American Reacts to Norwegian Children Skiing

[@emilianilsson3729]

I am Swedish and I sarted skiing when I was 2 or 3 years old and my siblings too. Both in norway and Sweden it is common to sart skiing in a young age.

[@sylface86]

nah the sweds are the less talented people in the world we are next to japan in talents while sweds are next to the north pole as talents the only thing they good at are sliding on their belly like penguins xD

[@tst6735]

Hvor har du når Oddvar Brå brakk staven? Hææ!

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

@@tst6735 nowhere... water maybe :)

[@jankleven7674]

We learned without ski-poles. Just for training the balance! Suppose you did the same?

[@emilianilsson3729]

@@jankleven7674 Yes I started using ski-poles after a cupel of years.

[@donquixote1502]

Please give these children a shout out for their English skills. You will meet children like these all over the Nordics. Our children are the best we have and we love them ❤

[@pal-renetrrestad1503]

Remember that many norwegian starts with cross-country skiing when they are 2-3 years. First time my kids tried downhill skiing they was 5 years old. I started with snowboarding when I was 7 years old.

[@Kriss_941]

Remember my friend and his older brother had their youngest brother go off the biggest jump at the smaller local slope when he was just 4 years old lol Little kid had a blast (even though he did land pretty hard), but the parents were not so happy about it...

[@ditchcomfort]

This is Norwegians at the best 👌🏻 Cheer from Norway 🇳🇴 This is what life is all about. The outdoors !

[@oxyaction]

This is Hafjell, where some skiing where held during the olympics in '94. You see the guy with a torch in the background hill cut out in the forest, in the jumping-clips. It was done for the olympics and is still maintained.

[@OriginalPuro]

Fakkelmannen (The torch man) is great, it's like a modern stone carving (helleristning).

[@larsegenes6031]

Roughly the same population of Colorado who has had 1 winter Olympic gold medalist and Norway has more then every other country on the planet. Also have the greatest chess player ever, the world's best soccer player and multiple winners of the world's strongest man competition. Our two greatest Presidents Washington and Jefferson were of Norwegian descent... Not bad from a tiny little country.

[@donquixote1502]

I'm Swedish, my three children started downhill-skiing at age 2. It was our best Hollidays think all of us ⛷

[@evelynlygre6547]

In Norway it`s not unusual for kids to start skiing at 2-3 yars old.

[@MrDonCoyote]

It is quite common, actually, as it's both a fun and educational kindergarten activity.

[@norboost]

Even as a norwegian it has always seemed crazy to me when people push their 2 year old off the top of a hill on slalom skis :P Glhf I guess

[@peterc.1618]

So if you don't know what present to give your Norwegian friend's newborn baby, anything skiing related would go down well.😀

[@VidarLund-k5q]

​@@peterc.1618Not necessary. We're born with skis om our feet. And a rucksack.

[@peterc.1618]

@@VidarLund-k5q I feel sorry for your women having to give birth to all that lot. 😀 I'm not surprised you have such generous maternity leave, she needs it to recover.

[@mammastenhjerte]

Nordic kindergartens provide children real freedom of movement, learning how their body can move and developing great body motor skills early, add the creativity and development of their minds that playing outside gives children, Norwegians parents ease that their children might get a bit hurt, but will learn from it and a love for the outdoors and you get a country dominating in winter sports. No bard word for Søta bror, they rule the ice hockey rinks and have some bad ass skiers!

[@Hysemannen]

Jessica Diggings (Jessie) is one of the most popular crosscountry skier in Norway, and one of the best. She is from the US. You should do a program on here. She is also drop dead gourguess, and always smiling.

[@ShaneBoy]

5:05 the buff is realy common yes.

[@odindahle]

Its actually common in the US aswell. Also for sun protection.

