A list would be helpful, I've peeked before to see which one's I want to get and which one's are meh... ;-)
I think I went skiing for the first time when I was about 16. With my sportivity, feeling or sports (none) I kinda sucked at it. Like, I cannot "just" learn it, I stink at sports. So first experience with a bf who was like "you'll learn while doing it" was super bad. Later on I tried again with a friend who understood the need to learn the basics first, so one feels confident enought to start, after that I took some lessons.
I still stink, but I can take the red routes quite ok. Will still feel all my bones and muscles after a few days, but it's way better than it was. Mostly, I enjoy it now. :) :) Also, quite a fun family activity. The elder 2 are already quite good, the eldest prolly better than me, but he's a pre-teen and was laying down everywhere in the snow whenever he could...
Mostly when he was waiting for me, lol.