Where do i start?

jaycraig wrote:hi
just a little tip i learnt whilst learning to ski is if like me you were not the quickest person skiing down the mountain please dont get nervous of people coming past you faster and dont keep looking behind you to see that you are not in anyones way as it is the person who is coming past you to make sure they do in a safe and responsible way. Just concentrate on enjoying your skiing and you will have a great time

I think that's good advice, I wonder how many accidents and near misses are caused by a nervous skier panicking at the approach of a faster skier from behind?

If it's a narrow track it's polite to try and let people pass of course just like it is on the road :D

ise wrote:

jaycraig wrote:hi
just a little tip i learnt whilst learning to ski is if like me you were not the quickest person skiing down the mountain please dont get nervous of people coming past you faster and dont keep looking behind you to see that you are not in anyones way as it is the person who is coming past you to make sure they do in a safe and responsible way. Just concentrate on enjoying your skiing and you will have a great time

I think that's good advice, I wonder how many accidents and near misses are caused by a nervous skier panicking at the approach of a faster skier from behind?

If it's a narrow track it's polite to try and let people pass of course just like it is on the road :D

It's not so much the "faster skier", it's the one who drops into my turn rhythm, and is getting closer to my tails with each turn.......

it's the one who, despite having a whole wide piste to ski, actually carves across the tail of my skis, just behind the bindings, wiping me out......

it's the one who, despite having an entire mountain to turn in, insists on turning opposite me, so directly into my path, putting me on a collision course, so the choice is collide with a large heavy skier or wipe out.......

:evil: :evil: