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I love skiing on a good piste, particularly now that I can tackle anything and do it with comfort and confidence. However, as I have progressed, I have found a pleasure in venturing off piste and whilst I am far from being able to do it well, I did get a different kind of buzz from trying it. I am not sure its right to say its a lot more fun to ski on piste than it is off it, but I do get a bit of a thrill by pushing myself as fast as I can (when safety and conditions permit) on a nicely groomed piste.
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Started by AllyG in Ski Chatter 19-Mar-2009 - 11 Replies
Tony_H
reply to 'Slalom lessons' posted Mar-2009
I'd go for off piste lessons myself as that opens up more of the mountain to you and helps you deal with other situations better. I just think it would be of more overall benefit.
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Trencher
reply to 'Slalom lessons' posted Mar-2009
I don't disagree with your premise Tony, but skiing on piste is a lot more fun when you can do it well. Racing classes would be a good way to improve and become more comfortable at speed.
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Tony_H
reply to 'Slalom lessons' posted Mar-2009
Trencher wrote:I don't disagree with your premise Tony, but skiing on piste is a lot more fun when you can do it well. Racing classes would be a good way to improve and become more comfortable at speed.
Trencher
I love skiing on a good piste, particularly now that I can tackle anything and do it with comfort and confidence. However, as I have progressed, I have found a pleasure in venturing off piste and whilst I am far from being able to do it well, I did get a different kind of buzz from trying it. I am not sure its right to say its a lot more fun to ski on piste than it is off it, but I do get a bit of a thrill by pushing myself as fast as I can (when safety and conditions permit) on a nicely groomed piste.
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New and improved me
AllyG
reply to 'Slalom lessons' posted Mar-2009
Tony,
I don't think I'd want to ski off piste unless I was in a lesson, because I don't think I'd feel safe enough. I'd rather improve my skills on the piste first. And I'll be having a mogul lesson when I go to the Manchester snowdome in June.
And anyway, I think my daughter is going to pick off piste and 'pleasure' and she's going to ski the 2 morning sessions, one after the other, with only a short tea break in between, so that she can ski both of them in English.
She doesn't like ski-ing with me (parents are very embarassing at her age), and this way we can make sure we're in different lessons. She's a much better skier than me, but if I make it into the 'advanced' group, then we'll be at the same level, only I'll be at the bottom of it, unless they split us into 2 groups. We had this problem last year, when we were both Upper Intermediate, only she was near the top of it and I was at the bottom of it.
Ally
I don't think I'd want to ski off piste unless I was in a lesson, because I don't think I'd feel safe enough. I'd rather improve my skills on the piste first. And I'll be having a mogul lesson when I go to the Manchester snowdome in June.
And anyway, I think my daughter is going to pick off piste and 'pleasure' and she's going to ski the 2 morning sessions, one after the other, with only a short tea break in between, so that she can ski both of them in English.
She doesn't like ski-ing with me (parents are very embarassing at her age), and this way we can make sure we're in different lessons. She's a much better skier than me, but if I make it into the 'advanced' group, then we'll be at the same level, only I'll be at the bottom of it, unless they split us into 2 groups. We had this problem last year, when we were both Upper Intermediate, only she was near the top of it and I was at the bottom of it.
Ally
Topic last updated on 19-March-2009 at 22:29