hard by supplying Nalf with all these nice travel treats, first to France & now skiing in Austria. She seems to be the one making all the real effort & doing all the work for his affection & his company.
At pointer for any non-expert skiers: Occasional falls indicate that you are pushing the envelope and that is how you improve your skills. The day you never fall is the day your skills remained stagnant. For the novice, your arse can be used as an emergency brake - there is no shame in using it!
Omg...you are so lucky..skiing in Stubai...woww....you did very very well for your ''expérience''😀👍👍👍......keep practice...you have such a good moniteur😉👍🚡🚡🚡...greeting from Montreal🍁🎆..btw ...Mont Tremblant is almost ready 😉
Oh Nick, never mess with momma bears!!! By the way congrats to Mikey and the Oregon State Beavers becoming Bowl eligible by beating your brother Joeys alma mater Stanford. I’m sure your dad Phil and mom Kelly are happy as well being alums. 🦫👍🙂
Skiing in the Alps is the best! I looked like you the first time. It was in Zermatt, Switzerland and my first run was solid ice, but I loved it there. Thanks for such a fun video. Looking forward to more like this. ⛷💙
I can relate In the US parlance you went up on a T-Bar to the bunny slope, but good on you for giving it a whirl. I used to take my German nieces and nephews skiing at Garmisch at the Armed Forces recreation center. Man did they show me up. They were skiing since they could walk and we would meet at the Chalet after I conquered the bunny slope and they conquered what In the US would be the black diamond. The last time we were in Germany we went cross country or langlauf. I break too easily now. As others have observed, Laura should dress you. Perhaps if she had you would have been in sartorial splendor at the wedding in Italy.
Hey Nalf, i know you were just joking but good that you wore a helmet. I know it seems unlikely but people die during skiing all the time even in tourist areas where it is "safe". Father of a friend of mine went skiing during the Christmas holidays with his family and he never came back. It was absolutely devastating. So yeah, wear a helmet guys.
Ski Season in the Alps ⛷. Your friend shared with you a perfect experience and thank you for sharing with us. Wow! You were really good for someone who has only skied 7 times. She is really good 👍
I'm ols enough that I started to learn skiing with wooden skis and leather boots. The next time I had to ski with leather boots had been winter alpine training in the army. Funny to ski with 25 kg on your back and without a slope in deep snow.
Me too, except the army ! What a nightmare those leather boots, wet or frozen, to adjust after a while ! So cool the new boots and ski, so easy to put, only some click for the boots and a big foot one for the ski.
And we had to wax our skis, right? Depending on whether the snow was dry or damp. Or whether we were going downhill or cross-country. Ach, das waren Tagen!
I had the Schlepplift hanging in my jacket once when I wanted to get out... Thankfully that there usually somewhen is a light barrier that stops the whole lift. But you feel pretty humilated when that happens...
I got it into the rope of my backpack. I could escape, but the backpack peacefully turned and descended quietly. It was the most photographed backpack of the day and was wildly laughed at...
Nice fun skiing video and Laura and you did great. Season start so looking forward to more skiing ⛷ videos and mountain 🏔 sights! Hals und Beinbruch (a german saying: ask Laura😊)
Stubai!!! YES!!!! awesome skiing there!! I also really really hope you guys got vaxinated and tested!! Austria is really not safe at the moment!! also, Laura is really smart. love the helmet comment. also again, I went skiing in Colorado once (it was great) and the lifts there are a joke! to get to the highest point you had to sit in a single seat lift with NO safety barrier thing. longest minutes of my life!! and the 4 seat didn't even have a weather shield! anyhoo. yes, we are very protective of our skilifts in Austria.
Fall is the worst time of the year for skiing because there are way too many people for very few ski slopes which makes the slopes bumpy and packed. (even summer is better, but next time try winter 😂)
crazy just found ur channel and its super interesting haha. Stubai is probably the easiest glacier of all to ski but probably not for a beginner i guess. Try skiwelt in Söll there are some beginner but also advanced tracks :D
For your eighth time on ski, you did fantastic! This kind of light is not super comfortable because you need to go without seeing the snow details much..
But a good learning exercise. When you don't know whether it's going up or down you will take the correct position: Knees lightly bent and always alert to take a bump or dip.
