 Poster: A snowHead
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Did you set/achieve any goals last year? What are your goals for the season?
Last years goals:Pass CSIA 2, CSCF 1, Stick some 3's, Kicking Horse during a massive powder day. Status:Achieved
This years goals:Get on snow.. Suitable conditions would be eyeing a 25+footer but that is just speculatory, is that even a word? Go to the Horse again and launch "pride rock". Front flip would be nice but I ain't holding my breath.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Mine was simply to have fun - I did that in spades.
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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 goal last year was to improve my skiing and enjoy it.
I fell over and did my knee in. Found fear, previously unknown, forgot how skiing works and became incredibly unfit.
This years goal: Learn how to ski again!
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Good thread, and one to revisit in six months time. My goals are:
1. Improve my control of timing of the different phases of the turn, so I can adjust what happens when under my control rather than being dictated to by the snow and the terrain.
2. Improve my feeling for the forces that build up during the turn, so I can ski with more efficiently and with more flow.
3. Improve my control when skiing bumps by working harder to keep skis in contact with the snow and improving my steering through increased upper/lower separation.
These were all points that I started to work on last season and made a little bit or progress with, but they all need massive improvement for my skiing to move up a level.
Along the way I'd like to pass a few BASI courses (Mountain Safety and Alpine Coach Levels 1 & 2), and to spend some time skiing with friends around the Tarentaise and Trois Vallees.
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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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To get at least 2 boarding trips in, master some air ..... oops sorry arv, this is the SKIING thread 
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DebbiDoesSnow, yehh yehhhhhh 
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Last years goal.........to have fun.! Achieved
This years goal.........first and foremost, to have even more fun than last year. Its gonna be a hard nut to crack!!
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I doubt there will ever be another skiing year, to top the one just gone in terms of the overall progress that I made in my skiing, mainly in a certain 1 week holiday that I'll never forget. I'd like to come back after Easter having tried an easy black in good snow,just so I can say I've done one
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Two seasons ago ( Jan 2007) we got back from our one week in France and decided our goal was to ski more. So we planned a move to Calgary. We then skied more.
This year our plan is to do some pre-season training and then to ski more. Pre season training isn't that apparent as yet and the sason starts in two or three weeks. We have RCR season pass so hopefully will ski even more this year.
Gryphea
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My goal is to actualy get next years week booked as we still havnt sorted anything yet.
Then its a case of spending as much time on the slopes as possible. Waiting 12 months in between
trips to the mountains is a long time 
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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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The goal I set last year, get Anwärter Ski I made last week....
Next up is Landes 1, for which i'll need LOTS of training, which means I won't be able to give it a go until 2010.
Also since the Austrians seem to have a distinct lack of attention in failure analysis (especially at Anwärter level), to find something to get better at that.
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| jonm wrote: |
| Mine was simply to have fun - I did that in spades. |
Got to agree. That and not get injured are my goals.
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| I doubt there will ever be another skiing year, to top the one just gone in terms of the overall progress that I made in my skiing, mainly in a certain 1 week holiday that I'll never forget. I'd like to come back after Easter having tried an easy black in good snow,just so I can say I've done one |
Goitschel, in the afternoon, when the piste has softened. It is the piste to the right that you look at when sat at the Plan Sud Resto
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You know it makes sense.
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This Season: Really nail the off-piste and powder technique. 2 weeks in Fernie to do it. 
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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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Improve on the Black pistes cope better with bumps and moguls. Definitely achieved. Took fewer rest breaks, managed to follow the fall line, for the most part, down mogul fields - a happy bunny
Goals for this year? More of the same
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Fri 24-10-08 13:30; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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2 major goals this year, learn properly how to ski moguls with a relative level of confidence and style, and ski as much offpiste as possible. both will require the achievement of another goal, getting fit, and seeing as I have just under 2 months til I go skiing, I think that has to start now!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fr0sty the Sn0wman,
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Goitschel, in the afternoon, when the piste has softened. It is the piste to the right that you look at when sat at the Plan Sud Resto
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What about that run down the other side from the Cime de Caron to the Rosael lift? I can't recall much difficulty about that and the views are sublime - amongst the best I've seen in the Alps.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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arv,
Am I allowed to copy+paste?
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I currently don't have any year's goals because I barely know where I'm going to ski this year besides Stratton, Vermont
But my life goal is... TO SKI CORBET'S COULOIR!!!!!!
I think I'm heading there 
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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'd like to get the hang of bumps this year, and venture off piste a bit more than just cutting from one run to another or playing round the poles.
