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My little 5 year old passed his 3 star test today. This season he has done 1, 2 and 3 star. The tests are meant to be done on Friday, but as we leave tommorrow the instructor tested him early. Sorry, will get back in my box now!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chattonmill, wow! Thats fantastic! Well done him!
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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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Chattonmill, very cool. good on him. Who were his lessons with?
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I had better whisper this shoogly, ESF 
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Wed 4-04-12 17:30; edited 1 time in total
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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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Chattonmill, fantastic - and in such grotty weather too. Well done to him.
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Well done!
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Chattonmill, good for him! A proud moment well documented for you too 
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Chattonmill, well done for the youngster, but please get him to sit back less on jumps or one day he'll land on the back of his head
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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D G Orf, He's 5! Have you ever tried to tell a 5 year old what to do!
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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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| Chattonmill wrote: |
| Have you ever tried to tell a 5 year old what to do! |
Is he not telling you what you are doing wrong yet 
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You know it makes sense.
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stewart woodward, Closer than you think, I led him down the Yeti & Myrtille in Les Gets, in turn he led his mother.
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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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Chattonmill, that's why I said try, I have my doubts over your chances of success, at least at that age they tend to bounce and I note he has a helmet so chances are once it happens to him it will only be a headache rather than leaving blood and hair on the piste, in many ways I was lucky, I was brought up in th edays when as children we actually listened to adults plus I had a couple of really great ski teachers at that age who seemed to get along really well with kids, of course the fact that they always had sweets in their pockets as rewards or simply to cheer us up on a cold day probably worked wonders as well, I dare say these days that probably doesn't happen either, not all "progress" is good it seems 
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Poster: A snowHead
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D G Orf, what a ray of sunshine you are
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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D G Orf, my daughters instructor in Norway would take her into the lifties hut to drink hot choc! In Les Arcs in Feb my youngest also was given treats 
From watching very young kids on the slope they all seem to sit too far back - and their snow ploughs are at painful looking angles; but for the most part they seem happy and capable.
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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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Grab not very steezy - must try harder! 
I hate kids - they're all so damn good.
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Kids 'sit back' and have massive ploughs partly because they have a high centre of gravity (their head (which a helmet makes higher)) that needs supporting. They also have not developed enough muscle strength in their legs to absorb the forces generated in skiing and also do not get lactic acid until they are much older so can maintain a 'painful' looking position for hours on end. As they get older the muscles in their legs will be used more to steady them over the centre of their skis.... in short don't worry about kids leaning back too much until they get closer to 10yrs old!
I reward kids with high-5 and 'treats' of skiing piste 'x' or doing game 'y'.... seems to work pretty well, cheaper and stops any hyper activity effect from the sweets potentially. Not as tasty though!
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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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| Steve Angus wrote: |
| Kids 'sit back' ...! |
to be fair the young man is also coming off a bump. It is amazing the amount of vert they can do in what looks like, to us, a very tiring position.
1-3 is a big jump this year, basically from snow plow to proper parallel turns, bronze and gold shouldn't be a problem next year, basically carved short and long radius turns. Then the fleche, wheeehee.
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Chattonmill, wow - well done to your son! Very justified proud father moment 
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| Chattonmill wrote: |
| D G Orf, He's 5! Have you ever tried to tell a 5 year old what to do! |
Yes - and effectively. As happened to me when I was five. No longer so?
Nice photo.
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Chattonmill, Love the photo - says it all! And well done to the little ankle biter.... annoyingly good already!
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D G Orf,
All the instructors in Austria still come equipped with industrial packets of Haribo.
I wish Junior would get on with his skiing a bit more, but he always seems to be hanging about at the back of the class talking to the girls. Must get it from his mother
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Chattonmill nice! But watch out he will be overtaking you pretty soon this rate!
| Steve Angus wrote: |
| Kids 'sit back'...partly because they have a high centre of gravity |
Really? Do kids walk or run back seat because they have a high centre of gravity? I have always thought that if you can stand up and walk then you can ski out of the backseat with your legs supporting you.
I am not an instructor but don't kids tend to ski sitting back because they are more interested in having fun than doing it 'properly'?
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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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If he's done 1, 2 and three star then he's got to be listening!
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Go Ed! I expect to see him on the Les Crosets park next season
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You know it makes sense.
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| Steve Angus wrote: |
I reward kids with high-5 and 'treats' of skiing piste 'x' or doing game 'y'.... seems to work pretty well, cheaper and stops any hyper activity effect from the sweets potentially. Not as tasty though! |
I am never having a lesson with this man ...the old meanie.
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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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| D G Orf wrote: |
| Chattonmill, well done for the youngster, but please get him to sit back less on jumps or one day he'll land on the back of his head |
what a twaty statement!
ATTENTION CYBER-SKIER ALERT ATTENTION......STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYPAD
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Poster: A snowHead
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Morrissey, pity to drag down this thread with a rather over-abusive post. And I've skied with D G Orf as have other snowheads - he's no 'cyber skier'.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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achilles, maybe Morrissey found the posts to be twaty and is speaking his mind - just as D G Orf spoke his?
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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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Free speach on th internet??? Careful now; Dave doesn't approve of that sort of thing.
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Morrissey, I've been skiing for 40 years, so why be insulting to people ? Chattonmill's , son has done really well to get as far as he has done, but if he keeps leaning back that far when he jumps he will get hurt, it was a bit of friendly advice I gave nothing more, it comes from having seen more than one person leave hair and blood on a piste after landing and falling after a jump because they were sitting back on the skis. If instructors are good (as mine were) they find ways of teaching young children that are safe and fun and enjoyable for the kids, I seem to recall being taught in ski school to lean forward by a process which involved holding my ski sticks between my hands whilst stretching my arms forward and then taking a series of mini jumps one after the other, it was done at slow speed on a gentle slope but it worked, if you sat back you'd probably manage the first jump, might manage the second but there's no way you'd manage the third in a row. Because we were all young and low to the ground it didn't hurt much when we fell we just laughed got up and did it again, but it does teach you to lean forward when skiing
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