First time I've stood on skies was 4 years ago. I feel very comfortable running down the slope now but at the begging my instructor told me to spend my money on summer holiday :D.
Fell off a T bar a time or two ,the secret of staying on is that both people lean toward each other at the shoulder. If nobody tells you it gets a little wild till the fall.
Great fun Nick. I am laughing as you look like you are about to take a dump at every turn. As Laura points out "not so great form." Boy, she's great: really pushes you out of your comfort zone. Hey Laura: keep pushing him...
idd love to try a few of those american style ski resorts one day but im also well aware we dont need much more having the alps close. props on the pronounciation of Stubaijer.
There is nothing like skiing in the Alps :-) Especially Austria. I’ve also been to Breckenridge and Vail in the US and Whistler in Canada. It was amazing, but overall less challenging and I missed the après-ski. They don’t prepare each slope every night, except the super easy bunny slopes. Best thing: the snow is so fluffy, like real powder. Best ‘tiefschnee’ ever!
That’s an awesome video love the videography greetings from Innsbruck ( city about 45min from Stubaier Gletscher ) !! Always crazy to hear someone does not Ski when I literally ski since I remember 🙌🏼 and yeah she is right wear a helmet no one here skis without helmet and just a week a go a pro without helmet died just because of that !!!
Alp kids are far to fast for you so there was never a risk that you could hit one of them. Btw. the "fancy" drag lift did exist in the Rockies or even in the White Mountains in NH.
Nalf, Next step, keep you shoulders and line of sight focused down the mountain along your axis of descent at all times and let the lower body form the turns. This will give you better control.
Don't worry about that Argentinian child. I once got knocked off the mountain by a Swiss skier with full force. It must've looked like a comedy movie, since us kids all stood in a row - then suddenly a red flash - and I'm gone from the group. XD I didn't actually mind the crash. What really sucked was that I had to climb all the way up to my group again.
By the way, Nalf, the ultimate skiing song is "Schifoan" by Wolfgang Ambros. Just mentioning it, since the Stubai-valley is also mentioned in the lyrics! That's the track I hear every time I'm driving down a slope. It's in a Viennese dialect, so I imagine you'll have trouble understanding it, but it's just such a ridiculous, ridiculous feel-good song. :D --> ruclips.net/video/mNkEs0bEe9s/видео.html
I grew up in the alps, skiing since I was 4 years old. It never came to me that the alps are a very challenging area until I went to Whistler a few years ago. Don´t get me wrong, it was a really cool holiday and a great and satisfying skiing event. But it could not live up to steepness, harshness and difficulty of the alps, not at any moment. If you have ever been to the Arlberg, Alpe d´Huez or Zermatt, you know what I mean. The alps are king, Summer and Winter, if you know what you are doing.
Agree. Whistler have amazing snow conditions though, and I have had the best powder experience there. But compared to the alps, the mountains are pretty tame and the apres ski is so so.
really, that makes me better skier then I thought, I love the black lines in the alps.. never skied any where else...
Same here. Born and raised on skis, very close to the Alps. Currently living in Canada, but flying back to Les3Alpes early March. That is an incomparable experience for half the price than anything here. Stubaier gletscher still has a special place in my heart. Have been there like 10 times as a kid. Would love to go back.
Zermatt? Challenging? Steep?! Those "Black" runs are "black" for marketing purposes only! :-)
If you ski since you are 4 it shouldn’t be that hard. I don’t find the alps that hard.
He actually fell twice… first time for Laura, second time in the snow 😄😍
Wait what, I thought there were just hanging out dis I miss sth??
@@spaceowl5957 they are clearly not just "hanging out" :D
Laura is very positive and encouraging. A good friend to have. You were also so open to trying to do this and humble about your ability. It is nice to see. You both make me want to try to do something that I cannot do.
What a nice comment :)
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“I only fell once, when I was distracted of how beautiful the view was.” cut to Laura’s face :)
Great catch.
Is it love, that NALF is feeling? 😍💞
@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 The Nalf feeling of love only occurs when he is tackling someone.
@@mojojim6458, I meant "Is it love, that NALF's feeling", as opposed to "Is it love, that I'm feeling", not "Is it the NALF feeling".
