 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi, in a couple of weeks I'll be done with a ten week beginners course at my local dry slope. I fancy a trip to Castleford just to have a go on 'proper' snow. The main motivation is just to try it out to keep myself going on the dry slope until next season.
However, I wondered if anyone has any advice on taking a lesson down there? I'm not be able to do a course so it would just be a couple of hours, maybe half a day.
Specific questions would be:
Does anyone have experience good or bad of either the in house instructors or other outfits working out of there?
Should I even bother at this level? Am I better just to mess about for a few hours?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi Dogfever.
When I was first learning I found that I benefited more from doing some form of lesson otherwise I was just practising my mistakes so I would recommend getting some form of supervision whether it's a lesson or doing a development coaching session. I've just posted on another thread but the coaching is 3 hours and there are different instructors who do it so it's worth finding out in advance who it is. I ski at MK so don't have personal experience but my OH skis at Cas and says that instructors Mick Logg, Allan Darley, Brian Evans, Peter Jones, James Price and Nigel ? are the best if you can get to ski with them. There are morning sessions on Mon to Wed which are supposed to be better than the evening sessions as the slope is quieter and you tend to get more regulars so the sessions can be more structured than in the evenings when the instructor has to deal with a huge variety of levels from snowploughing from half way to those who can already ski parallel.
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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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@Dogfever, I would also check out the 2 clubs at Silksworth, Tigers 6.30 to 8.30 on a Thursday night and Ravens 7.00 to 9.00 on a Wednesday night.
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@MayaL, thank you. I'm pretty much all for instruction at every opportunity. I'll try and look up some of the people you mentioned
@sledger, Thanks. At the moment I'm trying to get to the Friday night sessions. Hopefully, the guys down there will point me in the right direction when the course ends.
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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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Yes, good idea, forgot to mention the Friday night sessions.
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