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Well, I went!
A very enjoyable and useful morning at Castleford, only two hours but I learned more than I have in the past year. Friendly bunch of people (including spyderjon of course!), you could see they were having fun. The instructor coaching the advanced group is an excellent skier, it was quite amazing to see him carving up (down?) GS gates.
I got a lot closer to taming my new Rossi 9S skis. Spent most of the time with my buckles undone, after a couple of wobbly runs managed to get in a few decent turns.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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ski, Did you use hire boots? (yuck)
It's one of these things you do without thinking, like replacing the petrol cap or locking the door. I had a few music students turning up to exams without instruments or books.
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Any Snowheads fancy putting together a team to race in our series (we don't do training though):
Kings Ski Club
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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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MartinH, So is it just the "recreational" instruction in the morning sessions and race training on Monday nights?
I'd like to join in, but would be concerned to make sure I was with the right group.
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marc gledhill,
There were all standards on Sunday, race team were busy practising for a selection later on, so I'm not sure what happens 'normally'. I don't know about Mondays.
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Sherlock Chalets, Aren't we a bit late for this year ?
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Start thinking about next season - Natives took a while to get off the ground with a team but were at the top of the points in the London & Southern League this year.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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marc gledhill, The last couple of Sundays have been the usual 'recreational instruction' as you describe it but the race training has been on hold due to the training drills they were doing for the squad trials. However, I believe the normal Sunday race training schedule will resume next week.
The Monday evening session is race training only. I went for the second time last night & it was great fun - although my right hand is still a bit sore from a heavy fall. The majority are teenage kids & there is only one 'group' all doing the same drills, irrespective of ability level. However, the instructor feedback is then different for each person.
You ought to try it.
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spyderjon, sounds like a plan 
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You know it makes sense.
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spyderjon, do you know if they're meeting this Sunday. It isn't shown on their site, and it's a Bank Hol of course.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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marc gledhill, I'm 90% certain that they are, although I won't be there myself as I'm doing an ASSI orientation session in the afternoon. I'm not at all sure about Mon evening as again it's Bank Holiday. I won't be at that one either as I'm not at work at Harewood.
You could try emailing Graham Beck via the web site to confirm.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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GrahamN, When are the trainindg sessions at Aldershot ?
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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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ski, 8.00-9.30 each Saturday a.m. (after which there's a session for the kids), and there seems to be a more ad hoc session on Wednesday eves about 8 p.m. (although not necessarily every week)
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GrahamN, Thanks - may have a new job in Aldershot..so Weds pm sounds good.
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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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ski, If you go to Aldershot let me know - my old stamping ground, and a good excuse for popping over to visit!!
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Is there any race training activities at Bracknell slope? It's my nearest dry slope and might be tempted to give it a try.
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easiski, I will... just waiting on the new job....
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GrahamN, thanks for the link. Might give it a try (although will need to retreive a pair of ski boots from France before I ski there!).
Any snowHeads visit Bracknell?
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rob@rar.org.uk, Very nice slope and big. Has a chairlift, beginner slope and mogul slope (or used to). When they opened they paid more than most and got really good staff. Some of this may be a bit out of date though. My impression is that although no as long as High Wycombe it's wider.
GrahamN, are you sure about the 300m? That would put it on a par with Hillend and it's not that big. could it be the total length of all the slopes added together??? 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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HW is very long - but the bottom is very flat, and often perfumed with the smell of burning skis....  Why not go to both ?
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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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Don't like High Wycombe much. You either have to schuss the bottom half of the slope, or you have a looong walk at the bottom. At least it feels long. When on a short slope, additional time spent neither going up nor down always feels wasted. And then there's the flattish bit at the top resulting in the true useable length of the slope probably being nearer 150m rather than the 300m which I'd guess is measured from beginning of rather copious matting to the end of it. 300m of mat rather than 300m of useable slope. I'd rather have a 150m slope and cut out the flat at the top and walk at the bottom.
Have been to Bracknell a few times. Nice wide slope with chairlift and good incline and no walking. Around 150m?Too far for me to use regularly now though. Probably the best I've been on south of Sheffield (which I think might be the best in the UK? when I went (once) to Hillend the matting was sooo worn and lifting in many places).
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spyderjon, MartinH, Russell,
So, have you been going along to the Lions sessions on Sundays and/or Mondays? I'm really keen to start coming along but I am currently mid-dissertation that's due in on 25th August so wouldn't be before then.
Would love to hear how you're getting on!
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You know it makes sense.
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beanie1, I done a few of both sessions. I work in Leeds most Monday's so I've tended to do the Mon evenings on my way home. Apart from a recent Sunday morning with rockyrobin I haven't been for a while - hopefully will be getting back to it soon.
There doesn't seem to be much of a formal training programme going on but the last couple of Mon sessions I did was around the time of the Yorkshire trials which seemed to affect events somewhat.
I'm planning on going again next Mon (25th) so I'll let you know more after then.
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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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what sort of standard was the race training on monday nights, and how many adults were there?
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Poster: A snowHead
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beanie1, I haven't been to a session yet was unable to go last Sunday due to things clashing I hope to go on the 31st July or the 14th of August I can only make every other Sunday.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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beanie1, On Mon nights there's only race training & their instructor training. The racers are virtually all teenagers plus a few old duffers like me (mid 40's). Min standard of attendance is the ability to make competent parallel turns on a red piste. Helmets are compulsory - which Xscape provide foc.
Like I said I'll let you know more about the training programme after I've been next week (hopefully).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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thanks!
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I am getting back into the Monday Night scene now, and a few RAF adults should be coming along on a weekly basis from now on.
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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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paulhothersall,
what sort of things do you do on the monday nights?
oh, nearly at 200 posts!!
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kuwait_ian, thanks for that.
beanie1, There is usually at least a gates course put up, and at least 1 instructor or coach to go through out of gates training as well. I have not been skiing for 6 months, due to a knackered knee from January, so am not sure what has gone on in the meantime.
Personally I am trying to make the most of the time over the next few weeks to get back into gates before the 20/21 August races, having found that atempting to go straight back into racing is not that sucessful! After that I will be able to spend a lot more of my time coaching.
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paulhothersall,
Oh right - so are you one of the coaches for Lions then?
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beanie1, There is usually at least a gates course put up, and at least 1 instructor or coach to go through out of gates training as well. I have not been skiing for 6 months, due to a knackered knee from January, so am not sure what has gone on in the meantime.
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There were slightly fewer kids than usual on Monday, the format was the same as it has been for the last few months
though.
There were a few more adults than spyderjon seems to have noticed on those weeks that he was there.
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rjs, is that you Rob?
beanie1, Yes I am a coach, although with other stuff and injury I have not been around at lions really this year. Work has also a bit of a pain for me to get accross from on a Monday in the past.
As I said before I will be being quite selfish and concentrating on gate skiing for the next few weeks for myself, but after that coaching. i am really quite keen for people to start following tailored programmes specific for their skiing, [not that I am saying the same drills for all are bad], just that with another coach it makes it easier to work in more detail with each person. It also makes it possible to have week on week pull through if you are with the same people for a while. It depends on what individuals want to achieve, as "race training" is really advanced skiing coaching along with the whole ski gates thing.
If you are up in the meantime come up and say hello, [i will be the glasses wearing one, red salomon race boots and Dynastar 63 omeglass skis)
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