 Poster: A snowHead
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mark handford, I don't feel I'm stuck on a plateau at the moment, but I most certainly have been in the past. That was because I'd stopped striving to improve (I'd given up on instruction for various reasons) and I didn't have the skills or the understanding to change what I was doing. The result was a week or two per season where I had a fun holiday but always had a sense of frustration that I couldn't ski more of the mountain. I'm never going to be a really good skier, but at the moment I'm on an upward track and I've never had more fun 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| mark handford wrote: |
| The person who is skiing the best is the person having the most fun. |
I can't take that at face value - there are far too many people on the mountain who are having an absolute ball but are still a danger to themselves and everyone else. The "necessary" level of technique is surely enough to ensure that you are not a danger and to develop the awareness of the boundary of where your technique will allow you to ski "safely"?
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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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eng_ch, I agree with you, the comment was made for snowheads, who I hope do not always fit in to the category of the "all the gear no idea".
Unfortunately skiing is not alone when it comes to numpties on the hill, I work for MRT and we are always out for them, climbing is also going the same way, where an indoor climbing wall is just another sport gym, then they head outside on to real rock and mountains with the same lack of awareness and the same matcho attitude of the climbing gym, they too come unstuck and are also ignorant of the safety codes etc.
I sympathise with you as I also live in the mountains, just be thankfull that all tourists dont take there cars over to your area, as its lethal driving round the mountain roads here in tourist season, they either drive in the middle of the road and wont move over leaving us with broken mirrors and scratched wings, or they try to drive like Colin McRae (rip) with the same end results.
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rob@rar, Glad to hear you passed your plateau. Sad that you may not have found an instructor who was a natural teacher. Sometimes we need mentors and they are totaly different to an instructor. Ive never had much in the way of formal paid for instructionfor skiing ,but prefer to learn from people who are older, wiser and better than me, perhaps Im lucky to have friends that ski very well and have the ability to pass their knowledge on to me in a way I find simple to understand.
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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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| mark handford wrote: |
| rob@rar, Glad to hear you passed your plateau. Sad that you may not have found an instructor who was a natural teacher. |
No, I've found a few now. That was the key to getting off my plateau. For me being a better skier = more fun, even if it means sometimes having to do a bit of tedious drills and practice and getting stuck in odd threads here on snowHeads
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| mark handford wrote: |
| Now tell me who these good teachers are? |
The on-snow instructors I had last season were Phil Smith, Emma Carrick-Anderson (Snoworks ski school), Mark Jones (ICE, Val d'Isere), John Thomas, Ruth Mosely, Euan Wright, Dave Meyer (New Generation), Gareth Roberts (Supreme, Courchevel) and Hugh Monney (BASS, Les Gets). I'd be happy to recommend any of them.
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rob@rar, Thats great, their names are here for all see and hopefully they will get some extra business from your recommendation. 
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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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| rob@rar wrote: |
| mark handford wrote: |
| Now tell me who these good teachers are? |
The on-snow instructors I had last season were Phil Smith, Emma Carrick-Anderson (Snoworks ski school), Mark Jones (ICE, Val d'Isere), John Thomas, Ruth Mosely, Euan Wright, Dave Meyer (New Generation), Gareth Roberts (Supreme, Courchevel) and Hugh Monney (BASS, Les Gets). I'd be happy to recommend any of them. |
rob@rar, with instructors of that calibre, It is no wonder you eventually got off your ski plateau. You've literally named the creme de la creme of ski teachers!
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| S Neal wrote: |
| rob@rar, with instructors of that calibre, It is no wonder you eventually got off your ski plateau. You've literally named the creme de la creme of ski teachers! |
They're all fun to ski with as well
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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S Neal, maybe that's cart before horse, theyre creme de la creme because they help skiers off plateaus?
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FAQ
they always seem to be the ones that make my legs scream. I spent 2 days on my last trip in March concentrating on one leg turns, great stuff on my right leg, I could do endless turns untill my leg burnt out, not so on my left leg where 4 or five turns would see me losing balance and putting the other ski down. Bloody tedious drills, but they do help progression.
