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Eurotest training: You'll be a man, my son (a woman my daughter)

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yeah a bit dazed on the hill, a sore neck and a tweaked knee but fine. rag dolled a couple times after crashing at speed coming onto a very steep pitch. Timing gear out tommorrow so plenty of drugs tonight Toofy Grin Toofy Grin
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@skimottaret, Hope you are ok. old bodies don't bounce as easily as younger one's rolling eyes

Not too many drugs incase you get tested wink
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@skimottaret, @SkiPresto, hope you two are OK and fit to continue.
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Anybody have any vids or pics of the track they're using for the test?
G'luck to all snowHead participants.
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Also hoping you pair are ok after your tumbles, and still good to go hard on the timed runs.
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Miss ET training, might go back next Autumn for a bit more fun in support of my other half who is going to get on GS skis this winter. i mis the first time I got on GS skis and into some (lovely warm and comfy :/ ) race boots...

Hope training is going well for everyone with this top up of snow, should cushion the blows from future mishaps Smile
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old bodies don't bounce as easily as younger one's

he's not that old, @stewart woodward wink

All the best for tomorrow, @skimottaret and a rapid recovery from your crash.
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Ouch, @skimottaret! Hope you're both feeling well again soon.
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Ouch, @skimottaret! Hope you're both feeling well again soon.
+1
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@pam w,
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he's not that old,
Oh, not sure about that...
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hot sake needed, Scott san
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@skimottaret, @SkiPresto, hope you two are OK and fit to continue.


+1 and hope all goes well tomorrow.
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Good luck for tomorrow. 😀
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@alq this is our training pitch, not as long as an ET stad but steep on the bit you cant see over the roller

https://vimeo.com/146691753
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and here is an actual Eurotest last season

https://vimeo.com/120418989
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@skimottaret, That looks fun; probably steeper in real life.
Did my first GS-style gates last season in Flaine and it was amazing! Huge angles from the French chaps practicing.

Here's some inspiration for you...just think, "What would Ted do?" snowHead


http://youtube.com/v/33MVJXUwjEY
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ALQ wrote:
@skimottaret, just think, "What would Ted do?"


He'd probably tell the ESF and their eurotest to ''Do One'' for a start Happy
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@PaulC1984, Laughing Laughing
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@PaulC1984, Laughing Laughing


Im not sure what the american is for ''Do One'' but i suspect Admin may have set up a filter for it Happy
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@ALQ, great bit of film - that's a huge long run even at Ligety-Split speed. Edge angles impressive on the POV film. Shocked
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@pam w, There's a slo-mo vid of his run in Alta Badia and his ankles are nearly touching the ground at apex.
Don't know how he does that ... must be made of rubber or something. My instructor said, to get those angles, you need to go a bit faster (he was taking the P*ss out of me french-style) Laughing
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ALQ wrote:
@pam w, There's a slo-mo vid of his run in Alta Badia and his ankles are nearly touching the ground at apex.
Don't know how he does that ... must be made of rubber or something. My instructor said, to get those angles, you need to go a bit faster (he was taking the P*ss out of me french-style) Laughing


Its a mighty fine line between ankles nearly touching and ankles touching and loss of edge grip - I loved that moment, cue fractured wrist and shoulder followed by two operations - yes I loved that day.... Happy
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@PaulC1984, Ouch! i knew there was a reason I played golf.
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ALQ wrote:
@PaulC1984, Ouch! i knew there was a reason I played golf.


Indeed. The worst of it was that I was dual slalom racing, id already won by a country mile and was being cocky around the second to last gate. I learnt my lesson after waking up Happy Embarassed

Still, I got 12 weeks paid sick leave which gave me time to tile the kitchen floor, and the insurance payout plastered the downstairs of the new house - theres always a silver lining Happy (plus I learnt a very valuable lesson obviously!)
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@PaulC1984, Ahem...Madeye-Smiley

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All the best for tomorrow, @skimottaret and a rapid recovery from your crash.
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So what happened???
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ALQ wrote:
So what happened???