[@GreyMinerva]

A "buff" is just a tube scarf, they're super-duper common in Norway, especially for kids as a normal, long scarf will often get tangled in stuff, come undone, fall off etc., not to mention the increased risk of having it get caught on stuff and prove a strangulation hazard. A tube scarf CAN get caught on stuff too, of course, but it's much tighter and not flapping around so it's much safer. You can use it as a hat, as a scarf, or both. (I got my first cross country skis at 2, but I never really fell in love with skiing and have only done proper downhill skiing once. I blame it on my parents - they never really went skiing so it was just compulsory school ski trips which was torture for the least skilled. 🤪)

[@whiskeythedog578]

The plow: You dont want to turn the skis in. You kick the heels out, or the back off the skies, as the kids said. Big differance.

[@arnegerhardsen3755]

Dear Tyler. It's a lot of young children who really are extremely good at down hill skeeing, and in Norway it's common for a lot of children to join their parents and go out in down hill skeeing as a little kid. It's not very easy, but with steady boots and wide alpin skis it's significantly easier to learn than on narrow cross country skis in varying trails with movable binders. The most importent is that the small children themselves is the most motivated person in such a team. My wife and I we loved to play with our small children in the winter-times. Best Regards from Arne in Norway

[@Passioakka]

Swede here and started skiing (cross-country skiing) when I was about 3 yrs old. Due to my parents circumstances I did not start downhill skiing until I was 13 yrs old (well, stood on my dads ski when I was 3-4 yrs old downhill when he was younger and still in physical condition) but I am glad I did, so much fun! I am sad that me and my hubby did not go on with it but we do not have any good slopes around where we live and it is quite expensive, especially with a bunch of kids. Had been a blast to go downhill skiing with our kids! You know, kids are so much more flexible in their bodies and more fearless than adults = easy learners. It is much harder to learn physical stuff when you get older. You got it right with carving controlling the speed. If you go straight down, downhill skiing race, it is harder to control and in the slopes you are resposible to not smashing into the skiiers beneath you in the slope, so you have to be really good at skiing to avoid that. Strong legs, balance and a happy mind...you get a lot of benefiths from skiing...and exercise and it is NOT to late to start for you!

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Wherever there is snow and there are slopes, kids ski. Across Canada, Scandinavia, Bavaria, and the Alpine areas of Europe; in Hokkaido, and even South Island New Zealand, kids ski as soon as they can walk. In areas of the US, too. Kai Jones, who started skiing at aged three, became one of the world's best junior wild skiers at aged 10. He's from Wyoming. You need to get out more!

[@espekelu3460]

If you go to a winter resort, I think you will find many off these kids. I started when I was 7 on skis made of wood, with rat trap binding, and leather boot. The first time a had fiberglass skis in was 9, and i still skiing down the sloops at 62.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

These are above average. But I do remember when I was about 10-11 years old we skied on slalom skies (if that is what they are called in English) trough really heavy forests. And it was steep!! And at the end of our "homemade" slope we bulit jumps...I think we landed at about 25 meters. How no one was seriously hurt...I have no clue. :) I'm 52 now, by the way. And we didn't have helmets and stuff. There was a few stiches needed sometimes. But otherwise...nothing serious.

[@Atlas_Redux]

Not above average. It depends on region though. But if you live in the south, sure you would think so. But even a tad up north of Oslo, everyone can go in black slopes from age 6.

[@TomKirkemo-l5c]

@@Atlas_Redux I live little over an hour north east of Oslo. I used to be relatively ok when it came to speed. Not "speed"...you know what I mean. :D But not trick skiing. But when we wasn't scraping bark off the roots of trees locally we used to go to Trysil. Black slopes are ok, I just never learned to do 360's and things like that. :)

[@dannyboy1789]

@@Atlas_Redux Completely untrue.

[@norXmal]

@@Atlas_Redux I'd say from my experience here in Oslo, at least one of them were above average, most school classes will have a handful of kids that are "willing" or capable to try to learn and do tricks, use rails(box rails included) or go off track into the forests, from my experience it has mainly been the boys doing it. I definitely don't agree that all kids do black slopes, at least not with the school class trips we did that included other schools, I'd say the majority of the kids didn't. Albeit, definitely more are willing to do black slopes than doing tricks or going to the forest.

[@herr007v9]

Yes, the wood slopes was close to suicide...but we survived 😊

[@ankra12]

Just normal in Norway 😅 Had my first skies at 2 years old.

