 Poster: A snowHead
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Oh, and that's without all the confusing pole plant stuff  .
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Demo some faction 13s. Floppiest ski ever.
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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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It's late, I've probably had too much to drink but the thought going through is... We're talkign cruising greens and easy bliues. Ski with your hips not your head - it's a slow dance, a rhythmic groove. Sway a little, gyrate.
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forwood, Mmmmm................its an idea, but.....................I don't know whether 'gyrate' is exactly me 
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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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another vote for time spent on skis and playing around, little jumps, skiing backwards, skiing on one ski,get familiar with your skis 
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Hey Megamum, I've seen you at the EOSB, I'd say gyrating is EXACTLY your thing 
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Megamum, I find it very hard to get rid of excess tension when skiing and know that it's counterproductive as stiff legs don't act like shock absorbers. The more I am either worrying about the technique or the challenge of the slope I am on, the worse it is - when I am relaxed on terrain I am happy with and I "just ski" it feels quite different. The "inner game" skiing book has an interesting piece that I think is relevant here. A lady who was quite reserved in her skiing wanted to change her style. As the instructor knew she was capable of doing it, she was was asked to explain what she wanted to ski like by doing a run and demonstrating what she meant - the result was quite a revelation to her.
I think there is a lot in the "have fun" issue discussed above. We are guilty of getting far too serious about it too much of the time and a balance would be far more beneficial. If all we do is practise technique and beat ourselves up for what we don't achieve we are robbing ourselves of the enjoyment aspect.
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If you don't go for music (and don't knock it till you've tried it), there's always a vin chaud. On on arctic morning in Les Gets, years ago, my sister and I were in the caff for a vin chaud at 0915!
The weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed someone suggested above would probably be even more effective.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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DB, Urghh....that stuff. My one bad experience of it was when it was put in a tea cup with 2 spoons of sugar, burned off and topped up with black tea {{{shudders}}}
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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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Megamum, What makes you smile, or giggle ? Can you do that on skis ?
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Megamum, I have to agree. Stroh....... 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Megamum, That's up to you !
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Poster: A snowHead
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Remember there's noone at the bottom of the slope holding up boards with points for style!
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Oh yes they are mate, perhaps not holding up board exactly, but absolutely everyone who sees you skiing, be it from a restaurant terrace or the lift, makes a judgment on your skill level and style so they can measure it against their own and form an opinion as to where they are in the pecking order and how they might have improved. One of the great delight of a skiing holiday is people watching, don't try and pretend it isn't.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Try spending a period out of your comfort zone - say to the side of the piste (under qualified supervision if anything more serious) for a stretch. When you get back onto a moderate piste, it will seem like a piece of cake and feel good.
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Dr John, there's a 'pecking order'? Do explain.
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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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Lizzard, instructors at the top, learners at the bottom, every other bu&&er somewhere in the middle
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Dr John,
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instructors at the top
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I don't think so 
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Dr John, You're not wrong - every day I waited for ski school to bring the kids back I was watching those coming down the slope and trying to work out what they were doing right and what they were doing like me
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instructors at the top! God i've met some who can't even put a proper parrallel turn in!!!!!!
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the_doc, what were you being instructed in at the time, cookery?
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Nothing about being good at teaching skiing to a beginner/intermediate level requires being good at a high level... don't tell the ESF that though
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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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Dr John, I am an instructor so I've met a few.
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Dr John, if you're obsessed with grading and comparing everyone, I suggest you should be looking at piste rescue for the best skiers. Or you could just give up on the whole status thing and just get on with it.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Lizzard, I appreciate you are trying to live up to your tag line, but extrapolating "obsessed" from a throw away line on an interweb chat room is somewhat of a leap too far. My observation on people watching and the internal workings of peoples minds, conscious or not, still stands.
btw, if you want to see real obsession on gradings and standings I suggest you review the postings of Mr 1%, Frank4short. He must have spend untold hours trying to justify his grandstanding by creating about 1500 separate and specific grading criteria. Can't give you the direct link because I'm really can't be @rsed.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Wed 31-03-10 14:56; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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the coolest looking skiers round here tend to be the pisteurs. You rarely see instructors going flat out - though one ESF guy laying down some beautiful carves under a chairlift in Crest Voland last year was one of the most impressive things I've seen on skis. From above you could really appreciate the tracks he was leaving (which was no doubt his intention.....)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dr John, I doubt if I could be bothered reading it either.
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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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Lizzard, it's 20 minutes of my life I'll never get back...
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