 Poster: A snowHead
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@Hurtle, I suck at GS and I am oldish, the two may or may not be related
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| You chaps display more coyness than women about your ages! |
You can generally tell someone's age from their hand position. Forward & close together indicates years of training with a Zimmer frame 
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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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@skimottaret, as you know I was at some of the same Eurotest raining, though obviously not Eurotest training.
I'd rather not name names but the trainer I was with for the second week had a strong opinion that far too much time was being spent in the gates and that a lot or race time could be gained by most participants if they were concentrating on technical elements and then went back to gates after that.
I'm sure that you can figure out who
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I'm doing some targeting cycle fitness training now, the trainer believes light exercise on rest days and especially the day before an event can sometimes be more beneficial than doing nothing.
I'd also recommend some foam rollering as well to ease the legs as well as the massage.
That is a cracking first "season" of ETing @Touchguru, to get so close, congrats!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| kitenski wrote: |
That is a cracking first "season" of ETing @Touchguru, to get so close, congrats! |
Thanks kitenski ! Really great learning experience in my first season of training and racing and with a bit of luck (which you always need) I hopefully will be able to get it next season.
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| rungsp wrote: |
@skimottaret, as you know I was at some of the same Eurotest raining, though obviously not Eurotest training.
I'd rather not name names but the trainer I was with for the second week had a strong opinion that far too much time was being spent in the gates and that a lot or race time could be gained by most participants if they were concentrating on technical elements and then went back to gates after that.
I'm sure that you can figure out who |
Without seeing the participants ski, I would hazard a guess that the said instructor was right. It's a fairly general problem within the world of alpine skiing that far too many parents/coaches/athletes think that the only way to train for ski racing is to run race courses. But when you put this into the context of other sports, it's nonsense. Boxers do a lot more than sparring. Footballers do a lot more than practice matches, and so on.
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| kitenski wrote: |
That is a cracking first "season" of ETing @Touchguru, to get so close, congrats! |
+1 very promising results, won't take you long at that rate!
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You once said the oldest person ever to have passed was 46 and an ex racer. Any update on that?
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@davidof, nope as far as I know the oldest (Brit) is still 46. One guy over forty got it this year and I think that takes the total to 4 Brit 40 somethings to have passed it...
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Thanks, your paper is very interesting but again I can't see the French going for it. They don't want elderly instructors, although the "Papi Moniteurs" have just won their case against the ESF on final appeal.
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@davidof, The French might not but there are 27 other members states who all have a vote
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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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| davidof wrote: |
| They don't want elderly instructors, although the "Papi Moniteurs" have just won their case against the ESF on final appeal. |
Do you have a link?
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| balernoStu wrote: |
| kitenski wrote: |
That is a cracking first "season" of ETing @Touchguru, to get so close, congrats! |
+1 very promising results, won't take you long at that rate! |
Thanks balernoStu, I have plenty more work to do to get consistently good times but there has been definite progress this season. Hope to see you at some of the summer training and getting the pass soon too.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi All, Have been working with New Gen on developing some basic ski fitness tests. They are having their L3 and L4 trainees do these tests and we at IOS will be collecting data and determining averages for genders, ages etc.
If you would like to participate in the trial please have a look at http://www.insideoutskiing.com/fitness.php and have a crack at some or all of the tests.
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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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Speak to Duncan Barton..he did it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I know Duncan did a BASI course with him a couple years ago, what did he do? the New Gen fitness tests recently?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@skimottaret, I know Duncan as well. I think@at0mic was referring to one of your posts above, Duncan passed his ET and he's over 40.
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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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@sarah, ahh gotchya, He raced for Scotland back in the day if i remember right.
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@skimottaret, sounds about right 
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A question I am new here where is the best place to get technique ski training can any one help advise me?
Thanks
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@Obergurgl123, A bit more info would be helpful if you want specific recommendations: Where are you? How old are you? What is your current level of skiing? Do you already have any instructor qualifications? Any racing experience?
But generally speaking, join your local ski race club and work with the coaches there to learn to go fast. But be warned: you will thrashed by a 12-year-old. 
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I followed the link from the thread that will not die to here. I haven't read it all, but this popped out at me -
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| rungsp wrote: |
@skimottaret, as you know I was at some of the same Eurotest raining, though obviously not Eurotest training.
I'd rather not name names but the trainer I was with for the second week had a strong opinion that far too much time was being spent in the gates and that a lot or race time could be gained by most participants if they were concentrating on technical elements and then went back to gates after that.
I'm sure that you can figure out who |
Without seeing the participants ski, I would hazard a guess that the said instructor was right. It's a fairly general problem within the world of alpine skiing that far too many parents/coaches/athletes think that the only way to train for ski racing is to run race courses. But when you put this into the context of other sports, it's nonsense. Boxers do a lot more than sparring. Footballers do a lot more than practice matches, and so on.
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I think it's the level of competitor that has this problem, rather than skiers in general - high level skiers don't just bash gates, while low level footballers only want to play matches. Showjumping is my sport, and lower level riders always want coaching sessions to be round courses, whereas higher level riders will quite happily go through session after session without their feet (well, hooves) leaving the ground.
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Have been working on my ISTD paper which is on improvements to the Eurotest and was hoping to gather some information from those who are training for the ET or have taken it.
I have done a Draft survey and I would appreciate people having a look at the questions and answers before going "live" with this. I want to get some input before finalising it so any submissions on the draft form will only be used for testing and not be used for the final stats.
http://www.insideoutskiing.com/eurotestsurvey.php
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@skimottaret, email address is optional but I could not submit survey without email address.
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@stewart woodward, thanks have fixed that... what did you think of the questions? anything to add
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around 20 or so entries today so far mainly from those who have passed the ET. I would be keen to get input from those just starting out as well 
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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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bump, if anyone training for the ET could take the time to do the above survey I would be grateful. (a few SH's have already many thanks)
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks Scott! Yeah passed yesterday, it was some of the hardest snow I've ever skied, I actually fell in inspection it was that slick. I was a little over second out on the first run but managed to get my head in the game on the second and was a second inside. A little bittersweet as no-one else I was training with got it but stoked all the same.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@jimmer, congrats! Awesome work.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@jimmer, congrats!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@jimmer, Very well done. Good work. A second inside sounds immense.
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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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@jimmer, congratulations! 
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Great stuff @jimmer - didn't see your run, but heard you were killing it on the bottom section! Well done!
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Thanks guys
Does anyone know if they post the results anywhere?
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chatting to Craig today he recons toughest test he has ever opened. Well done getting under by such a large margin in such tough conditions. As far as I know they dont post results other than the white board at the bottom. Did you get your pass certificate? In France they normally hand them out after the results when you hand your bib in.
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@jimmer,
Congrats
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@jimmer, fantastic. You must be delighted, especially with such a tough competition.
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@jimmer, congratulations!
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@jimmer, after skiing so well all week I'm so glad you got the correct result on the day. Well done, mate
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