Last Seasons goals, how did you get on?

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There is a nice thread going for the snowboards on this subject and i thought i would nick their idea and get one started for proper skiers NehNeh

What did you set out to learn last year? What did you actually learn?

What didn't you learn and why? What are your goals for this year?

A snowHead

skimottaret, great idea.

.. if we put things down here then we are more likely to push ourselves that bit harder to achieve our goals in fear of being ridiculed by the snowHead

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Gulp.. so here goes.

- ISIA cert.
- CSCF
- CSIA Park and Pipe Exam - done the course but think I need to be a wee bit less of a Jessie about things to sit the exam ....must tuck balls up and go for it.

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I set my goal to enjoy myself on the snow, take it as it comes and ski what I find.

I succeeded Smile

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Last seasons goals:
1)Recover from ESA disaster (loss of confidence, fear of new resorts and instructors further ingrained)

2) Learn to self start and become less reliant on instructor input for different changes(new skis/conditions etc)(This stems from 1 as I wanted to never be at the mercy of a rude instructor again)

3) become less of an "edge addict"

4) Get a Nastar Gold medal - Ok this was Fastman's goal for me I thought he was being overly ambitious and would have been happy with silver or even feeling less scared in a race course than total terror

5) Develop more confidence with my skiing - start to believe I was able to be the skier I was being told I could become from my technical base

6) Continue with the "learn to dance with the mountain" campaign

7) Try to get more sorted with the foot/leg/hip pain that plagued me

Cool

Ski more relaxed

9) Dial in short turns better after the work and confidence boost from the Livigno mob

Achieved
1) & 2) Huge thanks to Easiski and Fastman who really helped me along with this

3) Big thumbs up to Easiski here.... she had me on a program at both the PSB and Christmas that really showed even by the time I went to Colorado in march

4) Thankyou Fastman not only did I get that Nastar gold on my second day in the course but I am within 1 second of a platinum and keen to continue with racing stuff

5) Again big thanks to Easiski and Fastman who have been gentling me along the roads I need to walk also to my ex and one of my ski buddies from back home who have continued to encourage me to become this skier.... also my instructors back home

6) Big Thankyou to Easiski ,lampbus,Fastman,Heluvaskier, Double Diamond and heluvadad who dragged me round one snowy day.... also to Mike and ??Tiffany?? and Uncle Louie and Lewbob and DonDenver from epic

7) Thanks to easiskis bootfitter and the podiatrist at Sidas.... with orthotics from Sidas I now no longer ski in constant pain each turn... Thankyou to Brent Amsbury from park city utah who helped me with the fore/aft bit...

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Big thank you to everyone from snow heads who skied with me...

9) Missed this one - oh well.... I still think the skills from the other stuff will carry forward and help when I get back to this one

Also huge thanks to Annie and family who cheered for me when I skied stuff I thought I would not.... and helped me learn to believe in me!

Goals for this season:
1) Nastar Platinum medal then start to chip away at my handicap...

2) Ski in Livigno again with recently retired world cup racer... see if i can do a better job living up to his expectations this time around

3) Learn to use real WC GS skis properly

4) Learn to do a retraction/pivot to carve turn in some manner (not expecting to perfect this at all)

5)Increase speed tolerance....

6) learn to use Big troubles

7) Continue with 3 5 6 8 & 9 from above

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I'm probably awimp but I don'tset myself goals for my holidays and try not to allow other people to set me goals at work either. Embarassed

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T Bar,

Actually you sound fairly normal - what are you doing on here?

After all it is free

Last Years
1. learn to parralel Turn (did in first morning on snow after 6 hours on dry slopes)
2. enjoy it (one of favourite holidays ever)
3. develop my french speaking for my exams and for future holidays (learnt and spoke a lot, but i still wish i was better)

This Years
1. push my self to the extent that i can get as much enjoyment/thrills out of it
2. try some blacks
3. Improve my turing technique. more control and tighter turns at more speed
4. Genreally enjoy it as much as possible
5. This year will be the last ski holiday with the family Sad

(NOT) so hopefully get more freedom and try harder stuff and leave my dad and sister who are keeping me behind, having to spend about 2 hours a day pottering about on motorways untill me and mum finally go off. sounds selfish, but we'll all enjoy ourselves more. and spend more time skiing with my mum who is a very experienced skiier and enjoy one of the last ever family holidays.
6. Organise a succesful holiday for the family

okay I will have a go

last years goal was to get my basi 3 license and continue to have FUN. we also bought an apartment and it needed sorting out.

