Poster: A snowHead
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Something that I've been thinking about for a few months now, is that I don't seem to fall when skiing anymore. I do seem to be pushing myself, going off piste, and skiing in variable conditions, but I honestly can't remember the last time that I fell over.
Is this a normal stage to reach, or is it just a symptom that I'm not pushing myself enough?
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Kramer wrote: |
I'm not pushing myself enough? |
No you're not. Get someone to push you over.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kramer, you could just be an amazing skier
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I don't fall on family holidays - even skiing pretty tough stuff (double blacks in powder etc). However speed, steeps, trees and variable snow ( ie power to windpack transitions) make me fall sometimes. However I have seen physically strong but agricultural skiers who can ski this stuff all day with no style and no falls (I am not saying this is you).
no falls no balls IMHO.
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Kramer wrote: |
I honestly can't remember the last time that I fell over. |
If it wasn't memorable, it wasn't worth falling over.
I fell off a ladder a few months ago. That was memorable, in the A&E at UCH!
Apparently, a recent medical study concluded that falling over causes injury and that the risk of skiing injuries is significantly reduced by not falling over. However, as stoatsbrother has pointed out, there is a risk of testicle loss by not falling over.
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stoatsbrother,
I fall a lot. Should I be worried?
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My last proper fall was 3 years ago in Fernie, (I'm not counting the headplant at MK when I was ski testing some stupid snowblade things). I was going ballistic, it was the full on Yard Sale. Just seem to have escaped the falls recently, though come close a few times.
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Spyderman, I guess lots of time on plastic is a major discouragement to falling. (I broke a hand at Hemel many many years ago...)
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Kramer, I noticed towards the end of last season that I hadn't fallen over in off-piste for over a month - whereas I used to fall over 2-3 times a day minimum. The thing I noticed is that I'd become very good at recovering from things that would have previously had me in a heap. So, not only had my skiing improved, but also my internal gyroscope. I've had four falls on alpine kit this season - all in one day and within an hour of each other.
If you want to fall over more then you should take up telemarking. I fall over doing that once or twice every five minutes. I hadn't realised how many extra ways there were to fall over until I stuck telemark skis on.
Hurtle - that'll explain your deep voice and the beard
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You know it makes sense.
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stoatsbrother, Falling on Plastic does smart a bit.
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Kramer, I don't think not falling is a result of an individual not pushing themselves... I rarely fall these days, but not necessarily because of any increase in ability or lack of desire to improve. Most of the time these days I can recover and save myself before a snow inspection, or actually not get myself into a position where I'm likely to fall in the first place. I did have an absolute pearler recently in Soll though, gentle gradient, hero snow, but I caught an edge and had a total yard sale......
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Poster: A snowHead
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I have said that if you dont fall over your not trying hand enough for the last 15yr. BS can confirm.
But i think know that as you get older as was said above self presvation come in to effect.
This can only be proven by the crash i sure to day by a young man.
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stoatsbrother, oh dear, I shouldn't have asked...
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PhillipStanton wrote: |
The thing I noticed is that I'd become very good at recovering from things that would have previously had me in a heap. |
Me nods and waves back. I've become quite good at pulling some spectacular 'wheelies' when I've caught myself out on a bump/slope change and found myself too far back on my (short) skis, always managed to land them so far...
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Think I had 1 fall all last season. This season had 2 on the glacier ice at PSB on the first morning (being in the back seat), none at xmas, and 2 in Austria the other week, 1 a 3/4 forward somersault when I had my weight much too far forward on a jump in Saalbach, and one being stood stationery in Flachau, leaning on my pole resting when FenlandSkier skied past and whacked my pole from under me, the little poo-poo
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Kramer wrote: |
but I honestly can't remember the last time that I fell over.
Is this a normal stage to reach, or is it just a symptom that I have................. |
early onset of Alzheimers?
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Bought new boots last week which seemed to renew my ability to fall on demand or at any particular unexpected part of the run particularly in front of the locals. This generally leads to various comments aimed at the English. Wasn't going to explain the difference at the time, too much snow in my face.
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I haven't fallen on piste for a long time but I have to make lots of recoveries, some big, some small, some, quite frankly, seem to be the result of divine intervention. If you're not falling and you're not having to make recoveries you're probably skiing well inside your envelope - nothing wrong with that, but if you are looking to improve you should thing about pushing a bit harder from time to time. I've skied with Kramer a little bit and I think he has the technique to push harder without becoming a danger to himself or others.
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rob@rar, I guess 'pushing' means different things for different people. For Kramer and you, it probably means trying to go faster, since you can ski all conditions and most gradients. Whereas for the majority of incompetent intermediates like me, it probably means having the guts to tackle something more difficult, be it steeper, deeper or bumpier.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I have plenty of near misses, but always manage to recover them, I've no idea how. Funnily enough, they don't tend to happen on the more severe terrain, but more when I'm not paying attention on the easier stuff.
I've not been in the park since the last EoSB, perhaps I should go and hurt myself there.
red 27, I push myself because I enjoy it.
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Hurtle, all things are relative, of course, but it's not always about speed. I will often spend a few hours doing a particular drill or a practising something like focusing on doing clean, quick transitions, driving my tips down into the trough in bump fields, keeping square to my skis in long radius turns, reducing tip lead, or getting a plough-parallel right to use just a few examples from the last couple of trips. None of those are necessarily about going quickly, but if you set a high standard of performance it will require you to push yourself to do things well. Of course, there's nothing wrong with skiing eye-wateringly fast from time to time either
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much on Sun 17-02-08 22:37; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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rob@rar, funnily enough I do think that I need to go harder and faster on the piste.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Kramer wrote: |
red 27, I push myself because I enjoy it. |
So have you've not been enjoying your skiing?
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Kramer wrote: |
I have plenty of near misses, but always manage to recover them, I've no idea how. |
In that case I don't think there's a problem. The ability to recover from all sorts of bad stuff indicates a good level of skill in my book. I'm very happy that I don't often fall over when skiing on piste - the last time I did I seriously scared myself and hurt for the rest of the week.
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red 27, of course I have, but it becomes more of a pleasurable experience than a thrill. To get the rush, I have to push the envelope.
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Kramer, Are you now skiing in places where fall would be nasty? I tend not to fall on the steep slopes with rocks below - but have recently fallen on the easyest blue run on the mountain (I have no idea why i fell just did) a blue when I ran into a snow drift I didn't see and a red run when stopping (twice) Thats 15 days skiing this season and 4 falls.
I don't think I've fallen at all when "off piste" this season but have had plenty of whhhhooooo moments.
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II, I am starting to ski in a few places where it's quite important not to fall, but not all the time.
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Kramer, I think I see what you mean, but is it not an intuitive thing? You'll do what's best / most enjoyable on the day without needing to nag yourself into it?
Just thinking out loud.... Maybe some lessons would help you get out of the rut / off the plateau - if that's maybe what it is?
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red 27, it's not really a rut or a plateau, I'm doing more and more each time I go skiing, it's just that I'm not falling any more, and I'm unsure whether that's a good or a bad thing.
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