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Kruisler, NO! 
If you wish to be a part of it why not!
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1. Have fun
2. Try and keep up with the kids
3. Do the Aiguille Rouge run in LEs Arcs - just never get the chance what with kids and grandparents
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Straighten 'em up...
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Fr0sty the Sn0wman, Hurtle, Thank you - I will dig out the piste map and review. Just a nice easy one to begin with - I'll have a weeks + extra skiing and some more lessons behind me when I'd be looking at trying one in VT and providing that has gone OK I can't see why it should be out of reach for me - esp. as the Orelle red was so god-awful this year. A nice easy one though - so it will have to be on decent snow like the after lunch time you suggested.
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Get fit and dont get hurt this season trying to keep up with the 20 somethings  And, pass at least 1 of 2 courses booked...
Stretch goal :- passing both courses and start to telemark at half term break...
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You know it makes sense.
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Concentrate on improving in off piste and bumps.
Half an eye on gates to improve my chances of getting Coach Level 2 perhaps towards the end of the season.
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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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Aren't there two (or even 3?) different routes down the top bit of Goitschel? The one furthest from the lift is much less crowded.......
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Poster: A snowHead
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Get more consistent off-piste.
Beat the kids in GS races.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Megamum, oops, don't take any notice of my recommendation, I've copied the following from another thread:-
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skimottaret, this is relevant to something I posted on another thread, but I'd like to check it out, so that I don't mislead anybody...the VT black that's off the back of Cime de Caron, that joins up with Gentiane and Maurienne (sp?) on the way down to the Rosael chair - it's not very black, is it? I did it in good conditions, but it didn't seem hard.
Hurtle, you mean the one going to the 4th valley? hmmmm..... In good conditions it is quite easy but i took two kids down it last year and the visibility was awful and it is narrow in places and hard to tell if you are on or off piste....
The whole link to the 4th valley is like that the wind gets up and the snow blows all over making the skiing pretty hairy... I dont go there unless there is no wind. |
Just goes to show how careful you should be about listening to other people's recommendations. I'm glad I double-checked with someone who knows!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hurtle, Thank you for following it up, all comments noted. In good weather it sounds easier, but admit to not being a huge fan of 'narrow' maybe it will need another year!! 
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Megamum, after seeing your video from last year i think that run would be too ambitious for you...
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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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Last season my goal was to improve my skiing sufficient to take and pass the BASI Level 1 course.
This season I'd like to improve further, particularly off piste and bumps, such that I can think about doing the BASI Level 2 course. I'm still in a state of amazement that I passed the Level 1, so this may be a pipe dream, but I'm going to try really hard to achieve it. I know BASI Level 2 is a modest level of technical ability on the grand scale of things, but for me it would be a massive effort and achievement, given my chronic illness, badly injured left leg (from a road traffic accident 10 years ago), and the fact I've only been skiing since 2005.
I'd quite like to win another race too. I did that last season and it wasn't even on my list of things to do!
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To win another ski holiday
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Goal? I ski to escape the pressure of this goal oriented world...
I've got plenty in the more serious part of my life (job, finance, relationship, health etc), the last thing I need is to have a ski goal!
I skied better than I ever thought I could.
When I started, I only wanted to cruise around the wide, red pistes. Then I found myself on top of a black one and there's no alternative. Skiing it wasn't as hard as I thought, it turned out. That was my only skiing goal and I already achieved it! Though I continue to take lessons and immitate better skiers so now blacks are no problem. And I can manage even when conditions are non-ideal and full of monster bumps. Still, it wasn't something I purposely set out to achieve.
I do want to get a bit more pratice at jumping off small cliffs (the landing bits, that is). And I've been dabbling at deep powder (when available), re-freezed powder (on my way to potential powder) and trees (when there's no open, easy powder). But I'm not anywhere near in "mastering" any of them. Nor am I sure I ever will. No more than whether I ever will ski blacks on my first season of skiing.
So, I have no skiing goals. At least not for next season.
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My goals.... 30 days in Scotland and to ski deeper snow better...
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FAQ
- Still managed half an hour which was excellent and also managed 17th out of 56 starters and only 5 secs off first place.
) - they've got lots of videos that people put up for the resident instructors to analyse.
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although the name 'Goitschel' does ring a bell... But yes, that's a good idea for a first black - it's really not hard at all (especially if you take the RH route from the top - but neither route is exactly 'black'). Don't leave it until too late in the day, though, not in April - it gets the sun, & it also gets hacked about by the people coming back from the other valleys. Pehaps just before lunch on a nice day...
