 Poster: A snowHead
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What are your favourtie SIMPLE ski tips or mental images and what does it help you correct, Mine are
"Thighs High" keeps my pelvis forward and in a dynamic upright position
"Drive the bus" keeps my hands in a good low wide forward position
Any one have anything else that i could add to my memory bank?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In the morning I have a mental image of lunch that keeps me going. In the afternoon I have a vision of the first large beer and loosening my ski boots to drive me on 
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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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My wife was always told to "Keep your money honey" in lessons in the US. All I can remember is that you had to ski as if you had a dollar bill clenched "somewhere" - however the image of this means I can't for the life of me recall what the benefit was
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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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Boris, that's another one to keep your pelvis forward, if clenched between your wife's...never mind 
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work the flats
when in doubt straighten out
$10
learn to dance with the mountain
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Vinko Bogataj
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little tiger, $10?????
comprex, huh
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| Boris wrote: |
| My wife was always told to "Keep your money honey" in lessons in the US. All I can remember is that you had to ski as if you had a dollar bill clenched "somewhere" - however the image of this means I can't for the life of me recall what the benefit was |
Most probably under your left arm or between your teeth.
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skimottaret,
My instructor would simply draw $10 note in the snow....
he had previously explained it to me though....
"you only have $10 of concentration - USE IT WISELY"
relates to the fact that all energy expended worrying about bad consequences is likely to only detract from performance and hence lead to those bad consequences becoming more likely.... so use the concentration on the stuff you NEED to do...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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little tiger, so my tongue sticking out grimace mental image isnt the way to go then..... I like the 10 bucks will put that in the memory bank thanks
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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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i'm told it comes from bike racing (my instructor raced for yamaha before being an instructor so that makes sense).... simply you cannot be worrying how the bike is running etc etc etc and also RIDING the damn thing properly... and as YOU cannot do much about the other stuff you should focus on RIDING which is the part you have control over... (that info was from a friend who had been involved in racing bikes also)
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Snow!
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You know it makes sense.
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Having a beetle called Alexander under my big toe. When I initiate a turn you give him a bit of a warning and then push his face in the snow before sinking down and crushing a grape which is positioned in the arch of my foot! (anyone who has ever skiied with Bob Trueman of BOBSKI will know what I'm on about!!)
and on steeper slopes, remember to pat your snow moles which run alongside you on the outside of your down hill ski and your and snow giraffe which is trying to keep up with you on the outside of your uphill ski.
oh, and BREATHE!!!!!! (often find myself holding my breath!!)
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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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| Helena wrote: |
oh, and BREATHE!!!!!! (often find myself holding my breath!!) |
Do you inhale or exhale first?
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Poster: A snowHead
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- Carry your beer & don't spill it (an ESF image for hand position & keeping them level)
- Thigh high (a Warren Smith image for keeping weight forward & ankles flexed)
- 'C' shape down the outer torso line when carving (a Martin Bell image for angulation/inclination)
- Trip over your skis (a Warren Smith image for getting weight forward & across the skis, especially on steeps)
- Gravity is your friend (a Martin Bell tip for when it goes pear shaped - point skis down hill & your balance will sort itself out)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dive down the hill - to encourage you to almost leap forward and down the fall-line.
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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, probably explained why it never worked for me then - I was concentrating on the wife's you know rather than the money. Still helped keep my pelvis forward! 
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Boris, and she thought she just skied faster than you...
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One unforgettable description from a ski coach last year was to "ski like a dog humping a football".
(don't stick your butt out!) 
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Do you supply your own football?
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Think imaginery dog, imaginery football...
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When i was learning the instructor at Oldham dry slope just used to say keep smiling! 
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as an ESF guy once told me "more fornicate and less deficate"
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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An Italian ski instructor used to shout "Bust al valle, bust al valle!! " all the time -- so I shout this to myself quite a lot--- 
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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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Julieanne, i can guess but how bout a translation
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skimottaret, You guessed right! Your link has nice photos and a great ski video--wish I was there right now!
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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This one's for Masque. I once heard of a yound lady competing in a 'Naked Ski' event, she used the Button to get to the top of the mountain on this fine but cold afternoon. Anyone seen the 'Ski lift' scene in 'Dumb and Dumber'? OUCH!!!! 
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