Managed all three but had a few days during training when i got frustrated and had to remind myself this isnt work and is all about having a good time. The place is all set up now and looking forward to using it more and more, so overall mission accomplished last season but realised that i have loads to learn to be able to ski well. snowHead

This years goals were to learn how to ski gates and pass the Test Technique, carry on with more BASI training, improve my fitness, Learn how to do the "worm turn" AND continue to have FUN...

Started to do slalom training on plastic and have realised how difficult it is and the TT goal is impossible so put that back a few years
have two BASI courses booked and would like to pass both but one will be okay
will be practising the worm turn as soon as some soft snow comes my way.. Toofy Grin

fitness is starting off badly this year but hope to be in shape by the end of the season

specifically want to:
be able to put the skis on edge early to initiate a turn as opposed to skidding.
get my lard *ss forward, stand taller and stop waist breaking
Overcome my fear of gullies and traverses
be able to beat most of the teenagers in a race

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Last seasons goals:
1. Do all three ESAs - they work for me.
2. Ski at least 2 new resorts - managed about 8, I think.
3. Ski in the Vosges. Failed miserably due to lack of snow.
4. Enjoy myself.

This season:
1. One ESA, and a trip to Utah.
2. Enjoy myself.

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This season:
1. trip to Utah
2. no injuries

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Lizzard,
I'm probably as bad as anyone else I do actually want to ski a bit better (And went to L2A glacier this summer to try) Just not very goal orientated Embarassed

Goal for last season was to go twice. Once with the kids and once without.

Thanks to the mother in law for sorting number 2 option.

Goal for this season. To do the same again and dates booked Laughing

You know it makes sense.

1. Have fun - check Very Happy

2. Improve - check Toofy Grin

3. Ski more than 30 days - check snowHead

They are the same for this year rolling eyes

Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

Last season:

1. Have fun
2. BASI 3
3. Meet and ski with some Morzine locals
4. Vallee Blanche
5. Improve my off-piste skiing
6. Survive La Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaavvvee

All achieved and lots of laughs had.

This season:

1. Have fun
2. BASI Mountain safety module
3. Get started on telemark
4. Start training toward my ISIA
5. Learn to let go and just get f*&&*^g on with it rolling eyes

A snowHead

Get a life...

A snowHead

Last season - Can't remember exactly:

1 Have fun
2 Get some fresh
3 Be able to walk at the end of the season

Achieved

Next season:

Same again will do.

Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

My goal for this year skiing wise was to become unconsciously competent (and I should have picked something that I could spell). I didn't achieve it on holiday, but got close once or twice at MK, when I got down and had actually enjoyed doing so, i.e it hadn't just been one big 'one big think' as I went down.

This year to continue this quest, also to learn to do carved parallel turns properly and make them S shapes not Zeds. To ski on a different slope and to try out my new skis Very Happy

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Megamum, if everything is "one big think" (and I know what you mean, I was doing that on the snowboard) then you should try skiing to music that you really like. It does help you relax, which is half the battle. It's especially good if the weather is a bit grim and gloomy.

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pam w, are you sure you really want to open that can of worms again? Laughing

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skimottaret,

didn't need to, I have one, and I don't have to thank the world for it.. Laughing

all my own work Laughing

as for the skiing...had fun, skied crap at times, but many good memories. Know what I need to do for next year..... which will be more fun

After all it is free

1. Drink Mutzig until I lose ability to see - check

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Enjoy holiday - check (as far as it went)

With hindsight, another goal should have been not to injure myself - failed miserably Sad

brian

What's with the "have fun" goal ? How could you not ? Surely you'd have given it up if you weren't ?

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brian, we all have fun in different ways.

brian

fatbob, ah I see, so it's mental conditioning for people that didn't have a battle hardened Scottish skiing upbringing ? wink

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Learn to win a Facebook scrabble game Razz

oops wrong thread !

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Last Year
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1. Find out if I liked skiing enough to try to learn to do it acceptably well (I DO, I DO!)

2. Assuming the answer to 1 was YES, learn to ski blue slopes competently and in perfect control (Failed Crying or Very sad

)

This year
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1. Ski more than a couple of hours a day when away, as the weather/conditions just HAVE to be an improvement on last year's

2. Learn to ski blue slopes confidently without a look of white terror on my face!

3.Dispense with the need for a snowplough, complete with totally ineffective but nonetheless very strongly applied "toe brakes" inside my boots whenever the slope is a bit steeper, by achieving basic parallel turns.

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debbi,

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kitenski, cheers

After all it is free

my seasons goals are always the same, to be smiling, and have as much fun as is possible. fortunately i manage this every season

Goal: to get the hang of (or at least vaguely comfortable with) skiing switch. Result: bruised ass and no progress Smile

My skiing in general had definitely gone backwards though - not skiing for 3 years really does have an effect Sad

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