I saw this last night on you tube and I found it very good, of course this is not meant to teach you how to ski, for that you have schools but at least it gives you a bunch of useful information.
http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/1705_snow-skiing.htm
Dave Smith Beginner videos
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Absolutely.
Trying to avoid people who are carrying their skis incorrectly is a pain in the **** and shouldn't even be necessary, were the cuplrits to give it some thought.
Just a lot more space over here :wink:
Trencher
From what I understand, there is a lot more difference in the way snowboarding is taught. On a snowboard forum I belong to, there was a lot of heated debate a few years ago about the differences in riding style between Europe and the US. What one couldn't deny, was that there were great exponents of both styles. So the debate ended in acceptance that there really wasn't just one right way to ride, but that there are number of ways to move on a board.
I really believe that when it comes to instruction, nothing should be set in stone. There will always be new approaches to most sports.
Trencher
There's big differences, not just in the things taught but in the way instructors are recruited and trained in the US, in the US they want to get people into instructing much quicker so the entry bar is very low, at the top end it's all pretty much the same though, there's good reasons for this but it does mean you have to pause a little when someone tells you they're an instructor as it might mean they're a 3 or 4 week skier themself. I think in the US it's common now not to teach snow ploughs which seems odd to me but they have some reasoning behind it.
I'm sure I read somewhere that in the US, learners are not taught the skill of traversing.
I was surprised to be asked if I could traverse by Snowcrazy when he was leading us off piste in La Plagne.
For me it's one of the basics.
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Bandit
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
David, it's a good find and will help you with the background info, however it is an American view of skiing. For example, in Europe you will be taught to carry your skis with the tips facing forward and down, not facing backwards and up, where they could injure someone behind you.
Davidmpires
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
Oh...I didn't know that ski changed that much from US to Europe, I thought that as a beginner skier, it would be exactly the same learning it here or there.
Is one more right than the other? How do you base that difference? Or is just that old thing of the europeans saying that us, is rubish and vice versa?
Is one more right than the other? How do you base that difference? Or is just that old thing of the europeans saying that us, is rubish and vice versa?
Skidaddle
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
bandit wrote:David, it's a good find and will help you with the background info, however it is an American view of skiing. For example, in Europe you will be taught to carry your skis with the tips facing forward and down, not facing backwards and up, where they could injure someone behind you.
Absolutely.
Trying to avoid people who are carrying their skis incorrectly is a pain in the **** and shouldn't even be necessary, were the cuplrits to give it some thought.
Trencher
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
bandit wrote:David, it's a good find and will help you with the background info, however it is an American view of skiing. For example, in Europe you will be taught to carry your skis with the tips facing forward and down, not facing backwards and up, where they could injure someone behind you.
Just a lot more space over here :wink:
Trencher
because I'm so inclined .....
Trencher
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
davidmpires wrote:Oh...I didn't know that ski changed that much from US to Europe, I thought that as a beginner skier, it would be exactly the same learning it here or there.
Is one more right than the other? How do you base that difference? Or is just that old thing of the europeans saying that us, is rubish and vice versa?
From what I understand, there is a lot more difference in the way snowboarding is taught. On a snowboard forum I belong to, there was a lot of heated debate a few years ago about the differences in riding style between Europe and the US. What one couldn't deny, was that there were great exponents of both styles. So the debate ended in acceptance that there really wasn't just one right way to ride, but that there are number of ways to move on a board.
I really believe that when it comes to instruction, nothing should be set in stone. There will always be new approaches to most sports.
Trencher
because I'm so inclined .....
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Ise
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
Trencher wrote:davidmpires wrote:Oh...I didn't know that ski changed that much from US to Europe, I thought that as a beginner skier, it would be exactly the same learning it here or there.
Is one more right than the other? How do you base that difference? Or is just that old thing of the europeans saying that us, is rubish and vice versa?
From what I understand, there is a lot more difference in the way snowboarding is taught. On a snowboard forum I belong to, there was a lot of heated debate a few years ago about the differences in riding style between Europe and the US. What one couldn't deny, was that there were great exponents of both styles. So the debate ended in acceptance that there really wasn't just one right way to ride, but that there are number of ways to move on a board.
Trencher
There's big differences, not just in the things taught but in the way instructors are recruited and trained in the US, in the US they want to get people into instructing much quicker so the entry bar is very low, at the top end it's all pretty much the same though, there's good reasons for this but it does mean you have to pause a little when someone tells you they're an instructor as it might mean they're a 3 or 4 week skier themself. I think in the US it's common now not to teach snow ploughs which seems odd to me but they have some reasoning behind it.
Bandit
reply to 'Dave Smith Beginner videos' posted Oct-2008
ise wrote:
I think in the US it's common now not to teach snow ploughs which seems odd to me but they have some reasoning behind it.
I'm sure I read somewhere that in the US, learners are not taught the skill of traversing.
I was surprised to be asked if I could traverse by Snowcrazy when he was leading us off piste in La Plagne.
For me it's one of the basics.
Topic last updated on 01-October-2008 at 18:31