@@DavidWilliams-DSW558 I amended my post to read as above. Sorry to be so inexact.
My husband also learnt skiing when he was already in his twenties. Except for that one time when he didn't get the corner and went down the snowboard run with half-pipe and multiple jumps, he did pretty well. I will never forget when I looked behind me and he wasn't there anymore, then suddenly he appeared mid-air to the left of me. It was epic.
Hi Nick, this a really a super pleasant video. Many of your followers, me too, remember their performance on the slope. I like it that you are not afraid to show that you are not always the perfect athlete. Congrats!
What do ya mean... not perfect.. ?!
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Laura has a distinct German accent speaking English, the way she pronounces vibes (“wibes”) is the best. It’s funny how Speedy has fluent flawless English with perfect pronunciation, Cody is fluent in the Swabian dialect & their child Nalf speaks Hoch Deutsch with a strong American accent.
I didn’t notice the w-sound when she pronounced vibes.
Her English shows signs of at least one year in the US. While she audibly is not a native speaker, she speaks great - nothing to worry about or even be ashamed of.
Nuff said until Nalf has lost his accent in German 😀
@@schlollepop You know immediately Laura’s German when she speaks. Her accent is very noticeable but English is very good just a couple of small slight errors, such as with prepositions. With Speedy (& also with Feli the former German Girl in America) it’s very hard to tell where they are from even when listening carefully. In being told they are not native English speakers most would guess that Speedy and Feli were Danish or Swedish.
I have two friends who have been US citizens since birth and speak no English at all. one lives in Krefeld and other lives in Augsburg. You live you learn😉
@@lexipip8563 I concur, Laura does sound German, with however a very bearable accent. However, being a German myself, it is interesting to see which differences you (as a presumably native English speaker) and me (as a German) each focus on.
You’re so lucky to have this beautiful girl to do fun things with! You will learn a lot from Laura 😉👍🏼
Yes, he already learned how to eat sushi.
@@mojojim6458 And what about the clothes?
@@hannahanna649 wow, maybe she'll make him dress a bit more nicely !?
@@grandmak. It is him who must have this idea ; ))
@@hannahanna649 come on, you know, it will be her who let him think it would be his idea ;)
I'm Argentinian, I was in Tahoe in 2017 and now I realise I survived Nalf lol
Nice to know you’re now a totally reformed & repentant skiing hooligan.
Thanks for the lovely alpine snow scenery in this video & the laughs watching you ski.
You had an excellent ski coach telling you to do turns with pizza, go fast with french fries & most importantly wear a helmet !
Agree with you that T-Bars are horrible, but it’s even more so for snowboarders.
"do turns with pizza & go fast with french fries" Golden!
Snowboarders are horrible :)
@@AndreasDelleske haha, not a snowboarder but as a skier I have some sympathy with them getting on & off chairlifts & dealing with T-Bars, struggling with only one foot strapped to the board. They do have more comfortable boots but sitting en masse in big groups on the snow right at the top of the runs/slopes to do up their bindings after getting off the chairlifts is annoying to skiers. If you really want to avoid snowboarders all together then places like Deer Valley in Utah & a couple of other mountains in the US have a complete ban on all snowboarding. Most snowboarders are cool & chilled out despite their garish jackets & pants & I like watching them “fly” in the terrain park. ⛷🎿🏂
@@libby9433 Yeah sure I have sympathy too, I was joking - still they push all snow downhill on steeper slopes because most of them can't go steep, so they keep the ice for everyone - beautiful.
Laura is adorable. Did I miss the Laura introduction, or did she just materialize in your story out of thin air? I’d love to hear the back story about you guys!
Absolutely 👍🏻
Number one threat on the gridiron, number one threat on the ski slope.
