I think that about a lot of winter sports tbh. Like, how does anyone become professional in moguls without having artificial knees?
When I was in Austria on some of the slopes there were kids as young as 3 learning to ski while adults with death blades on their feet whizzed past at like 30kmph. I was terrified I'd knock into one of them but their parents didn't seem to give any ****s and had left them with an instructor.
All Winter Olympics sports bar curling seem dangerous as ****.
Yeah I had the same experience as Switzerland. Although apparently, it's actually really, really easy for kid's bodies to handle skiing. Low centre of gravity, more flexible etc., so it's not the muscle-killing nightmare that learning it is as an adult. So you just get parades of 7 year olds casually whizzing down the orange pistes which would basically be certain injury for a beginner.
Apparently Dirk Nannes is commentating the moguls as he used to be a handy skier. I also read it's harder on the back, despite the fact it looks like their knees are about to fly off.
I appreciate it's easier for them (some don't even use the poles) but all the low center of gravity and flexibility can't help you if a fully grown adult slams into you. Personally would never let my kids on a slope that has adults (especially beginner adults) on it.
