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paulhothersall,
That sounds great, and just what I'd like to be doing. I will definitely be coming along, possibly not until start of Sept time but I may make it over before if the dissertation progresses faster. Guess that gives me some motivation!
I'll be driving over from Manchester after work - how long do you think that will take? I know it is about 1 hour without traffic.
Would you reccomend someone use a slalom as opposed to a GS ski for the training?
And I think that makes 200 posts!!
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paulhothersall,
TI'll be driving over from Manchester after work - how long do you think that will take? I know it is about 1 hour without traffic.
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I drive over from Warton (near blackpool), about 90 miles and about 2 hours to factor in any traffic. From J15 M62 (where i get off on the way home) to cas is 35 minutes.
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paulhothersall,
Would you reccomend someone use a slalom as opposed to a GS ski for the training?
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A slalom ski. The slope is not big or wide enough for GS (especially the 21m radius REAL GS skis), instead you can do GS style work on the slalom skis. The speed of movement, and improved balance are big plusses. on the minus side, it is easy to rely on the ski to carve, and also have a speed threshold that you need to work on when you get out on a real piste.
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paulhothersall, Did you get to the race at MK last weekend ?
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paulhothersall, I'll hopefully see you next Mon then. Good to hear that you're planning specific trianing programmes etc as I haven't seen much evidence of that on my visits. This isn't a complaint as I realise all the instructors are volunteers & the sessions are really excellent value for money however I would personally welcome a structured programme.
rjs, Welcome to snowHeads. Hope to meet you soon also.
I'm easily spotted as I'm the old fat 'un with orange Atomic freeride planks, orange Tecnica boots & black Spyder jacket (what else?).
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spyderjon, see you on Monday.
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Right I'm getting impatient and not really wanting to wait until I finish my dissertation before coming along to a Monday session. So I'm setting myself a goal that if I manage to finish objective 1 today, and make a good start on objective 2 tomorrow (say 1000 words by 5pm) then I'm going to reward myself by coming along!
paulhothersall,
Will I need to join Lions the first time I come along or can I go as a guest? Do I need to let anyone know that I may be along tomorrow?
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beanie1, I think that you need to attend on a Sunday session, before you can go to the Monday night one.
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marc gledhill,
Oh, think I'll have to wait until September then 
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beanie1, come along and give it a go. It is pretty quite at the moment, so lots of room
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paulhothersall,
Will it matter that I haven't been to a Sunday session before?
What do I do when I turn up - pay at the counter or pay Lions directly?
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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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beanie1, Pay the Lions lady (sorry I don't know her name) directly. She'll be situated by the ski/boot hire counter.
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spyderjon, paulhothersall,
See you tonight then! I'm the one with the Crossmax 10 (new skis on way soon!) and grey X wave 9 boots.
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You know it makes sense.
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So last night I went along to my first race training session and really enjoyed it. Will definitely be going as often as possible.
spyderjon, don't think I saw you there?
paulhothersall, thanks!
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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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Anyone doing the next Salomon Xscape race at Castleford ? 
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Poster: A snowHead
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beanie1, spyderjon was there, just not skiing in the main race group.
Glad you enjoyed the session working with Stuart. As I mentioned before once we get past the race, I will get properly involved with the coaching.
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paulhothersall,
Which one was Spyderjon?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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beanie1, The George Clooney lookalike that skied like Bode 
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hi there spyderjon,
I wondered who the George Clooney lookalike was! 
Was looking out for a black Spyder jacket - only spotted a blue one.
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beanie1, The guy in the all black spyder gear. (in fact just as his description above). He brought along another snowhead, (Rockyrobin) as well.
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paulhothersall,
I seem to be quite unobservant - next time I will say hello!
Which one was Rockyrobin?
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spyderjon,
Did you figure out which one I was?!
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beanie1, speaking of handguards, I have managed to find some for you. Both arm guards and hand guards. I will bring along to a session if you want
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| Did you figure out which one I was? |
Sorry no, as I didn't know you were going to be there.
I've been trying to think who was with Stuart that I hadn't seen before so I'll take a guess at the light/white jacketed female with black pants that I saw nibbley running the poles?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| beanie1 wrote: |
| Did you figure out which one I was? |
Sorry no, as I didn't know you were going to be there.
I've been trying to think who was with Stuart that I hadn't seen before so I'll take a guess at the light/white jacketed female with black pants that I saw nibbley running the poles. Am I close?
Rockyrobin: male, dark hair, early 30's, also in black, no helmet, green 1080 boots & yesterday on blue/white Atomic demo skis. Often seen making annoyingly neat & smoth short radius turns down the middle of the slope.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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spyderjon,
Unfortunately not! No, I was the one in pale blue jacket, black trousers, black Briko helmet - complete muppet in the gates (first timer)!!
Think I saw Rockyrobin.
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Will you lot be there next Monday?
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You know it makes sense.
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marc gledhill,
Hope so!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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beanie1, so what would I need to take with me, or do, to join in?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well I just asked paulhothersall if it would be ok to go along without having been to a Sunday session, he said yes so I pretty much just turned up! There was a lady collecting money - I paid her for last night and I'm taking the membership form and subs along next week.
You need a helmet - but think you can hire one from Xscape.
paulhothersall would probably be better person to ask.
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beanie1, Actually I've got the right person. I meant to add the helmet to my list. Just a little off on the jacket shade. Old age I'm afraid (45 today  ).
Great fun isn't it? It's certainly going to push me on to the next level etc.
Aren't the gates hard considering we're not really turning that much across the slope? I reckon it's because we're forced to turn at set points etc. I've only done about 20 runs in total over the few sessions that I've attended. My problem is that I'm not turning early enough & so don't get close enough to the gates, end up 'late' & get forced in to the back seat etc. I also need to plan more than one gate ahead!
It's so frustrating as my turns on the open slope aren't too bad.
I find clattering the gates pretty intimidating (that's if I actually get close enough to them!) so I need to get some real beginner drills from Paul for this. I saw someone going down last night with their poles held horizontally out in front of them which seemed a good 'gate bashing' drill - come to think of it, was that you?
The cross blocking method that the kids were doing is a bit out of my league at the moment & I reckon it could induce body rotation if not taught correctly.
Paul gave me some useful tips last night (thanks Paul) & I'm really looking forward to his coaching when he's fully up & running. He also put in some very nice runs himself considering he's recovering from a crocked knee.
Did you get some useful feedback from Stuart?
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spyderjon,
You're right it is a bit intimidating hitting the gates - comes with practice I guess. Yes that was me with my poles horizontal! Seemed a pretty good exercise.
Stuart was very helpful - particularly with the drills we were doing prior to getting in the gates. I really noticed that my skis are quite long for the slope though, particularly when we did the stepping up exercise. After a couple of steps up it didn't leave enough space to get a carved turn in!
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paulhothersall,
Thanks. I can get equipment quite cheap so thought I'd invest in some pole and leg guards, seeing as I do want to continue with it and improve. Do you think it would be worth trying the arm guards too though?
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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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| marc gledhill wrote: |
| Will you lot be there next Monday? |
I'm planning to.
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| ski wrote: |
| Anyone doing the next Salomon Xscape race at Castleford ? |
I'm doing it.
There is also a Masters (over 30) race to be run within the main race.
I'm guessing that this is open to non -registered racers, but it would be worth checking with
Neil McQuoid.
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beanie1, i can lend you some (crappy old) arm guards until you don;t need them anymore. By all means get the best deal you can.
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paulhothersall,
That would be great, thanks.
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rjs, welcome to snowHeads. If masters is over 30, what's over 40's 
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