What was the tip you heard yesterday Josh?
What was the tip you heard yesterday Josh?
What was the tip you heard yesterday Josh?
I have a few good ones that stick with me. Rich Rieter told me one fabulous day skiing in Vail with a lot of people that are on this site to "turn where I want to turn" with regards to bump skiing. It's really helped me stop shopping for turns in the bumps and whenever I start to fall apart I think of it. Katy Perry has talked to me about waiting to initiate a turn until I feel the pressure build under my feet. It was hard for me to conceptualize but as I focused on it I really started to get it. Thankfully she is patient with me and knows that I need to work through it mentally before I'll put it into action in my skiing. Sometimes that takes minutes, sometimes hours or days.
Opportunity!! I think of a mogul run as a puzzle to solve -- I try to find the path that will be less jarring and to allow me to keep the same skiing technique that I use on groomers, although in 3 dimensions. I sometimes find bumps to be more relaxing to ski than groomers. Wait -- is there a sign for infinity in 3 dimensions?
I take notes after lessons, but never thought to take notes after each day regardless. Good idea.Going on the post ski, cerebral side...Keep a ski journal, and jot down notes from each day.
Also reset your body/mind on an easier slope after a particularly taxing (ugly) run, then go do it again.
I take notes after lessons, but never thought to take notes after each day regardless. Good idea.
Who might that be? I do tend to make notes on Slopesquad but more towards how conditions were, etc. I think I can start adding more detailed info on there as my notes. I think I'll focus on what I worked on that day and how it worked in those conditions, which skis I was on, etc.If you want incentive to do so, just promise someone on Ski Diva you'll take notes after every class (ski day) ;-)
Does it have to be a frog or even an amphibious creature? Could it be a raccoon or even an old co-worker that you didn't like? What about a marshmallow? Although a marshmallow might be tough to see in the snow..how about one of those orange marshmallow peeps they have for Easter? But what if you don't celebrate Easter? Awe Dang.
Enjoy the turn you are in. You see so many people start the turn nicely but never finish it..they appear to be in such a rush to get to the next turn that they never finish the turn they are in. Personally, I really like the second half of the turn, it is where you get to enjoy all the forces I have built up.
And a sentimental favorite: "Ski like Stein!"