confidence at speed

AllyG wrote:

For herself, as long as she's happy ski-ing and enjoying herself I don't think it matters how fast she skis or whether she prefers to stay on green/blue runs. But I can see it being a problem if you want to ski together. The only thing I can suggest is that you ski together for part of the day on easy blues and you amuse yourself by ski-ing backwards, on one ski etc. I mean it's much easier for a good skier to ski slowly on an easy slope than for a nervous slow skier to ski faster on slopes they're not happy on.
:)

Thanks Ally. It is not so much a matter of her being happy at where she is - I think she really wants to progress. She might be happy if she got to the stage where she can do a complete blue run form top to bottom.

Also, I am not up to the standard of pulling 360s etc yet either!! Your right though, it might give her a laugh if I tried - seeing me so much on myback!! :lol:

smartski wrote:

It's taken 13 years of marriage but I just accept her for what she is now.

Oh! I'm perfectly happy for her to be where she is, if she's enjoying it. My disappointed lies more in the fact that she is considering cross-country, which kind of seems like she is giving up, plus, considering our ages, we need to maximise our chances of improvement before our bodies stop allowing us to improve any more.

Huwcyn wrote:

smartski wrote:

It's taken 13 years of marriage but I just accept her for what she is now.

Oh! I'm perfectly happy for her to be where she is, if she's enjoying it. My disappointed lies more in the fact that she is considering cross-country, which kind of seems like she is giving up, plus, considering our ages, we need to maximise our chances of improvement before our bodies stop allowing us to improve any more.

I don't really accept her for what she is, she had just walked in the room at that moment. SHE DRIVES ME MAD. :lol: :twisted:

(and she's going into lessons this year too)

Hi Huwcyn :)
I think there's a lot to be said for having a good laugh. Have a look at video number 5 of me on here, in a lesson with Inside Out Ski-ing in the Hemel Hempstead snow dome. I'm being dragged down the slope by my partner using 2 ski sticks tied together as ropes, one in each hand :lol:

The instructors managed to keep me happy and challenged for 4 1/2 hours of ski-ing on an easy very short slope in a snow dome - and at the end of it I was totally exhausted! I mean, have you ever tried side-slipping on one leg?

So I'm quite sure you could manage to achieve the same on a blue piste in resort :)

Best of luck, and I hope you both have a great holiday :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-TXHBLByFs

smartski wrote:

Huwcyn wrote:

smartski wrote:

It's taken 13 years of marriage but I just accept her for what she is now.

Oh! I'm perfectly happy for her to be where she is, if she's enjoying it. My disappointed lies more in the fact that she is considering cross-country, which kind of seems like she is giving up, plus, considering our ages, we need to maximise our chances of improvement before our bodies stop allowing us to improve any more.

I don't really accept her for what she is, she had just walked in the room at that moment. SHE DRIVES ME MAD. :lol: :twisted:

(and she's going into lessons this year too)

:lol:

AllyG wrote:Hi Huwcyn :)
I think there's a lot to be said for having a good laugh. Have a look at video number 5 of me on here, in a lesson with Inside Out Ski-ing in the Hemel Hempstead snow dome. I'm being dragged down the slope by my partner using 2 ski sticks tied together as ropes, one in each hand :lol:

The instructors managed to keep me happy and challenged for 4 1/2 hours of ski-ing on an easy very short slope in a snow dome - and at the end of it I was totally exhausted! I mean, have you ever tried side-slipping on one leg?

So I'm quite sure you could manage to achieve the same on a blue piste in resort :)

Best of luck, and I hope you both have a great holiday :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-TXHBLByFs

Great! I think we ought to try and get to that place actually, although when we fit it in between now and February, considering the distance, I don't know. :(

It could be worse....

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/11301.page

Huwcyn wrote:

smartski wrote:

It's taken 13 years of marriage but I just accept her for what she is now.

Oh! I'm perfectly happy for her to be where she is, if she's enjoying it. My disappointed lies more in the fact that she is considering cross-country, which kind of seems like she is giving up, plus, considering our ages, we need to maximise our chances of improvement before our bodies stop allowing us to improve any more.

I don't think he does it anymore but the following article might put things into perspective...

http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=7ff01d62-c7a4-4b2b-9c28-70fc23449384