Man, Stubaier Gletscher takes a me back to prepandemic times. I really miss skiing, I even recognise all the slopes and lifts! Super nice video, you took me back to my first struggles with the steep slopes and the intimidating mountains and skiers around me
As an American, lived in Switzerland for 5 years and was almost as bad a skier as this guy. Had a few friends that were unbelievably great skiers. All of us went one weekend to Gstaad and one of the better skiers in the group and his wife said “hey, come ski with us today”. I said hey, I’m not that good. They say ‘no problem, just keep up”. Yes, famous last words, cuz I went around all morning skiing WAY over my head.;..too fast, too reckless and these guys were just flying down the mountain. Suddenly, my skis crisscrossed and I barely avoided a complete head plant, but ended up breaking my scapula in the process. Went to an ortho some days later and they said lets just see if it heals on its own. Never did, and I spent about a week in a very lovely 5 star like hospital in Zurich and now have a souvenir for life from my Swiss days with a titianium plate and screws in my left shoulder!
I Just discovered your channel, & cannot stop watching. You both are awesome. Best regards from Argentina.
Linebacker agility: 99
Skiing agility: 9
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That's the same what i thought. :D
Cool down Tommy snow in D'dorf is the stuff that the Dutch deliver.
@@lotharschepers2240 Wait, all the white stuff in the indoor ski hall in D'dorf/Neuss was delivered by the Dutch without the German Federal Police noticing it?
@@raythevagabond3724 German federal police are protecting trainstations, airports and other federal stuff. The German correspondent to the FBI is the BKA and they have the duty to watch out for drug trafficers. Their headquaters is located in Wiesbaden and therefore they think that snow is that frozen rain that they have to shovel out of their way before they could drive from their home in the Taunus hills towards their office in Wiesbaden.
But I was born and raised close to D'dorf before I moved to a small village in the Taunus wher nearly everyone is an employee working for the BKA.
As Austrian and therefore a born skiing expert I´ll give you props...for the 7th time skiing and the very first time on so to say "more challenging terrain" it was pretty good - at least which was shown in the vlog ;-D I would say you just need a bit more practice and as consequence of that a bit more confidence then your body posture on the skies will become a bit more natural and elegant - meaning in particular skiing not that straddle-legged as you did now...but as I already said at the beginning ..You did pretty good for a beginner.
Yep, confidence is key.
I'd say 90% of austrians can't ski
@@myfairlady343 And I´d say you don´t know what you are talking about.
But I presume for you the earth is a disk as well and the moon is made out of cheese.
Just take your pills.
@@michaelgrabner8977 most of the people living in towns can't ski.
99% of vienna Burgeland ans niederösterreich can't ski which makes like 35% of austria. I think 90% is quite good gueswork
@@michaelgrabner8977 ok maby its 50% who can't ski
Laura is so awesome!
This kinda puts into perspective how wild our school trip to Austria was. On our 3rd day of Snowboarding we went down a 2.3k meter mountain in one go, full send and jumping around for a lot of it. Our school didn't give a damn. Wintersports in the Alps are super fun.
Oh man that really brought me back to all the times I went there for skiing early in the season during school and college time. I can even remember all the songs we listened to driving there and back... Great Video! You are actually doing really well for the conditions. I know it's hard with that fresh soft snow on the tracks and the bad visibility, but the better you cope with these conditions, the easier it's going to be on a sunny day with well groomed slopes. Keep doing those trips and you are going to be a professional too very soon!
same situation here, my wife was close to amateur racers and I started skiing at 41, 20 years later the blue slopes are still enough for me but I'm no longer stressed, keep on trying, Laura will love you for sharing her sport....
It's a good thing that Laura's on site
To ensure that safety's done right
Cos the helmet's a must
Lest a move you bust
That lands you head-first in the white
The Schlepplift can be a bit of a drag for the inexperienced skier...
"The Schlepplift can be a bit of a drag" Boooo... get off the stage!
@@Quotenwagnerianer
I guess that's my cue, better run
Or I'll catch rotting fruit by the ton,
Let me just say
Before I go away:
Some girls just want to have pun
* exit, pursued by a pear *
@@isabelle_v rotten pear
Without helmet i would probably have died last year
Awesome! - Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
The mountain view is stunning, and you really did a great job. First time Schlepplift worked out too.- Congrats. 😀
These videos are so cozy and I love the storytelling!
Big up my dude
As a child I went to Stubaier Gletscher every year and learned skiing there. It`s funny to see you guys there :D you are doing great!
So Laura can out hike you and now out ski you. You have some work to do in the training dept. Please feature many more ski videos as the snow gets better and the areas open up. Much envy here from hardcore skier who has been to Tremblant too.
