Ski prams: the latest trend?

Skiing with a pram

For true skiers, it’s a no-brainer: as soon as their offspring are old enough, it’s off to the ski school to follow in their parents’ tracks. Unfortunately, you have to wait until those pesky tots learn how to walk before you can get them on the slopes, an inconvenient and annoying factor that often pushes the skiing start date back by as much as a year or two! Well, if you don’t want to wait that long or you’re reluctant to put the kids in childcare, Priam might have the answer. This company has designed a pram collection with mini-skis in the place of wheels, allowing you to transport your baby over the snow!

This pram lets you ski with your baby

Priam has come out with a collection of prams that offer mini-skis to replace the front wheels, thus (theoretically) allowing parents to ski with their babies. Prams can be carried on the gondola and transfer easily to the slopes. This exciting project is still in the test phase – the prams you see in this video DO NOT CONTAIN BABIES and you shouldn’t attempt to ski along with your baby in these prams yet. However, it’s a ray of hope for parents who struggle to find childcare or simply wish to share the joy of skiing with their children.

Ski prams: totally awesome, or problematic and unsafe?

The thing about skiing is that it’s unpredictable – you never know when you’re about to hit a bump or if one of them crazy snowboarders is going to crash into you. Canadian company Polar Stroller has taken a slightly different tack and is marketing prams whose mini-skis are used to push the pram over the snow, like a sledge. Safer, but not nearly as cool!

How old should my kids be when they learn to ski or snowboard?

It’s true that kids seem to pick up skiing and snowboarding much faster than adults, but they won’t learn to ski by being chauffeured down the slopes. If you’re really eager, your children can start learning at the tender age of 3. Many ski schools also offer ski kindergartens for tots who are too young to start skiing. And let’s be honest, even your 3-year-old probably won’t be a star skier after a week of ski school (although we can dream). But those days that they spend playing in the snow, getting exercise and fresh air, will set them on the right path towards future skiing stardom!

Skiing with a pram

For true skiers, it’s a no-brainer: as soon as their offspring are old enough, it’s off to the ski school to follow in their parents’ tracks. Unfortunately, you have to wait until those pesky tots learn how to walk before you can get them on the slopes, an inconvenient and annoying factor that often pushes the skiing start date back by as much as a year or two! Well, if you don’t want to wait that long or you’re reluctant to put the kids in childcare, Priam might have the answer. This company has designed a pram collection with mini-skis in the place of wheels, allowing you to transport your baby over the snow!

This pram lets you ski with your baby

Priam has come out with a collection of prams that offer mini-skis to replace the front wheels, thus (theoretically) allowing parents to ski with their babies. Prams can be carried on the gondola and transfer easily to the slopes. This exciting project is still in the test phase – the prams you see in this video DO NOT CONTAIN BABIES and you shouldn’t attempt to ski along with your baby in these prams yet. However, it’s a ray of hope for parents who struggle to find childcare or simply wish to share the joy of skiing with their children.

Ski prams: totally awesome, or problematic and unsafe?

The thing about skiing is that it’s unpredictable – you never know when you’re about to hit a bump or if one of them crazy snowboarders is going to crash into you. Canadian company Polar Stroller has taken a slightly different tack and is marketing prams whose mini-skis are used to push the pram over the snow, like a sledge. Safer, but not nearly as cool!

How old should my kids be when they learn to ski or snowboard?

It’s true that kids seem to pick up skiing and snowboarding much faster than adults, but they won’t learn to ski by being chauffeured down the slopes. If you’re really eager, your children can start learning at the tender age of 3. Many ski schools also offer ski kindergartens for tots who are too young to start skiing. And let’s be honest, even your 3-year-old probably won’t be a star skier after a week of ski school (although we can dream). But those days that they spend playing in the snow, getting exercise and fresh air, will set them on the right path towards future skiing stardom!