 Poster: A snowHead
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petemillis, I suspect that if your mate does take lessons, there will be a lot of "undoing bad habits"!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Guys,
Glad to have started such a good discussion. I'm 28, so although I wish I'd started earlier, I still have a good few years left and would certainly like to get to a position where I can ski the whole mountain in most conditions (if not off-piste). At the same time, particularly because it was only 8 weeks since my last trip, I don't really fancy a whole week of morning lessons.
I think I'm going to go for a day of getting my ski legs back, then a private lesson on the second day, and see where I go from there. I think it's worth spending the extra cash on one or two individual lessons rather than a week's worth of group lessons which are always susceptible to the 'lowest common denominator' factor.
So far "carving" is a term that I've heard a lot but don't really understand fully, so maybe I'll set myself an objective of being able to do that by the end of the week (too ambitious for a second weeker?)
Will definitely let you all know how I get on anyway.
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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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rpopo, carving is by no means too ambitious for a second weeker. All you need is correctly fitting boots and to be in tune with what your body and skis are doing. Definitely worth watching some of the bits of carving video that have been linked to in other posts, as well as doing some reading as it gives you an idea of what you're aiming for. Also applies to other types of turns - watch stuff, read stuff, visualise yourself doing it and it all helps.
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rpopo, carving is by no means too ambitious for a second weeker
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But not a foregone certainty either!! 
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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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I agree - although he can stop quickly, when he plans to stop, he is not in proper control. And he's big, tall and muscley hence a potential danger to himself and others.
Odds ball, me dears.. Stopping quickly on skis when in full flight is only designed for emergency stops or when losing control - a safe skier stops gradually by completing their turns.
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