 Poster: A snowHead
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| Christopher, which resorts have you been to ? |
Ive been to Montgenevre and ive fell in love with the place and ive booked us a holiday there this christmas.I thought the instructor was actually rather good, but the group i was in didnt progress as quickly and i didnt want to move up so soon. Hopefully be in a class where i will be more stretched that will be more exciting for myself.
Thanks for the advice. I have had a "heated" conversation with my father, but im going into lessons this year. I might try and worm some private lessons out of him.
When i say my technique is rather good. I imagine it is nothing in comparison to very goos skiiers and many on this forum. But for a 1st week on snow and the majority of others it was rather good. Ive been told i ski very natuarally, whether that was a false statement or not i dont know.
I'd love to be able to ski off piste one day. I want to progress my skiing to improve my turns and increase control on reds/blacks. I love the adrenaline rush and do want to become a rather good skiier. Just for self ambition, im not very good many things but skiing is certainly one of them.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 20-11-07 11:46; edited 3 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Christopher, good luck, and keep at it! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Christopher wrote....."Just for self ambition, i not very good many things but skiing is certainly one of them. "....Your impression of a chinese man is good too. Quick check for understanding here...you have skied for 1 week and you are certainly good at it...or was that a grammar glitch...from what I can see here you will go far within BASI especially when they need to re write the Alpine Manual.
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Christopher, with a different group of students you may well have a much better experience anyway.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Christopher, Good Luck .. and enjoy.
krunchie63, Come on back off , he's obviously young. Your impression of an arrogant instructor is quite good as well 
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Christopher, Good Luck .. and enjoy.
krunchie63, Come on back off , he's obviously young. Your impression of an arrogant instructor is quite good as well |
....I know...I am sorry I was being mean...but I didn't believe these comments were for real....anyway it's good to prepare for the big bad world and getting a bit of gentle abuse from me can only make him stronger. I don't mind you calling me arrogant - I take it as a compliment, thanks.
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Christopher, ESF are a good bunch of instructors (well they were for us lot!) We were complete beginners last December and have since been in April and are going again this Christmas - I think lessons are a must but if you get bored, your instructor(s) is/are rubbish or the group is not suited to your ability, therefore go for private ones - they're not that much more expensive and if you can split the cost, so much the better. My husband had a few private lessons in April coz he didn't get on too well in December and the difference in his skiing was amazing! We're still all taking lessons this year and next year we'll probably take private ones coz we all want to progress to red/black runs (in safety!!) So, stick with lessons!!! Good luck!!
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Surprisingly I'm with you on this one and will add my voice to the bully boy chant, Saint or Nutter? 
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krunchie63,
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| Christopher wrote....."Just for self ambition, i not very good many things but skiing is certainly one of them. "....Your impression of a chinese man is good too. Quick check for understanding here...you have skied for 1 week and you are certainly good at it...or was that a grammar glitch...from what I can see here you will go far within BASI especially when they need to re write the Alpine Manual. |
If you're going to correct others on their English, you're deluded as well as racist.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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slikedges,
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If you're going to correct others on their English, you're deluded
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So true......erm, if you've a spare moment, you couldn't just nip along to the Warneford and round up a couple of docs and an ASW to deal with me, could you?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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If you feel willing to try more lessons I'd say go for privates, IMHO you'll get much better value and attention to your particular areas of weakness.
Lessons aren't everyone's thing I guess but I'm convinced you can't progress beyond a certain level without having them (or some form of coaching), after all you'll find many, if not most, advanced and expert skiers do regular coaching and training. I'm unconvinced by people who say they had a handful of lessons and then learnt to ski brilliantly by imitating people they saw on the slopes, I just don't think it's possible and frankly from personal experience I know I'm not the best judge of my skiing - I don't pick up on all my strengths and weaknesses because I can't see myself ski.
Many people (particularly blokes in my experience) rather overestimate their abilities and whilst they think their skiing is excellent to a trained independent observer it's anything but. A good instructor is trained, and hopefully experienced enough, to pick up on these 'weaknesses', give you advice, exercises and drills to counter them and leave you a better skier.
However if you're happy with the way you ski and think it's great you may be happy sticking with the place you're at. I've noticed many skiers form the UK are perfectly happy with their level of skiing once they reach a reasonable intermediate stage and who am I to say they're wrong! All I can say is I wouldn't have been happy skiing like that for the rest of my time on the hills and I enjoy getting some coaching when I'm away along with the feeling that I'm still expanding my technique; at home I top this up with regular training on dry 
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