[@E.i.r.a]

One of my favourite experiences as a Norwegian who has been skiing since kindergarten was when I followed my uncle who is insanely good at skiing off trails, we got as much speed as possible and went up a small hill on the side of the skiing slope that led to large drops and a bunch og places you could jump and do tricks (keep in mind that my uncle had been there before and if you don't know what your doing it could end with injuries if your not careful

[@RobbEsspisi]

Does anyone remember the Minijet skis that we grew up with in the 70's? I just wish we had the same gear these kids have today... Spoiled brats 😅

[@nss-vj1uf]

Yeah, I had some of those back when I was a kid😊 Where I'm from we called them Mini skis. Proper dangerous and fun🙂 I remember I hurt my bottom so much one time I was skiing on those miniskis that I couldn't sit for almost 2 weeks...😅 but it was fun tho😊

[@norXmal]

Used those too, albeit it was called "miniski" as @nss-vj1uf said and was typically at kindergarten or first grades of school, I don't think my butt has ever been that sore other than trying snowboarding for the first time. But, I was somewhat lucky to be born right before Twin-tip skis kicked off, which are my favourite type.

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Spoiled? So it’s the kid’s fault that they have access to to different and newer equipment as opposed to what you had growing up in ancient times?!

[@ML-jz8zi]

You have access to all this information on the internet that your ancestors didn't have? Spoiled brat

[@VulcanM61]

Yep i had a couple pairs of mini skis (Norwegian)

[@stianlarsen1756]

this is actually in Hafjell at my homeplace. Great place to play around skiing and snowboarding

[@pegasus210563]

This is films from Visit Norway, an advertaisment bureau that is payed for adds like this to make foreigners come visit Norway and try some of the cool stuff we do here, beside enjoy the landscape and nature.

[@ewang7038]

I have a cabin at this ski resort. It is called hafjell and is aproximately 2.5 hours away from Oslo. It can definitely recommend skiing here!

[@royivarlarsen7519]

it's never too late to learn to ski 🙂

[@johan.ohgren]

No, but it hurts more the older you are :D

[@yvonneduseund7911]

If you are skiing in minus 10-35 celcius then yes you will cover your entire face both with a buff and preferably some wool too. Or you will get some frost damage.

[@CM-ey7nq]

As a Norwegian who hadn't skied since I was maybe 10 or 12 I was strapped with a pair of skies at 27, It went just fine :)

[@amundbisgaard7295]

Large skiing facilities in Norway have multiple lifts, so you can actually park at one base, then go by one of the slopes to a different base, spend some time there and go back. There are slopes for every difficulty level, and also off-piste areas.

[@LeperMessiah2]

My local ski resort used to have a radar station in the easter so we could check our speed. Personal record 167 km/h

[@Rin._az]

When I started skiing, I was like half a year old. I had to use a harness connected to my mom until the age of 5, due to me never wanting to stop😭

[@mathish100]

I call it a "Head-neck" ,that scarf-thing. I do a lot of cyclo-cross in the winter, and it really keeps you comfortable.

[@jessewhite2879]

I started skiing as far as i can remember and ever since then i`ve been completely hooked.

[@mariannepedersenhagen6760]

Love it ❤ and it's never to late to learn how to ski 😁

[@Sync3ddd]

We used to travel to the slopes during school, snowboard kids and twintip kids in 5th grade.

[@matsvangbo]

Every Kids is like This in Norway 😂

[@jomorken4853]

As a Norwegian skier we used to dream about going to whistler Blackcomb, Vale and those resorts that gets like 8m of snow

[@NicolePazderova-tv7mf]

In pre-school I remember going to this down hill skiing class

[@felicityclark9599]

I would say it’s never too late to start skiing, my grandfather started when he was 67, he saw his grandchildren learning and wanted to learn with them

[@stiglarsson8405]

I do love that they used kids to promote skiing, and those was fantastic! For Americans that not even know what a map is.. I can revele.. its even a north on USA maps! To your surprise.. USA is one of the best winter sport nations in the world, becuse of its mountains, its cold climat in the north and US kids grows up and get used to skiing/skating/any winter activity! Its rather this.. under wich stone have you lived your whole life, to not know that USA is one of the best winter sport nations????