I skied through a toddler ski school my 1st (and last) time skiing. The snow was like mashed potatoes, and I ruined a lot of families videos with my 5-star vocab. Really classy, Miss Crabtree.
Hope someday i can see and touch real snow 🙂🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
😂😂😂💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻thanks for sharing! So proud you came to Austria (where else really) to experience this divine sport!👍👍well done!
Great !!! I loved skiing so much and I miss it with all my heart - I had twice a "Kreuzbandriss" and therfore I stopped skiing 5 years ago after more than 44 years on ski...... Who knows, some day I try it again..... Enjoy it ! And try it again on a sunny weekend - together with LAURA 😍
Aaaargh! Those "T bar" ski lifts! I remember when I was learning to ski near Innsbruck, Austria. I had a pair of ski gloves that you snapped closed around the wrists. Well, after we made it through a long line, my sister and I had to share the same T-bar. She decided to sit on it while I decided to hold it in front of me. It did not go well. Next thing I knew, my sister wasn't there anymore, I wasn't on my skis either but the T-bar had somehow hooked itself underneath the snap on my left ski glove. Thanks to the snap, the glove would not come off. The T-bar dragged me up the slope on my left side with my skis flailing in the snow behind me. Everyone in the line was screaming, "LET GO!!! LET GO!!!" "I'm trying!" I feebly yammered. Finally, the glove came off and my torment was at an end. For an eight year old, it was a humiliating experience. Thanks for dredging up that trauma that I had banished to the furthest reaches of my memory, Nick! 😑
I was wondering if what he was on was a T-Bar but the angle of the shot was bad and from what I could see it didn’t look the same. Also he didn’t say gondola for the 1st lift unless I missed him saying it originally.
You looked so out of your element while talking about what was about to happen, intimidated by everything, the big gondola, the glacier, the Alps, skiing in the Alps, but quite honestly you looked fine on the skis! I'm no skier, but to me it looked pretty solid.
The ending was so beautiful the view and the video was lovely
Don‘t worry NALF - everybody hates a Schlepplift or is at least a little uncomfortable riding one. 😜
Wait till he finds out about the 'Tellerlift'. xD
Actually no... I really like to use "schlepplifts" sometimes ;)
Yeah stick the tbar between the legs as a skier. Though the operators don't like to see it.
As a snowboarder, well, it's bad. At least for me.
Yeah they’re uncomfortable after prolonged use, but it’s not that bad if you have some experience with them
Haha…Laura working hard by supplying Nalf with all these nice travel treats, first to France & now skiing in Austria. She seems to be the one making all the real effort & doing all the work for his affection & his company.
Thanks for beautiful photography. Cheers
At pointer for any non-expert skiers: Occasional falls indicate that you are pushing the envelope and that is how you improve your skills. The day you never fall is the day your skills remained stagnant. For the novice, your arse can be used as an emergency brake - there is no shame in using it!
Was gonna say this as well.
Omg...you are so lucky..skiing in Stubai...woww....you did very very well for your ''expérience''😀👍👍👍......keep practice...you have such a good moniteur😉👍🚡🚡🚡...greeting from Montreal🍁🎆..btw ...Mont Tremblant is almost ready 😉
Laura is totally right. You look really cool in that gear. ;D
Oh Nick, never mess with momma bears!!! By the way congrats to Mikey and the Oregon State Beavers becoming Bowl eligible by beating your brother Joeys alma mater Stanford. I’m sure your dad Phil and mom Kelly are happy as well being alums. 🦫👍🙂
Skiing in the Alps is the best! I looked like you the first time. It was in Zermatt, Switzerland and my first run was solid ice, but I loved it there. Thanks for such a fun video. Looking forward to more like this. ⛷💙
Elegance comes all by itself….. and time. 😎 well done 👍👍👍
I can relate In the US parlance you went up on a T-Bar to the bunny slope, but good on you for giving it a whirl. I used to take my German nieces and nephews skiing at Garmisch at the Armed Forces recreation center. Man did they show me up. They were skiing since they could walk and we would meet at the Chalet after I conquered the bunny slope and they conquered what In the US would be the black diamond. The last time we were in Germany we went cross country or langlauf. I break too easily now.
