"It’s terrifying losing control, going way to fast to stop, and you can’t just fall backwards out of it. Your strapped in for the ride."
You shouldn't try to fall backward on skis. You should fall to the uphill side.
As a beginner, if you get in to a situation where you start going too fast to confidently stop without falling, you should immediately force yourself to fall to the uphill side.
You only really get in trouble when you go past that point and let yourself get way too much speed to even fall safely. So don't do that.
Slow down often, force yourself to fall if you have to, and stay off slopes you're not ready for. They are color coded for this purpose. Stay on the greens until you're super confident on them, then go with an instructor on the blues.
Worth mentioning here: If you are falling, let go of your poles. The most common ski injury is the thumb, caused when you keep a death-grip on your pole as you go down. You can easily generate enough torque on the pole to dislocate or even break your thumb. Children are often not given poles at all, and this is one of a few reasons for that (the other main one being that it's thought a child can learn better balance that way).
You shouldn't try to fall backward on skis. You should fall to the uphill side.
As a beginner, if you get in to a situation where you start going too fast to confidently stop without falling, you should immediately force yourself to fall to the uphill side.
You only really get in trouble when you go past that point and let yourself get way too much speed to even fall safely. So don't do that.
Slow down often, force yourself to fall if you have to, and stay off slopes you're not ready for. They are color coded for this purpose. Stay on the greens until you're super confident on them, then go with an instructor on the blues.