10 Reasons You Should Visit An Indoor Slope Before You Take To The Real Slopes

We all love the idea of skiing seamlessly down The Alps, but here are 10 reasons why you should practise indoors first.

1) Because you don't want to be this guy on your first outdoor lesson

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We all know it takes time to learn how to control both feet separately, but this is not how you want to start your first lesson with your good looking instructor.

2) If you don't have practise lessons before you go, there will be toddlers that are better than you

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Because they've been whisked off to Canada to Ski every April and October since they were an embryo.

3) You want to be able to show off without looking stupid

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You want to be able to bust some moves on the slopes to show off to the pretty girl from the Chalet next to yours. You don't want to do it whilst taking out another skier.

4) You want to practise this

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If you have a go at this before you set off for the snowy slopes, you might even be able to get a group of people together and perfect what we like to call the 'Are-You-Mad-Somersault-Over-A-Hill' manoeuvre.

5) You'll learn how to walk in Skis

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You definitely don't want to be this guy.. He obviously didn't practise before putting his skis on...and then demolishing them against a lamppost.

6) You can learn how to jump with your skis intact

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You've been working up to it and you decide to finally give it a go. Let's be honest, it doesn't look cool when both skis fly off and you land face first in the snow.

7) You want to be able to confidently ski at all times of day

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No, you can't ski in the dark at an indoor slope, admittedly, but at least you'll have the confidence to, well, not do this!

8) You can ski past the novices, with added swag

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Blow them a kiss, give them a wink, who cares, as long as you're better than them!

9) You'll be a better skier after one lesson, than this gymnast is after years of practise

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We're not too sure what to say here other than...ouch!?

10) You'll find that if you have indoor lessons first, it's just more FUN!

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You will be able to ski, you won't hurt yourself as easily and indoor skiing on real snow is just pretty damn brilliant!