As others have observed, Laura should dress you. Perhaps if she had you would have been in sartorial splendor at the wedding in Italy.
Hey Nalf, i know you were just joking but good that you wore a helmet. I know it seems unlikely but people die during skiing all the time even in tourist areas where it is "safe".
Father of a friend of mine went skiing during the Christmas holidays with his family and he never came back. It was absolutely devastating. So yeah, wear a helmet guys.
Thanks for posting this excellent reminder.
Also, my grampa once drank water, and later he died.
@@ericminch well dumb comparison but thanks.
Beer is very useful when skiing. If you drink enough, curves are a lot easier.
Ski Season in the Alps ⛷. Your friend shared with you a perfect experience and thank you for sharing with us. Wow! You were really good for someone who has only skied 7 times. She is really good 👍
I'm ols enough that I started to learn skiing with wooden skis and leather boots. The next time I had to ski with leather boots had been winter alpine training in the army. Funny to ski with 25 kg on your back and without a slope in deep snow.
Me too, except the army ! What a nightmare those leather boots, wet or frozen, to adjust after a while !
So cool the new boots and ski, so easy to put, only some click for the boots and a big foot one for the ski.
And we had to wax our skis, right? Depending on whether the snow was dry or damp. Or whether we were going downhill or cross-country. Ach, das waren Tagen!
Great job, Nick ! Now imagine how much you will impress everybody when you go up next time in beautiful weather !
Funny - I learned to ski on the Stubaier Gletscher when I was 7 years old and I even remember that cross at 3:10
To achieve the accurate german skiing experience you also have to get trashed along the way and eating portions double the size you get normally
Laura is a really great addition to your channel.
Nalf is actually pretty lucky to have a friend like Laura. I truly enjoyed looking these videos. Great Job.
I had the Schlepplift hanging in my jacket once when I wanted to get out... Thankfully that there usually somewhen is a light barrier that stops the whole lift. But you feel pretty humilated when that happens...
I got it into the rope of my backpack. I could escape, but the backpack peacefully turned and descended quietly. It was the most photographed backpack of the day and was wildly laughed at...
I finally picked it up at the Talstation.
@@juliaclaire42 So it was actually easier to go down. Great service!
Nice fun skiing video and Laura and you did great. Season start so looking forward to more skiing ⛷ videos and mountain 🏔 sights! Hals und Beinbruch (a german saying: ask Laura😊)
Stubai!!! YES!!!! awesome skiing there!! I also really really hope you guys got vaxinated and tested!! Austria is really not safe at the moment!!
also, Laura is really smart. love the helmet comment.
also again, I went skiing in Colorado once (it was great) and the lifts there are a joke! to get to the highest point you had to sit in a single seat lift with NO safety barrier thing. longest minutes of my life!! and the 4 seat didn't even have a weather shield!
anyhoo. yes, we are very protective of our skilifts in Austria.
The first time on a Schlepplift I fell out of it halfway up :-) severel times... you did great!
Me too. There is a strong idea in the mind that you can sit on it.
Fall is the worst time of the year for skiing because there are way too many people for very few ski slopes which makes the slopes bumpy and packed. (even summer is better, but next time try winter 😂)
Mad as i too was in stubai glacier last weekend coaching alpine racing. Only got home late Sunday night!
The lift-editing was on another level
crazy just found ur channel and its super interesting haha. Stubai is probably the easiest glacier of all to ski but probably not for a beginner i guess. Try skiwelt in Söll there are some beginner but also advanced tracks :D
Nice job skiing, especially in such nasty weather conditions. The best part of these days is the après-ski. Indoors.
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For your eighth time on ski, you did fantastic! This kind of light is not super comfortable because you need to go without seeing the snow details much..
But a good learning exercise. When you don't know whether it's going up or down you will take the correct position: Knees lightly bent and always alert to take a bump or dip.
My cousins are from this area, I go skiing there often as well :)
Wonderful fun video but I am quite sure that the beer is healthier and more natural than the artificial protein bar.
You should go back when the sky is blue - it's absolutely stunning. And so's the scenery ;-)
Schiiiiiii foan!
Also amazing that you young'uns use actual skis and not the "usual" snowboard.
