What ski racing discipline is the easiest to pick up and do okay at?

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I’m thinking maybe it’s slalom or giant slalom since you aren’t going very fast. What do you think? Is it possible to start ski racing as a 20ish guy? How would you start? Are there any stories of people getting good (not necessarily a pro, I would guess that is not possible) at a relatively late age?

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Willie D - May 9th, 2009 at 11:57 am
GS is usually the easiest. Most people start with GS and many NASTAR races are GS as well. I’d say 90% of my races in HS and college were GS races as well. You also get a very good base to move to other types of racing if you learn GS first.

Slalom is a lot tougher than it looks and I actually think Super-G is easier to learn than Slalom. Downhill is a piece of cake if you have the balls to go that fast. The first time I ran the DH run at Whiteface I was like “HOLY S#!T!” and I was just doing it for fun on a set of 200s. I tucked most of it but I pulled up a few times because I got nervous.

Have Fun and Good Luck!!