Good evening ladies and gentlemen.. First off, Happy new year to you all.
Now, I am new to these forums and this is my first post.
I've been skiing since January 2008 - I was given a surprise 18th birthday present and it was a skiing trip to Vamorel in France - Now, this was the time of my life.. So much fun and it's incredible how much peace skiing can bring to the human mind. Skiing is now my most favourite thing in the world.
I live in Glasgow and for those of you who know about it, I can easily travel to the indoor ski slopes at Braehead - Xscape, so for a while now I've been going here..
Since then I've slowly built a love towards freestyle skiing - I get such a rush from trying it..
I was just generally wondering if there are any freestyle skiers on here? Not even professional, just anyone who likes to try the odd kicker or box/rail slide or even those who've stomped their first 180!
I'd like to talk with them to get an idea of how they got better!
I've recently bought my own equipment - Dynastar Nothing But Trouble skis (Twintips) and a pair of Salomon SPK Kaos boots. Great gear, love it.
Cheers, take care and happy skiing!
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Cheeky devil :lol:
I think you are doing extremely well to have only been skiing since 2008 and you're talking " kickers & Box/rails
" what ever they are, so well done. 8)
True of them being good sticks - although I almost started crying when I scratched them a little.. It went straight to my heart! haha.
Bringing the average age down? :lol: Can never be too old to start learning new things! :D
Thanks for the compliment there Ian.. Just determination I guess, can't let it put you off.
Speaking of which, I had a bad accident almost 3 months ago now - I went off a pretty big kicker and it threw me high up and landed on an air bag ski's down (as you're meant to do).. but the air bag itself was about 10 feet high and I done a flip (because of the momentum of landing, my ski's had stuck to the surface of the air bag) and I landed on my head on hard snow.. Was paralised for a good while, taken to hospital and treated for a broken spine - Turns out I'd severly damaged the muscle in my pelvis and in the bottom of the spine - L4 section or something they said.
So for a years skiing I already have a little story to tell people - was very lucky to walk again though :!:
You will get on well here with that attitude, I am from Helensburgh to give you a point of reference. Yeh, I had some snowboarder go across the back of my TM's at Braehead and went nuts, was not impressed.
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Started by Baillie353 in Ski Chatter 03-Jan-2009 - 20 Replies
Baillie353 posted Jan-2009
Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.
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RossF
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
Dynastar Nothin' But Trouble-Good sticks. Good to have someone bringing the average age down :D
AJ
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
Hi and welcome to j2ski, I think souldrive likes a bit of freestyle but the lucky bugger goes on his holidays tomorrow.Hang around there`s bound to more folk`s into that kind of thing.
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RoseR
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
RossF wrote:Dynastar Nothin' But Trouble-Good sticks. Good to have someone bringing the average age down :D
Cheeky devil :lol:
I'm a laydee
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
baillie353 wrote:Good evening ladies and gentlemen.. First off, Happy new year to you all.
Now, I am new to these forums and this is my first post.
I've been skiing since January 2008 - I was given a surprise 18th birthday present and it was a skiing trip to Vamorel in France - Now, this was the time of my life.. So much fun and it's incredible how much peace skiing can bring to the human mind. Skiing is now my most favourite thing in the world.
I live in Glasgow and for those of you who know about it, I can easily travel to the indoor ski slopes at Braehead - Xscape, so for a while now I've been going here..
Since then I've slowly built a love towards freestyle skiing - I get such a rush from trying it..
I was just generally wondering if there are any freestyle skiers on here? Not even professional, just anyone who likes to try the odd kicker or box/rail slide or even those who've stomped their first 180!
I'd like to talk with them to get an idea of how they got better!
I've recently bought my own equipment - Dynastar Nothing But Trouble skis (Twintips) and a pair of Salomon SPK Kaos boots. Great gear, love it.
Cheers, take care and happy skiing!
I think you are doing extremely well to have only been skiing since 2008 and you're talking " kickers & Box/rails
" what ever they are, so well done. 8)
Baillie353
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
RossF wrote:Dynastar Nothin' But Trouble-Good sticks. Good to have someone bringing the average age down :D
True of them being good sticks - although I almost started crying when I scratched them a little.. It went straight to my heart! haha.
Bringing the average age down? :lol: Can never be too old to start learning new things! :D
Ian Wickham wrote: I think you are doing extremely well to have only been skiing since 2008 and you're talking " kickers & Box/rails
" what ever they are, so well done. 8)
Thanks for the compliment there Ian.. Just determination I guess, can't let it put you off.
Speaking of which, I had a bad accident almost 3 months ago now - I went off a pretty big kicker and it threw me high up and landed on an air bag ski's down (as you're meant to do).. but the air bag itself was about 10 feet high and I done a flip (because of the momentum of landing, my ski's had stuck to the surface of the air bag) and I landed on my head on hard snow.. Was paralised for a good while, taken to hospital and treated for a broken spine - Turns out I'd severly damaged the muscle in my pelvis and in the bottom of the spine - L4 section or something they said.
So for a years skiing I already have a little story to tell people - was very lucky to walk again though :!:
Skiing: the art of catching cold and going broke while rapidly heading nowhere at great personal risk.
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RossF
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
baillie353 wrote:RossF wrote:Dynastar Nothin' But Trouble-Good sticks. Good to have someone bringing the average age down :D
True of them being good sticks - although I almost started crying when I scratched them a little.. It went straight to my heart! haha.
Bringing the average age down? :lol: Can never be too old to start learning new things! :D
You will get on well here with that attitude, I am from Helensburgh to give you a point of reference. Yeh, I had some snowboarder go across the back of my TM's at Braehead and went nuts, was not impressed.
IceGhost
reply to 'Freestyle Skiing?' posted Jan-2009
hehehehe :roll: :oops: :D I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you. Welcome to the forumsbaillie353 wrote:RossF wrote:Dynastar Nothin' But Trouble-Good sticks. Good to have someone bringing the average age down :D
True of them being good sticks - although I almost started crying when I scratched them a little.. It went straight to my heart! haha.
Bringing the average age down? :lol: Can never be too old to start learning new things! :D
Ian Wickham wrote: I think you are doing extremely well to have only been skiing since 2008 and you're talking " kickers & Box/rails
" what ever they are, so well done. 8)
Thanks for the compliment there Ian.. Just determination I guess, can't let it put you off.
Speaking of which, I had a bad accident almost 3 months ago now - I went off a pretty big kicker and it threw me high up and landed on an air bag ski's down (as you're meant to do).. but the air bag itself was about 10 feet high and I done a flip (because of the momentum of landing, my ski's had stuck to the surface of the air bag) and I landed on my head on hard snow.. Was paralised for a good while, taken to hospital and treated for a broken spine - Turns out I'd severly damaged the muscle in my pelvis and in the bottom of the spine - L4 section or something they said.
So for a years skiing I already have a little story to tell people - was very lucky to walk again though :!:
Uh oh, I think I broke'd the lift
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