So awesome very cute couple. Very good job I miss europe
Welcome my dude. Enjoy your stay
First time I've stood on skies was 4 years ago. I feel very comfortable running down the slope now but at the begging my instructor told me to spend my money on summer holiday :D.
Fell off a T bar a time or two ,the secret of staying on is that both people lean toward each other at the shoulder.
If nobody tells you it gets a little wild till the fall.
Good job NALF. Your dream to ski on the Alps one day is now a reality. And also you gad good time. So all in all it is a win win day.
Thank you for sharing this great video. ❤👍
The music when Nalf skies! :D That really made me laugh :D
what a coincidence, i also went skiing on the Stubaier Gletscher from the 17th till today. I just came home now and see this lmao
Prima! Stubai always so so so cold every time I visit.
so happy to see a non pro skiing on alps! i too am very intimidated but always wanna try 😂
Loved when she said “foggy vibes”!!
Kinnas was ihr da seht nennt man Schnee ! Damals gabs den schon im Oktober .
Und wer erinnert sich nicht "gerne" an den Winter 1978/79
You can never look too stupid as a beginner if it helps avoiding a broken back. Definetly a smart choice.
Great fun Nick. I am laughing as you look like you are about to take a dump at every turn. As Laura points out "not so great form." Boy, she's great: really pushes you out of your comfort zone. Hey Laura: keep pushing him...
Am I jealous or what?!?!?! Looking forward to ski-holidays in january 🤞
These were actually good conditions. Sometimes at the end of the day there is only the pure ice left on exactly this slope. :)
You did very well! As an athlete you know: the more practice, the more fun...
idd love to try a few of those american style ski resorts one day but im also well aware we dont need much more having the alps close. props on the pronounciation of Stubaijer.
There is nothing like skiing in the Alps :-) Especially Austria. I’ve also been to Breckenridge and Vail in the US and Whistler in Canada. It was amazing, but overall less challenging and I missed the après-ski. They don’t prepare each slope every night, except the super easy bunny slopes. Best thing: the snow is so fluffy, like real powder. Best ‘tiefschnee’ ever!
Oh please make a video of trying to get down the Streif in Kitzbühel 😄👍
Aaah I needed some majestic scenery after waking up from a dream in which I was being smothered with a pillow 🤷🏻♂️
That’s an awesome video love the videography greetings from Innsbruck ( city about 45min from Stubaier Gletscher ) !! Always crazy to hear someone does not Ski when I literally ski since I remember 🙌🏼 and yeah she is right wear a helmet no one here skis without helmet and just a week a go a pro without helmet died just because of that !!!
man i love nalf vids
Alp kids are far to fast for you so there was never a risk that you could hit one of them. Btw. the "fancy" drag lift did exist in the Rockies or even in the White Mountains in NH.
I knew it's Stubai just by seeing these tunnels 0:39! xD
Nalf, Next step, keep you shoulders and line of sight focused down the mountain along your axis of descent at all times and let the lower body form the turns. This will give you better control.
What the heck is going on at Lake Tahoe? It is so often that you hear of accidents, yard sales, beginners mistakenly getting on black runs from there.
Don't worry about that Argentinian child. I once got knocked off the mountain by a Swiss skier with full force. It must've looked like a comedy movie, since us kids all stood in a row - then suddenly a red flash - and I'm gone from the group. XD
I didn't actually mind the crash. What really sucked was that I had to climb all the way up to my group again.
Awesome!!! Well done 👍
All I see are the bliss and magnificence
Beautiful socks, Laura was shurely impressed 👍😉
I think I might have seen you at the Christmas Market in Innsbruck a few days ago🤔😅
Beer is never unhealthy, you missunderstood something, if you ever come to bamberg I will show you how healthy it is.
By the way, Nalf, the ultimate skiing song is "Schifoan" by Wolfgang Ambros. Just mentioning it, since the Stubai-valley is also mentioned in the lyrics!
That's the track I hear every time I'm driving down a slope. It's in a Viennese dialect, so I imagine you'll have trouble understanding it, but it's just such a ridiculous, ridiculous feel-good song. :D --> ruclips.net/video/mNkEs0bEe9s/видео.html