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R21 Bumps training
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Had a brilliant week in Tignes with R21 and just wanted to let everyone know how good the training was.

The course was exceptionally good value, £175 for 6 FULL days of training 9 -3:30 everyday with video review at lunch most days.

Training was a mix of on piste warm up and drills, off piste skiing, open field bumps, rut lines and a few goes in the WC competition bumps lane. It wasnt a course on "tips" for bumps skiing but more of a week on how to improve your basic skiing skills that are important for mogul skiing along with some tactics on how to best ski the bumps.

We had 6 - 8 students per day and most were very high caliber skiers with 5 having Eurotest passes under their belts. I languished at the bottom of the group but the good skiers were all very helpful and the trainer had us doing lots of partner and synchro exercises.



Our Trainer Derek Chandler was inspirational in the bumps and although was a bit nutty he had a very easy going yet professional coaching style with detailed training plans and drills for us to work on as a group and tailored things to each individual on a daily basis.



We had some great conditions and two bluebird powder days. One of the lads getting some air off piste the last day.

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skimottaret wrote:



Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
Who the hell is that? The nutty Derek?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

rob@rar, yup he works for Magic in Meribel and dons the mouse suit from time to time in the snowpark. (wasnt wearing it for the course though Toofy Grin )

He did take some very hairy jumps without even a reccy and could do drills that i could barely attempt to do..
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Eek!
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skimottaret wrote:
(wasnt wearing it for the course though Toofy Grin )

That's a shame. I quite like the idea of being taught by a giant squirrel Laughing
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skimottaret, sounds like a good course.
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beanie1, the only gal on the course broke her arm in two places doing a drill i came up with for her and the dude taking air broke his thumb.. i was happy to come out in one piece... Toofy Grin
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skimottaret wrote:
beanie1, the only gal on the course broke her arm in two places doing a drill i came up with for her


Have you received the invoice from the medical center & the gal's claim for loss of earnings yet wink
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stewart woodward, how's Sophia doing? i was pretty bummed about it. Seh was very game though coming back out skiing a few days later, good on her. Please say hello for me.
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skimottaret, It's a small world ! Sofia's doing fine and is chilling out for Christmas. As per a couple of days ago the case was due to come off in a couple of weeks. She's fit enough to be playing with hew new skins and fat ski's the other day.
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david@mediacopy, that is a small world, you in Tignes? How do you know her and Phil?
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skimottaret, Unfortunately not in Tignes Sad but usually in touch with one or the other via IM or email. I know them from Baqueira where they usually Winter. Sofia has excellent knowledge of all the best cake shops . . . . .
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david@mediacopy, snowHead snowHead She does like here cakes, we did have a chairlift discussion on pastries, and a danish girl with us was making a very persuasive argument for Denmark vs. Portugal and Spain... snowHead

Baqueira sounds nice, yet another skiing destination for the list......
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skimottaret wrote:
we did have a chairlift discussion on pastries, and a danish girl with us was making a very persuasive argument for Denmark vs. Portugal and Spain... snowHead


Good grief ! I can imagine how that one went. If you want a laugh ask her about marmalade wink

Baquriea is nice, very Spanish with not many Brits around, although over the years I hear more and more English in the lift queues. Apparently the resort is ran US style, where everything 'inbounds' is Avalanche controlled. Certainly the locals don't hold back from the off piste, with the most unlikely lines evident from the lifts snowHead
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