“Don’t worry about the people up the slope; they have to give way for you. Okay?” she says, looking over her shoulder.
You nod, averting your eyes from someone racing down. You can see they nimbly dodged around other skiers before you do.
As you get closer to the bottom, you feel a bit more confident and pick up some speed, knowing that if you lose control there’s only a little way to go to flat ground. There’s a large crowd at the bottom. Some people are in line for the lifts while others are standing around talking. Some are waiting with cameras for friends and family to come down the slope.
“Come on, lets go around again,” says mum.