Skis for a child should be chosen depending on his age, height and ability to ride. The price and brand of skis are less important. Complete with skis you need to buy bindings, ski boots and ski poles. You can find out the length of the skis from the seller, and the type of skis - skate, classic or universal - will have to be chosen according to your taste.
It is necessary
You should know your child's height in cm and their shoe size
Instructions
Step 1
Skis from different manufacturers have different structures and characteristics, but for a non-professional the difference is practically not noticeable, skis of all manufacturers are quite suitable for walks in the forest and school physical education lessons. Even inexpensive skis can work for a child, but not all skis will make a child feel confident. With the wrong choice of skis, the child will quickly get tired, often fall and lag behind his classmates. What really matters is the choice between classic notched skis and non-notched skating skis. The first skis in life for a preschooler can be bought for children, with mounts for ordinary children's shoes. These kids' skis are usually sold complete with bindings and poles.
Step 2
For a child of elementary school age, you need to buy real skis with bindings for ski boots. For walks with parents on the trail in the forest and school physical education lessons, classic notched skis are suitable. At a low skiing speed, such skis have no recoil, that is, they will not slide back and the child will not waste extra effort. The disadvantage of these skis is that in warm weather near zero, wet snow sticks to the notch, slowing down movement. In addition to skis, you need to purchase ski boots, bindings and ski poles. For ski boots, thermal insulation is important; choose boots with an inner membrane of the Gore-tex type, which protects from cold and getting wet, so that the child does not catch a cold. Bindings for ski boots are sold separately and are installed on skis in large sports stores, as well as in metal repair departments of households. The length of skis and ski poles is calculated according to the height of the child - the skis should be 20 cm longer than the child's height in cm, and the poles for classic skis should be the other way around, shorter than the child's height by 25 cm. For example, a child with a height of 130 cm will fit skis with a length of 150 cm and sticks with a length of 105 cm.
Step 3
If the child has already got used to the track, does not fall at every step and wants to skate faster, buy him skis without notches for skating. On these skis you can feel real speed! Skating skis should have a sharp edge around the edges so that the skis do not slide sideways across the direction of travel. Skating skis should be 15 cm longer than a child's height, and skating poles should be 20 cm shorter than a child's height. For example, a child with a height of 150 cm will fit skis 165 cm long and 130 cm long poles.