[@thomasdahl2232]

Given that your speed downhill can be 60-70 miles per hour, making those turns to slow down is a must! ;) AND it's fun!

[@Emmasart33]

You dont have to go six sax but it control your speed if you dont do it you go straight down and than you can get hurt🤕 and than it goes super fast .

[@tilmill8962]

I am a Norwegian and i started skiing and snowboarding When I was around 2 yrs⛰️

[@MrAffi329]

I remember being like 11 years old when I hit 72 km/h (around 43 mph)

[@catoeide9185]

At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 405 total medals including 148 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history.

[@jorunnsnrtelandroaldsy1141]

A buff - it's like a long tube you can use both as a scarf and as a hood.

[@joeldetdu2196]

Bro i live in oslo and i have skid since i was like 5years old and i am 40 now. I use to ski in oslo winter park the bigges resort in the city of oslo. If i compare my self to the kids there i really suck at skiing😂 they do filps 900s 1080s i dont even know what to call what they do. They are so skillled!!

[@johan.ohgren]

My little brother and I entered a downhill ski contest, asked our father (sure) and our mother was clueless. Not only did we enter but little brother won, setting a new speed record at age seven. I think it was something like 70 or 80 km/h downhill. i didn't win but i was among the top.

[@anushkasekkingstad1300]

In common with many Norwegians, I was competent on skis by the time I was 2 years old. I loved skiing and was a Norwegian junior ski jump champion at 14. Our 11 year old daughters have only seen 2 winters in their lives and were unhappy about being the only Norwegian children who couldn’t ski. In 2020, we took them up into the mountains and corrected that. This year, my wife and I are pregnant again and will be in Norway until January. Our girls frequently take themselves off into the mountains with friends to have fun sharpening their skills with an instructor. In the Nordics, we treat our children very differently to the average U.S. parent.

[@Dutchgguy1]

Remember, Norway is still on the number 1 spot, of the all time winning nations on Winther Olympics, with a total of 148 golds. Ahead of the USA with 114 gold. On summer olympics Norway is an all time nr. 21, with 61 gold. - Combined mr 9. with 209 golds and a total of 568 medals/ Not shappy, for a nation of 5.5 million people. - Combined the 9th most winning nation. ❄☃

[@NaeniaNightingale]

And plenty of them was won from cheating….

[@herr007v9]

@@NaeniaNightingale sure...get a life 😊

[@vanjanyrudhalvorsen6913]

@@NaeniaNightingale What?

[@janhansen554]

@@NaeniaNightingaleRight.... give us a proof of that.. Give us a link to that.

[@Its.Just.Me013]

I’m from Norway and skiing looks hard but it’s actually easy, and it’s 2 types of skiing

[@trygvehadland9560]

Hi from Norway, as quite an adult I have become more fond of long mountain skitrip.... or back country skiing... with preferably a high mountain peak as a goal, with a long downhill home... When I was younger (in my 20s/30s) I liked the ski slope the best, but after an ego trip down one of the really steep slopes without slowing down.... just follow the ground to see how fast it could go... Only small bumps in the ground made me hover 20-30 meters, it was actually difficult in some places to keep enough contact with the snow to be in control.... I continued down the less steep hill at a very unsafe speed with lots of people around the hill... When I finally got down on the hill I was overtaken by two very angry men on snowmobiles and was told to pack up my things and never show myself on the slopes again.... Sure, that's what I deserved...

[@hildevadfjeldberg6636]

Iam norwegian and a lot of kids are really good

[@audunaa1494]

Byff(or a "headover") tubed skarf

[@ericmyrs]

These kids are better than most adult Norwegians tbh.

[@gretemariekristoffersen6946]

When they skiing downhill it is called SLALOM. That was invented in Norway way back when they jumped from house roofs and went down hill. It started in MORGEDAL, a place in Norway. Most famous man from that time is Sondre Nordheim.

[@GamerPorg]

We also have 2 diffrent types of skis wich are «langrenn and slalom»

[@ehpro-n3g]

My dad started skiing when he was 1 yr old

[@tigerenmars]

Hi, watched several of your videos and thought it was time you checked out some Norwegian music, one I really like is Dagny with somebody (original version).

