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Hi
I was thinking of doing some lessons before a trip to Finland, with lots of snow activities including skiing, the question is Dry Slopes, are they any good, there is a new one I believe in Dublin being built is there much difference than the Craigavon one?
Never set foot in ski's well once but I was 6, and cant remember.
Any tips or opinions would be great.
Thanks
PS I hope we get lots of snow this x-mas for so practice
DM
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Lots of us probably had our formative slides on dryslopes. There are whole chapters and verses to be written on their merits or otherwise but I'd say they work fine as an intro and actually make real snow seem pretty easy when you get on it. You won't necessarily be able to skip beginner classes when you hit snow but it'll definitely give you a head start.
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DeniMcknight, welcome to Snowheads!
HOw much and what sort of skiing are you likely to be doing in Finland? As you're talking about using dry slopes I'm assuming it's alpine rather than cross-country.
At the risk of starting another firestorm on the benefits of the system itself. The Dublin ski centre offers this. I was a late starter and found similar systems useful. No substitute for getting out on snow, but very good for fitness and learning basic technique, some of the terminology and getting used to the equipment. At this stage I'd suggest trying anything and everything to see what works for you. Although if you catch the bug in Finland you won't need me to tell you that!
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we choose finland because of all the oter activites dog sleding, snowmobile Santa etc lol
Im think they do cross country and downhill, not sure what I would like to be honest. But any help is better than no help, Apparently dublin is getting a snow slope and casino cant wait till that is built just down the road.
How do you get good, when you only get snow here about 2-3 days and not really skiing material although the winters are getting worse? (mite be a blonde question) 
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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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| DeniMcknight wrote: |
How do you get good, when you only get snow here about 2-3 days and not really skiing material although the winters are getting worse? (mite be a blonde question) |
Talking about skiing lots on the internet improves your ability by at least 50%. Other than that apply a big hose to your bank account and be prepared not to take much in the way of summer holidays.
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as Justjill says you might want to check out what skiing is available for you in Finland. I have been to Craigavon a few times as an early skier to get the cobwebs off before the next ski holiday - but it's pretty grim. They have fairy liquid on mats at the top to help the skis run. Too many ejits falling off drag lift and tech problems slowing things up. If you can ski at all the run is just too short. You cannot use the facility as a complete beginner (or you become one of the ejits)
I think you can get classes there which might be useful to show you how to get up after you have fallen over etc
Save your £££s for lessons when you get to where u are going
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| DeniMcknight wrote: |
How do you get good, when you only get snow here about 2-3 days and not really skiing material although the winters are getting worse? (mite be a blonde question) :roll: |
If you want to make fast progress you spend a shed load of time and money on lessons. Do loads of practice sessions to consolidate what you've learned and accept that you will never catch up with the people who learned to ski at the age of three...
Alternatively just take it at your own pace and it'll take as long as it takes. It's surprising how much knowledge you retain between one year and the next.
It sounds like you're out for a fun, relaxed, time not a full on skiing holiday. In which case you probably don't need to do a huge amount of work beforehand. So long as you're reasonably fit and take a few lessons when you get out there you will be fine. You certainly don't need to spend a fortune on dry slopes and snowdomes if you're going to be trying cross-country skiing.
If you catch the bug after a holiday or two you may find that a weeks holiday turns into a year of planning and practicing (and one week won't be enough!). Unless and until you get to that point just enjoy it.
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DeniMcknight, I would recommend Kilternan dry slope which is south of Dublin.
I'm involved with the club there and there are a number of young skiers travel down on a weekly basis for training. I believe that it's only a couple of hours.
The club contact details can be found here: http://www.skiclub.ie/
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Cheers, i really cant wait to go out and enjoy our holiday, hopefully i wont make such a tit of myself on the ski's
lol 
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