 Poster: A snowHead
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| philwig wrote: |
I ride with one lady who has a lazy hand - her left hand sometimes gets back. She doesn't actually ride in the back seat, so you can definitely get away with it, but it's not good style. Hand placement for snowboarders is actually also pretty important, anyone whose hands are doing naughty things is probably not very efficient. |
I will sometimes do weird things with my rear hand when boarding - I just try to pass it off as my Craig Kelly arm. Sadly the reference is becoming lost on anyone of a current generation.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm slightly concerned about the idea of learners straight lining anything
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That is why as Ratty said you Find a wide, sparsely populated slope
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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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| Find a wide, sparsely populated slope, best if it is an increasingly steep angle.... |
Epaule du Charvet would be perfect if the OP is going to Val d'Isere
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| red 27 wrote: |
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| Find a wide, sparsely populated slope, best if it is an increasingly steep angle.... |
Epaule du Charvet would be perfect if the OP is going to Val d'Isere |
Face.
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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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Hi,
I'm currently in St Anton, I've not been skiing for that long this is my 4th week in about 5 years and I'm finding myself stuck and frustratingly unable to improve. |
Do more weeks.
Averaging 1 week a year is not enough.
The brain and muscle memories forget.
You need at least 2 consecutive weeks per year... 1 week to regain lost memory... and 1 week to improve and build on it to the next level...
If you can do a whole season, even better.
Continuous time on snow is the real difference between a bad, average and good skier.
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| Making a good pole plant can make the world of difference, and can be used to help trigger effective movements as well as stabilising the upper body |
Totally agree with this and you see so many not using their poles to any effect these days - got to be the way forward especially on steeper terrain . . .
Also agree with the comment re 'feeling focus' on the balls of your feet . . .had some instruction recently and this gentle reminder proved massively effective for me . . .
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| You need at least 2 consecutive weeks per year. |
No you don't.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
| You need at least 2 consecutive weeks per year. |
No you don't. |
Yes you do
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| Mr Hog Roast wrote: |
| rob@rar wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
| You need at least 2 consecutive weeks per year. |
No you don't. |
Yes you do |
First occasion I skied for more than one week at a time was when I did my Level 2 instructor exams. You don't need to do two weeks at a time each year in order to improve. Generally speaking the more you ski, especially of you get decent instruction of one kind or another, the more improvement you will make. But it's really rather silly to say that you need to ski for two weeks at a time to improve. There are tens of thousands of skiers who prove otherwise.
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Get lessons with a professional.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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You don't need to do two weeks at a time each year in order to improve
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And the converse is also true. You can do loads of skiing, for consecutive weeks, and scarcely improve at all without focussed lessons and practice. I am living proof.....
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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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You know it makes sense.
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@red 27, run exactly why working on skills at home is beneficial. Once you've lapped the dome or plastic slope a few times just 'hooning around' isn't that much fun, so on with the drills and take new skills to the mountain for even more fun once out there 
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