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Touchguru, Hi Mike,
Firstly, I would like to congratulate you on your achievements. I thoroughly enjoyed watching your progression throughout the video, and I'm sure your journey will motivate and inspire Skiers to achieve their goals.
My name is Jessica Smyth, and I am a student placement working for BASI in the Membership and Marketing department, in Grantown-On-Spey.
BASI would love to do a story profile on you in the next BASI News 113 (spring 2014) If you are interested, please get in contact: jessica@basi.org.uk
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cool.
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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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Thank you for your kind words Jessica Smyth
My progress being featured in the next BASI News is completely unexpected (and really quite flattering!) 
I have just dropped you an e-mail, if you would like to get in touch with me.
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Jessica Smyth, welcome to snowHeads  Will non-BASI members be able to read this? Hope so!
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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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Brilliant!! Would love to see my own skiing chronologically like that- would be comical!! I plateaued for a long time, until I got the finger out and decided to actually concentrate (and quit the boozin, lol!!). Bumps looked brilliant!! I'm back in Soell tomorrow- the EXCITEMENT!! Will have to recreate those bumps lol! 
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Pedantica, Thank you for the welcome.
BASI News is for members access only, but I shall pass this request on.
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Pedantica, you can borrow my copy of BASI News when Touchguru claims his five minutes of fame.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Touchguru,  Del let me have your video from Zermatt. Will look through it to see if we can update your progress video.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Touchguru, Del let me have your video from Zermatt. Will look through it to see if we can update your progress video. |
Really? Which one? I don't even have a copy of any of that! Are you able to put it up somewhere for me to download perhaps? I remember that I had a very average bumps run when they filmed!
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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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Touchguru, not looked through the files yet, so not sure what he has. I'll get the clips to you so you can see them and decide what you want to do with them.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Touchguru, not looked through the files yet, so not sure what he has. I'll get the clips to you so you can see them and decide what you want to do with them. |
Great thanks
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You know it makes sense.
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Bumped into Touchguru, in the security line at Geneva and thought I would bump this thread as he has now achieved his BASI level 3. Well done and roll on Eurotest training for next season , been cat suit shopping?? 
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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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skimottaret, is he going to be giving you lessons soon? 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Arno, No doubt ! We may be doing some race training at the same camp next season and I am sure he will progress quickly and get his times down...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent stuff - nice one Touchguru,
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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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he has now achieved his BASI level 3
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Wow. Congratulations, Touchguru.
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Glad this thread has been bumped as I commented in Sept about an upcoming trip and how I wasn't looking forward to it.
I went to Les Arcs in last week in January and had a great time. I had 5 x morning lessons with New Generation and I got down most of the reds in resort - sometimes not it was not pretty but the instructor kept me tucked in behind him on the very red runs with strict instructions to 'stay in my tracks' with no more than 1 metre gap which I did 90% of the time!! I now have the confidence to just do blues without even thinking about which lines to take and even easy reds like Bellette can be done in one hit. Admittedly bumps and cruddy stuff still needs a bit of thinking about.
The other thing that helped me most was going through the trees in the 'Forest of Doom' above Vallandry as it gave me no time to think about where or when I was going to make a turn you just have to do it or hit the tree!
The instructor used the term 'di(v)e down the hill' - he was Italian, to great merriment of the group and what he called the Jesus Christ exercise to face straight down the hill with your upper body, arms out, and turn from the waist down - getting us to separate upper and lower body. When asked why is was called the Jesus Christ someone quipped 'it's what you scream as you head full speed down the hill before you turn'.
Now trying to cram in another trip before the end of March to get some more miles under my belt before the end of the season.
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Many congratulations, Touchguru!
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Great news and well done Touchguru
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Touchguru, fantastic! Congratulations
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Touchguru, well done. I am more than impressed!
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Congrats in order mate👍 but I've gotta say, I ain't surprised.
Do I get a discount on some badly needed tuition
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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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Touchguru, where did you get the 200 hours in, are you working at Hemel???
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You know it makes sense.
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Touchguru, congrats I'll get the Vids of You and My BiL playing on and off piste in Obergurgl sorted out for you this week, he says thanks again the afternoons skiing.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thanks ansta1 Good to meet you and also good to ski with your BIL. Loved his top sheet design for his free skis!
kitenski, most of the hours were done in Hemel and I had those already done by March 2012.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Touchguru, cheers, just wondering how you got the necessary "real world" teaching experience for the L3 teach
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Touchguru, cheers, just wondering how you got the necessary "real world" teaching experience for the L3 teach |
Remember, I have also done many years of other sports coaching in the 'real world' which has clearly helped in all of my ski teaching and ski teaching courses.
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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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Touchguru, If it's not indiscreet, where are you teaching currently?
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| franzClammer wrote: |
| Touchguru, If it's not indiscreet, where are you teaching currently? |
Will PM you
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice article in BASI News 113 March
Well done 
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Touchguru, just watched the IOS video, fantastic progress and I imagine at that rate you've moved on again since. Where did you find such a consistent bumps line to practice?
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balernoStu, Thanks. I would like to think I have moved on again before I took the ISIA Tech in November The bumps run was in Zermatt/Cervinia next to to the half pipe last July/August. Great practice to work on quick movement.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Touchguru, lol, my video would be more like a twenty five year plan, including long periods of regression and occasional spikes of progress.
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