Repeating my story from the "Where did you start skiimg" thread below. Adding explicit age makers here
Mid-90's cross country ski (first & last time to date) - early-20s
Mid-00s reset with snowboard - early-30s.
Switch to skiing 2013-14 season - 40
Still skiing and not going back to snowboard - this season - 44
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I moved from spending a couple of years in grad-school in Cleveland to the Bay area back in the mid-90s. My wife (girlfriend at the time) and I decided we should check out skiing at Tahoe. With no real internet at the time for reviews/feedback- we heard that cross-country skiing had no crowds and is the way to start!
Showed up at Royal George in jeans and heavy winter jacket (gaper++). I knew how to roller skate, roller blade and ice skate, how hard could this be?! Signed up for a beginner package- the usual lesson+ rental+ ticket. Clicked in to rental Telemark skis and went bombing down to the lesson area from the rental. Halfway down realised could not stop- crashed into something at the bottom. The instructor picked me up and asked me if I was there for the lesson.
Didn't ski again for many years. Fresh start in around 2005 at Diamond Peak, but with snowboard. Daughter introduced to skiing, also at Diamond Peak, around 2006 when she was 4. She got really into it 2010-11 season at Sierra and we've been averaging 25-30 days a season since. I switched to skis 3 seasons ago and have not been on a snowboard since.
We now consider Sierra our home mountain (with soft spot for Diamond Peak) but also love everything Tahoe!