 Poster: A snowHead
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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 interested in the cultural aspect, as well as the tentative theory (not mine) that some would-be skiers might be better off going to the likes of North America if they want to be 'babied' on the slopes!
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I'm sure that's true and many do it. Personally, I've never felt the service I've received in the Alps, even when below par, to be of any great concern. 
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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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slikedges, I would respectfully suggest that your analogy wrt ski instruction is misplaced. Staying with the cultural aspect, I would suggest that a better comparitive would be with the education styles in different countries. IMHO France is much more disciplined while the UK schooling style has become very 'laissez-faire'. I would actually put the US in between the two although closer to the UK.
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I've never had anything that could be called rudeness from any European instructor/guide. The worst that could be said as a client is that a couple have been maybe a little stand-off, largely if their English was only just passable - in which case a few sentences (or something approximating them) in my halting French or German has eased any difficultly. I have seen a bit of arrogance towards people other than their own clients though - but I guess that's just territory marking.
I wonder whether WTFH's problems have anything to do with the other side of the equation?
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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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surely sking is all physics, chemistry and biology..
physics.. being weight, friction, gravity,potential and kinetic energy, wind resistance etc...
chemistry.. the chemical composition of what is strapped to your feet and its interaction with the ever changing surface it is on etc blah etc.
biology.. how well your body can refrain from er ,how shall we say, 'over relaxing' a certain area , when its senses are telling it that you are out of control and going to hit something big and hard!
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| I do believe that skiing is not an exact science - yes, it can be boiled down to some basics, but because of varying conditons, no two turns are ever identical - they may look it, but they would require different angles/pressures/etc to complete. We interact with snow, and snow doesn't understand what we are trying to do. |
...and that is exactly the point that every instructor I've had has made - they teach you an armoury of techniques and try to help you when to use which one, but it's only with experience you work out which one works when for you.
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oh and back on topic.. all the instructors i have met, either helping me or my kids, and all the guides i have met in france and austria have without exception, been helpful and good fun.. though im sure there are some wronguns out there .. i think like any of us doing their jobs, if your customers are enjoying it and up for a laugh then its much more fun for them.. if the customers are rude or their kids annoying then its a bit harder to smile.. imagine going from teaching say a great bunch of kids who are getting better and having fun to teaching a group of adults who have no real intrest or any enthutiasm.. or vice versa.. .. remember intructors have feelings too 
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oh and back on topic.. all the instructors i have met, either helping me or my kids, and all the guides i have met in france and austria have without exception, been helpful and good fun
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Cant agree more CANV CANVINGTON, Our experiences have been the same. Only exception was one instuctor in LA Plagne who was soooo good looking that the 2 girlies were instantly in love, but us two blokies just wanted to scar him facially. Cant blame him for that though. Not only could they all teach, but they were lovely people.
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