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Another SHs juggler here. Just recently got the standard 4 ball pattern. But really want to get 5 balls down. The jump from 3 to 4 wasn't to bad but apparently the jump from 4 to 5 in difficulty is huge - so it could take awhile.
EDIT: and the other thing which could be quite good for skiing is learning to juggle a football.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| scooby_simon wrote: |
skimottaret, kitenski,
Hemel Juggling meet up? (still learning to do 4) maybe I'll bring all the toys:
Various thuds
clubs
Rings
Torches (might need some new paraffin)
Also got a couple of Diablo's somewhere too.
Might have to go and practice, also want to juggle ski boots at some point (small ones....)
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Yey to the juggling meet. My juggling is better than my skiing though. I can do a few tricks with three balls, solid with 4 and can last about 30 seconds with 5 (using the cheaty 5 ball splits pattern).
Never tried it skiing though. |
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I cannot (yet) do 4; got close to some sort of skill about 20 years ago; but never really "got it". Used to be able to do Mills Mess with 3; and have a stab at it now and then. used to be able to do clubs and torces but woefully out of practice. Maybe some practice required during my breaks at Hemel this winter 
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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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Hi guys, first post here I believe (unless I've posted once before and not remembered!)
I have one single thing. Three of them, to be precise.
- Getting my posture sorted out. Going from "carrying the shopping bags" to actually putting my weight where it was supposed to go.
- Early pressure change from one turn to the next.
- Pushing my inside knee closer to the ground when carving for some extra grippyness.
BASI L1 for me next week. Excited/terrified at the same time.
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frenchst, Good luck with your BASI 1
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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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First time when me and a couple of friends was hire a guide in Chamonix, 1979, the name of the guide, Sylvain Sudan,,
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freeheelskier, How cool is that?
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scooby_simon, I used to think I was good with Mills Mess, but then realised I was doing it wrong (under,over,under:under,over,under instead of over,under,over:over,under,over).
Hooray for thread drift. 
frenchst, Are you doing the BASI 1 at Hemel? If so, I'll see you there as I'm on the course as well. Agree about the excited/terrified thing.
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freeheelskier, 
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Welcome to s frenchst.
Good luck to both you and Spud9.
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DRINK  ! and spending more than one week a year on the slopes
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Spud9,
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under,over,under:under,over,under instead of over,under,over:over,under,over
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I don't juggle...but I know what you mean. 
frenchst, welcome to snowHeads and best of luck next week!
bfg, agreed on both counts. 
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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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skiing as much as possible without poles - I have an 8 year old student who doesn't yet use poles but skis pretty much anything groomed, and a lot of the ungroomed blue stuff so when I teach him I don't take poles.
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Understanding how your posture transfers weight across the entire length of the ski. I was told to draw a stickman of a skiing position and explain why this works. Understanding why you are doing what you do makes the practical bit more effective!
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You know it makes sense.
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Vodka mit feiga
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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1) being fitter by biking (although you might not guess it to look at me)
2) if we talk about skiing as a pure subjective experience, understanding that whilst the technical stuff is important, you have to move beyond that. Let's all remember it's fun.
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Poster: A snowHead
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snowbandit, yum. But not sure it improved my skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| kevindonkleywood wrote: |
| frenchst, Good luck with your BASI 1 |
Indeed; I am over for a staff meeting on Tuesday; might put the cloggs and planks on and go for a slide too.
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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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Thanks all for the good wishes and the very warm welcome to the forum. An absolute credit to the community here!
Spud9, I'm not doing it at Hemel I'm afraid; I'm doing it in Scotland SnoZone. Shame - it'd have been nice to (kinda) know someone else doing the same course!
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| frenchst wrote: |
Thanks all for the good wishes and the very warm welcome to the forum. An absolute credit to the community here!
Spud9, I'm not doing it at Hemel I'm afraid; I'm doing it in Scotland SnoZone. Shame - it'd have been nice to (kinda) know someone else doing the same course! |
Which course are you? There are back to back L1s on 22nd or 31st.
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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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| skison wrote: |
| frenchst wrote: |
Thanks all for the good wishes and the very warm welcome to the forum. An absolute credit to the community here!
Spud9, I'm not doing it at Hemel I'm afraid; I'm doing it in Scotland SnoZone. Shame - it'd have been nice to (kinda) know someone else doing the same course! |
Which course are you? There are back to back L1s on 22nd or 31st. |
Starting the 22nd.
Was doing a bit of practice today. Had a crisis of carving confidence.  Keep wigging my inside foot about a bit. Had to talk myself into getting rid of the pressure in it. Great start to the week of skiing!
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, ...yep...that should do it.
As I've mentioned on here before (yawn from all readers) skiing with my four year old had a HUGE impact on my skiing - very much for the better. Matching his turns, with him on 4.5m radius skis and me on 12m slalom skis was excellent discipline - required perfect balance to ski VERY SLOWLY and to follow his tracks exactly. Do that for a season and I assure you it is a great experience.
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I don't know if resurrecting an old thread is taboo, but: for me reading "Breakthrough on the New Skis" made a huge difference.
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Going on a Snoworks course. It made me appreciate that there are different ways to ski depending on the slope/snow. Seems obvious now! Emma Carrick-Anderson is an awesome teacher.
Also having lessons with Easiski (who used to come on here, but who I think got pissed off with a few trolls and left), who is also an awesome teacher.
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Doing 9 seasons.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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skir67,
That's 9 things.
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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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Doing the first season.
But that's many things too... 
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A spine operation
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You know it makes sense.
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| A spine operation |
did you have one installed?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Dating a ski instructor:)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Investing in a lift pass and hiring skis rather than borrowing those ones where the edges had become unscrewed.
Having skis with edges on was a big help.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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As Bode Swiller says get the pelvis right and your there!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowHeads
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Mosha Marc, +1
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Mosha Marc, +2 I literally wouldn't be skiing without SH's - it goes that far.
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An Injury.
My yoot was spent hammering around at maximum speed a 'technique is for wimps' attitude. But the a knee injury in my 30's - as well as ending my pro cricket career - made me realise that only by gaining some sort of technical competence could I hope to avoid falling over and so aggravating the knee.
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Getting semi-fat skis after my Bandits suddenly improved my off-piste ability. Then getting skis with a carving profile got rid of my skid (I've never had carving lessons - I had partly carved for many years and the skis sort of taught me the rest).
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Macro: Getting back quickly on the skis after my first serious fall (Christmas Day 1976; 2 weeks of plaster on my right leg, back on skis the third weekend of January).
Micro: Realising that no matter how much weight you put forward you aren't going to fall any faster or capsize.
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