[@carefreefantasy8522]

I've watched a few videos by Tyler, but I've never seen him drop his jaw this often before, lol

[@tomerikstake9898]

You better take a trip now😁😅 Sun is up from 04am to 1130pm here in Drammen. Not much to see here if u look for something exciting.🙈 But u know what to look for yourself. U know alot now😅

[@naturelovermc]

Children in Norway are born with skis on their feet.⛷️🎿🇳🇴

[@robertalexanderlamey9356]

Skiing and snowboarding is like walking for us. Been doing it since i could walk.

[@GamerPorg]

Here in Norway we have a saying «nordmenn er født med ski på beina» wich means that we are born with Skis on your legs

[@Musky809]

For real

[@adipy8912]

You could've just clicked the "next video" button instead of leaving full screen, clicking on the video and go to full sceen again.

[@skst9357]

In The 1950-1970’s we were good skatters too, in The whole Scandinavia. And We loved The Danish skater Kurt Stille. Althoug he was not super good, but good enough, he never gave up.

[@riittap9121]

Going straight down is called speed skiing. It's totally different from regular downhill skiing, with speed going up to 150mph.

[@amundbisgaard7295]

Jumps are super fun.

[@megatryn]

I was where they were on sunday riding my downhill bike. Hafjell is one of the best places in Europe to ride downhill bikes and it was the season opener last weekend. Also it is said that norwegians are born with skis on their feet.

[@VisitNorway]

love the way you use our video library to make these reaction videos.) we are seriously thinking about making a video just for you and your reactions.) Have a nice summer, and check out the new How To Norway episode about the VIKINGS (available from the 4th of July 2024:)

[@janhjorth965]

Dont forget: these kids could well be On the mountain 4 or 6 hours daily without any parents nearby. Parents would trust the group to find any necessary assistance (but they are taught from a very young age how not to get in trouble). Both mum and dad could be at work in town or on the other side of the resort.

[@trinewestbyejrgensen4838]

You have the kindest eyes ever! 😊

[@kilipaki87oritahiti]

Most can and know how as we are taught from we are very little, tho the majority isn’t necessarily good at it. There’s a difference between a pro (olympics) and those just doing it during easter and winter break for cultural and traditional reasons. In my family growing up during the 90’s and 2000’s we only did cross country skiing which is the traditional way. And it’s usually a division between those who do cross country vs down hill as the latter has been seen as more cool and less lame like cross country. All the cool kids did down hill or snow board. I remember I nagged myself to get a snow board, but it was different compared to skiis so I never learned how to. My brother had twin tip. Tbh I hate skiing in general, and stopped when I was old enough to refuse as prior we were forced to… winter activities in general isn’t my thing. Not even ice skating, tho I love the cold weather.

[@beritmagdalenajohannekuly2980]

Yes we went really fast on skies, making our own jumps ....😅

[@84com83]

1:50 "my brain can´t even comprehend it" (HE REALISES HIS LIMITS!) Give him one point!

[@ngaourapahoe]

They start theory in the cradle.

[@matfhju]

I am always suffecating my leggs when I hitt the slopes 😅😅 my boots are soo tight

[@JustaDude-ok1fm]

5:00 YOU GUYS DONT HAVE BUFFS?!?!??!?!

[@ditchcomfort]

Colorado and the Grand Tetons, amazing places for skiing, and you have some amazing places in general in the US. Just saying… also for the great outdoors.

[@Mrtvj]

Im from norway and i starter skiing when i was 1 year old

[@ovinfrantzen2227]

I have a bøff on while i was watching😂

[@Musky809]

7:17 WHAT I STARTED AT 3-5 YEARS OLD WHAHATTTTTT 😭😭😭😱😱😱🫢🫢😮😮😮😮😮

[@bbtodd]

I don't know why, but I really enjoy these videos on Norway 😂

[@annlillg]

Snack is a part of surviving the environment. It’s cold, you burn extra energy so snacks is really really important ❤

[@lindadrazdiak4461]

They go cross country skiing so fast, I feel like I have glue under my skis.

