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I've only been on 1 boarding holiday last year to L2A. This year i am going to go on 2 or 3 and it would be nice to find somewhere for 1 trip where there are wide smooth slopes where i can learn to carve properly. I will also be happy to take more lessons.
any suggestions?
thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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naryn, Cervinia fits that bill nicely. Wide, perfectly groomed motorways.
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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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naryn, go when it's not too busy if you want to learn to carve, but aren't you getting a bit ahead of yourself after only 1 week? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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naryn, I think choice of ski/board school is probably more important than choice of resort. You will make more progress with your technique if you have lessons with a good instructor, rather than trying to find a resort with lots of terrain terrain suitable for your technique (just about all resorts will have some terrain suitable for you). Maybe start a thread asking for recommendations for good board instructors would help narrow your choice of destination?
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I think choice of ski/board school is probably more important than choice of resort.
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I agree. I would also say "go for it". An instructor will take you to the right places, in terms of both slopes and techniques, for where you are. If you were a skier one week plus a few days in a fridge would be far too soon to think about carving, but the learning curve is a lot steeper on a board if you are courageous and athletic (ie if you are not me!). I think easiski knows some very good boarding instructors in LDA - why don't you start a new "find an ace snowboard instructor" thread on the snowboarding page?
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ok, thanks for the reality check guys! I definately intend to take lessons next trip, theres always more to learn and i like the system of having a lesson once a day AM or PM, and going offf doing your own thing the rest of the day, the lesson really brings you back to the technique and helps me focus on getting better. In L2A my instructer was Christian at European Ski School and he was very good, if i was going back there i would get more lessons from him most definately.
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naryn, rob's point about uncrowded slopes is really important too - suggest mid January for least crowds. And cheapest prices. Have fun.
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naryn, Robin is also very good there and John Nelson. Many of the snowboard instructors do seem to be very 'into' freestyle and might assume that you want that - you'll have to tell them what you want to learn. For the very, very best snowboard guy (IMO) here go to the ESF for private lessons with Fred Morass.  (Fred Brenon is good too, also Ezekiel David).
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