 Poster: A snowHead
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Had a lesson on the dry slope last night. My new instructor is hideously young, he must be about twelve, I swear it's not just doctors/policemen who're getting younger. Any how, for such a young chap he was very good and I feel I made real progress.
He didn't like the tea-pot drill for the dryslope and preferred a variation where you hold your poles out horizontally to the sides and as you turn you make a low sweeping movement over the mat with the downhill pole. it felt great so if you see a dork skiing like that in Italy it will be me!
He said that when I turn to the right (my bad side) that I should take things slower and smoother as I tend to rush things on that side, and that really helped, my downhill ski did not slip away from me at all.
After a few runs on the main slope he decided it was time to try the jump slope, not to jump but to try to carve and hold the edge on a steeper slope. I got to the top and thought "this is steep and this is snowflex" - I don't like either so I lost it big time. The problem here is in my head so that's what I'm going to work on this week. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have you seen how young the pope looks!
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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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jbob, I remember when he was an altar boy!!!!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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ickabodblue, yep - that one is a very popular on the pistes too - so you won't look such a dork as many instructors use this method. It helped me loads and I always dreaded skiing without my poles.
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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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ickabodblue, 'Aeroplane Turns' Really good for angulation.
Amazing when you get old isn't it, even Policemen start to look young. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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parlor,  I was just going to suggest a Makita
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parlor, Not keen on the colour. Do they come in pink?
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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pink drill
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COOL 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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kevinrhead, That is gorgeous, I want one !!!!
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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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This week we were concentrating on "keeping the upper body quiet" (it will take more than a few ski exercises to keep me quiet!!)
First exercise was to hold your poles behind your back at about hip level, weird at first and I worried that it might put me in the back seat, but, after a few runs I quite liked it and did feel it helped.
Next we had to hold the poles like swords and hold them vertically in front, ie straight up in the air, concentrating on keeping them parallel. Didn't work for me. My upper body was still but very stiff and nothing flowed.
The aeroplane one is still my favourite but we will see what our young instructor comes up with next week.
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