[@SabianZer0]

I started skiing last winter, and I am 41 so it's not too late for you.

[@dasodaa]

Yeah…this is normal here. My daughter is starting this season, she’s just turned 2 🙂

[@Mother_nature19]

I started skiing when i was at least 2 years old

[@danielhimo2857]

I got my first skis when i was 2

[@ingunnhelen9931]

Tyler, you really need to travel to different parts of your own country. There are lots of places like this in your own country too. I do understand that since you have never skied in your entire life, skiing and ski resorts are not exactly on your mind. Or even something you would consider researching as an option for a vacation. But, if you'd like to learn skiing, there's a ton of ski areas to visit in the US. Colorado ain't the only state in the US with snow and ski resorts. The list is long. You have Lake Tahoe, Mammoth and Squaw valley in California , Jackson Hole in Wyoming, Alta, Snowbird and Deer Valley in Utah, and Stowe in Vermont. In Utah they actually get more powdery snow than here in Norway. Our snow is usually heavier and more wet compared to in the US. But the biggest ski areas in the midwest are actually in Minnesota, and if I remember correctly, they have 18 ski areas in Minnesota alone. Lindsey Vonn, a famous alpine skier grew up in St Paul and just like most Norwegians she actually started skiing when she was only 2 years old. Her mother was of Norwegian ancestry. I have family in Minnesota, and they have a ski slope pretty close to their own house. 😅 And of course, you also have Denali in Alaska. Many Norwegians loves to go heli skiing there, in those rough areas.

[@elinmoftedal]

Men poenget er at dette er en del av kulturen

[@IngridÅsle]

The bøff thing; Norwegians us eevery day in the winter👍🏼but in school and stuff like that er dont have it over our head, just around our neck

[@amundbisgaard7295]

Newsflash, learning how to ski doesn't take that long. The saying goes, Norwegians are born with skis. That means children are given cross country skis as soon as they can walk. You often see children at three in alpine slopes, with parents or instructors, of course. It is common for families to spend the whole day in the alpine slopes, starting during opening hours, and only taking occasional food or hot chocolate breaks. Stopping by sitting down is actually very common, or it's like a controlled crash. Being able to fall comfortably allows you a lot of freedom.

[@jorgoglule1302]

Tradision in my family at least is that you had to learn the plow to earn your first poles

[@WasanaMonslaup]

I am from norway

[@tordlindgren2123]

So when i'm saying i was the slowest at skiing in class, imagine the rest of the class pretty much doing that.

[@SpacesOnAChessBoard]

We Norwegians say we are born with ski’s on our feet. At least here in Trøndelag

[@janhansen554]

It have to be true. Comedian group KLM showed it on tv for many years ago... lol

[@danielhimo2857]

Im 11 and i love skiing and am from norway

[@Eggplant-l7p]

I’m Norwegian and I started when I was 1,5 years old 😳

[@enikan73]

In the slopes there are ALWAYS the MINI MINI kids skiing my s$$ of!!! These kids has the trick short skis and to ski like that that's a must. I don't have those cuz I just not ski enough to put in the money. I rent and mostly go for short skis. Makes it easy.

[@NinaBjornethun]

Cids are not afraid,amd not stiff body. Earlier is neter. I rin down moutens with old tree ski,no helmet and glases,, langrenn skies.. 5 years old..this thing the they have today most of kids did,nt have when i grow up.😂

[@ingunnhast8661]

Yes I guess we all get some skies at our feet early. I can't remember the first time, but I had skies on as far as I can remember in the winter when we had snow. BUT NOT EVERYONE IN NORWAY ARE SO GOOD AS THOSE KIDS, and I will guess a lot of us never get that good. At least I never got that good and I know of many others who never got that good. Actually slalom skiing is easier than cross-country skiing, because of the boots that are stabilizing a lot. I first learned cross-country skiing and later slalom. I learned to go normal skiing and down the hills, but that's all for me... And by the way for grown up people who have never done it before, it's not that easy as it looks like here. And also for kids you have to learn it and it takes some time to handle it for kids too. But as with everything when you do it a lot from you are a little kid, again and again, you start to handle it.