The since means 1 of 2 things:

1) Full of injuries (bad day)
2) Full of Alcohol (Good day)

Toofy Grin
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PaulC1984 wrote:
ALQ wrote:
@PaulC1984, Ouch! i knew there was a reason I played golf.


Indeed. The worst of it was that I was dual slalom racing, id already won by a country mile and was being cocky around the second to last gate. I learnt my lesson after waking up Happy Embarassed

Still, I got 12 weeks paid sick leave which gave me time to tile the kitchen floor, and the insurance payout plastered the downstairs of the new house - theres always a silver lining Happy (plus I learnt a very valuable lesson obviously!)


Next time you need to do work on the house just increase edge angle very slightly wink Shocked
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speed098 wrote:
PaulC1984 wrote:
ALQ wrote:
@PaulC1984, Ouch! i knew there was a reason I played golf.


Indeed. The worst of it was that I was dual slalom racing, id already won by a country mile and was being cocky around the second to last gate. I learnt my lesson after waking up Happy Embarassed

Still, I got 12 weeks paid sick leave which gave me time to tile the kitchen floor, and the insurance payout plastered the downstairs of the new house - theres always a silver lining Happy (plus I learnt a very valuable lesson obviously!)


Next time you need to do work on the house just increase edge angle very slightly wink Shocked


Indeed Happy. I run my own ltd company now and my insurance covers me lost earnings and a £30k payout for broken bones incurred commuting or at work. The wife is under strict instructions to bundle me into my car, take me to A&E and claim I was commuting. Quite how I explain the ski boots ive not yet worked out Shocked Toofy Grin
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PaulC1984 wrote:


Indeed Happy. I run my own ltd company now and my insurance covers me lost earnings and a £30k payout for broken bones incurred commuting or at work. The wife is under strict instructions to bundle me into my car, take me to A&E and claim I was commuting. Quite how I explain the ski boots ive not yet worked out Shocked Toofy Grin


You are extremely heavy footed snowHead

But hope you do not break any more bones Skullie
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speed098 wrote:
PaulC1984 wrote:


Indeed Happy. I run my own ltd company now and my insurance covers me lost earnings and a £30k payout for broken bones incurred commuting or at work. The wife is under strict instructions to bundle me into my car, take me to A&E and claim I was commuting. Quite how I explain the ski boots ive not yet worked out Shocked Toofy Grin


You are extremely heavy footed snowHead

But hope you do not break any more bones Skullie



Happy Thanks
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December Eurotest in Alp D'Huez cancelled due to lack of snow.

Masters races in Pila also cancelled for same reason Sad
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yeah a lot of unhappy bunnies... two years on the spin
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Eurotest in Sestola, Italy cancelled Sad
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Hi Hurtle.
Just seen this. Skimottaret is an inspiration. I wasn't quite knocked out. But I didn't know who I was or where I was. I hooked an arm on a flat section gate. As I flew backwards down the slope I feared the worst. I hit the deck on my back and my head slammed the snow. Race helmet saved any major fracture. I picked myself up and looked at the course. "ooh, I think I was skiing that this morning!... Feeling strange. Gates. I could do that..." And so on. The JJC guys were awesome. Very professional. I was like a very bemused drunk man. They picked me up and skied with me down to the bottom of the course and whistled up the pisteurs, who turned up and bundled me on the back of a skidoo. Then they roaered me Up the slope at about 40mph to the top station. I was hanging on. Just.
I had recovered after an hour, but checked in to the Doctor's in Saas-Fee for a checkup. I wanted to be on the safe side if there might be delayed injury or brain swelling or something. Thankfully there wasn't.
The main thing you need to do in Switzerland is ensure they definitely register your EHIC. I showed mine but still had to negotiate with the BMC insurers who eventually refunded the £400 or so doctor fee.
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Ouch! Glad you're OK.
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ALQ wrote:
@skimottaret, That looks fun; probably steeper in real life.


Yeah it is steep, here is the same pitch from a different angle Toofy Grin


http://youtube.com/v/1KJ-FZ9UG8w
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And a World Cupper doing it on SL skis

https://www.facebook.com/SkiZenit/videos/924171397727020/
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@SkiPresto, all set now for another training trip this Autumn? I know you were considering it a few weeks ago.
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