 Poster: A snowHead
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What's the best ski based advice you've ever been given?
Mine - Always get your own boots and make sure they are fitted.
After weeks of hiring boots, I started to think them hurting after half a day was normal - until I went and bought some in the UK in store and had a proper 1.5 hour fitting session. Best decision ever.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Early pressure
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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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If you can't turn on one bump, how can you turn on many?
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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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"S**g not s**t"
Was the best advice I have ever been given.
I used to be too much in the back seat and suffered horrendous thigh burn.
Then during a private lesson above Chamonix a very well known Scottish lady instructor dispensed the above pearl of wisdom and ever since then I keep my weight further forward and hardly ever get thigh burn nowadays.
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Does "Never eat yellow snow" count?
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@Chris_55, what is s**g?
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"the secret of skiing is to stand on your feet". That was a Scottish instructor too.
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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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@clarky999, Shag. 
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correct
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Never surprise your skis..
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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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Feel it.
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You know it makes sense.
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Go for it !
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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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You will find it hard to progress doing just one trip a year - it still aint easy doing 3 or 4 
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Poster: A snowHead
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MTFU. Well he said it a bit more nicely but it amounted to that.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Commit to the fall line - the steeper the slope, the more you need to commit.
Follow that basic rule and half the job is done.
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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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@skimottaret, not heard that one before. Good one. Will think about that.
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It was actually for wave surfing as a beginner trying to get clean, balanced pop-ups, but it applies to snow-boarding, skiing, driving.. in fact most things apart from sky-diving : "Dont look down". By looking ahead you get better balance, and your body will tend to go where you are looking. This is true for snowboarding, motorcycling, surfung etc... Also you crash into fewer things.
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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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Agreed.
Where you look is where you'll end up.
For instance - when skiing in trees. Don't look at the trees, look at the gaps.
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You are nowhere near your limit until you start falling over.
What's the point skiing like that in a helmet, you're never going to land on your head if you don't try.
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Never share a room with Charlatanefc
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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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@Smokin Joe, Is that advice you were given, or first hand experience haha
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Getting to the slopes.....4x4's are not immune to ice.
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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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Always take water and a butty on a transfer bus
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Best advice? "Beware, BEWARE of Fast Pierre! He'll soon be in your underware"
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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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Don't ski the skis, ski the feet, which was a revelation to me in my third week on snow.
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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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| Zero_G wrote: |
| Don't ski the skis, ski the feet, which was a revelation to me in my third week on snow. |
+1
It's taken me a long time to actually 'feel the force' as it were. The guy who showed me this took duck tape onto my goggles and left me just a narrow slit to look through. Forced me to to look up and out and let my short term memory and a relaxed stance take care of the problems under my feet as I 'recorded' the terain 50m ahead of me. It was a HUGE breakthrough for me. Fewer falls, MUCH more relaxed, less fatigue . . . and most importantly . . . SO MUCH MORE FUN!!!!!
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Bloody hell Masque, haven't seen you'round these parts for a while. The duct tape thing sounds diabolically cruel but makes sense (horizontal slit, one presumes).
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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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@Zero_G, been busy flower, getting plumbing seen to and new eyeballs . . . now trying to do summat re the Yard O'Lard roun't middle. The duct tape (horizontal) really works in accentuating the bad habits and provides feedback to the victim . . . yep, victim . . . but then I'd rather have a steep learning curve to climb than a soft slope to mediocraty.
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proprioception for physio. should be okay for skiing.
basically what @Masque, was told re gaffer tape
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"In all aspects you will get from it what you put in, practice work, commitment and trying".
The English wasn't great (hugely better than my Swedish), but the sentiment was spot on.
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Never buy skis with 'Turbo' written on them.
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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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Don't drink and walk in ski boots - definitely don't dance in them.
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Never play 'I'm not lifting the bar' chicken at the top of a chair lift
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FAQ
I was only thinking about that last night! 
