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Angel Diva
Hi Divas -
Two seasons ago I bought Head Dream Thangs. The yellow ones - the more "aggressive" ones. I bought them at a good ski store with lots of good advice.
I took lessons. Boy did I take lessons - kept trying to get comfortable on the icy hard pack we have in Ontario. I grew up skiing on snow in BC, so I figured that is where the problem lay.
Over the past two seasons I hugely regressed. It got to the point where I was skiing greens at big mountains when I used to ski blues, pushing gingerly into possible blacks.
The Dream Thangs hurt my feet - that I knew. I would have pain sitting up the ski lift. I needed to dump baby powder into them by the vat full into order to get them on.
So, in August of this year I bought Technica Attiva Mega boots at a ski blowout at the same store. The week before we went on our SunPeaks trip I wore them to make dinner every night. I was hopeful that I might not feel the need to barf going up the chair lift given how comfortable they felt in the kitchen.
So. day one of skiing at SunPeaks - the last place we skiied last year. The place where my 11 year old DS asked his Dad if I needed therapy to be able to ski as a family.
There was about 5 cm of pow on groomers. We start skiing down a gentle green. I had no foot pain. I was enjoying the turning without thinking. I was having fun. DH checks out how I'm doing and suggests a different green, higher up the mountain. Up we go. Down we go, down the 5 mile run. At the bottom DH says "I think you can handle blues the way you're skiing". I hesitated. Then agreed to tackle Sundance, a run I had side stepped up in March. Got to the run and went down it wondering why I had freaked in March.
Now, before everyone stops reading and assumes I'm crazy, let me tell you what I was feeling. The slope didn't "feel" steep. When my skis slid, I felt what I saw, which was a manageable slope. My feet did what I wanted them to do and they were telling my brain the truth of the slope, not the incorrect perception.
I believe that having stupidily bad fitting boots lead to my regression as a skier over the past two years.
If any diva is feeling like she has lost her mojo and is going backwards, please think about your boots & do something about it if you are having a bad boot fit situation. Do NOT lose two precious seasons like I did.
I'm proud to say the rest of the week I continued to conquer runs I had balked on in March & tackled a few I never in my dreams would have thought I could handle.
Our family is skiing together again and it is fun.
Life is really good. Skiing rocks !
Two seasons ago I bought Head Dream Thangs. The yellow ones - the more "aggressive" ones. I bought them at a good ski store with lots of good advice.
I took lessons. Boy did I take lessons - kept trying to get comfortable on the icy hard pack we have in Ontario. I grew up skiing on snow in BC, so I figured that is where the problem lay.
Over the past two seasons I hugely regressed. It got to the point where I was skiing greens at big mountains when I used to ski blues, pushing gingerly into possible blacks.
The Dream Thangs hurt my feet - that I knew. I would have pain sitting up the ski lift. I needed to dump baby powder into them by the vat full into order to get them on.
So, in August of this year I bought Technica Attiva Mega boots at a ski blowout at the same store. The week before we went on our SunPeaks trip I wore them to make dinner every night. I was hopeful that I might not feel the need to barf going up the chair lift given how comfortable they felt in the kitchen.
So. day one of skiing at SunPeaks - the last place we skiied last year. The place where my 11 year old DS asked his Dad if I needed therapy to be able to ski as a family.
There was about 5 cm of pow on groomers. We start skiing down a gentle green. I had no foot pain. I was enjoying the turning without thinking. I was having fun. DH checks out how I'm doing and suggests a different green, higher up the mountain. Up we go. Down we go, down the 5 mile run. At the bottom DH says "I think you can handle blues the way you're skiing". I hesitated. Then agreed to tackle Sundance, a run I had side stepped up in March. Got to the run and went down it wondering why I had freaked in March.
Now, before everyone stops reading and assumes I'm crazy, let me tell you what I was feeling. The slope didn't "feel" steep. When my skis slid, I felt what I saw, which was a manageable slope. My feet did what I wanted them to do and they were telling my brain the truth of the slope, not the incorrect perception.
I believe that having stupidily bad fitting boots lead to my regression as a skier over the past two years.
If any diva is feeling like she has lost her mojo and is going backwards, please think about your boots & do something about it if you are having a bad boot fit situation. Do NOT lose two precious seasons like I did.
I'm proud to say the rest of the week I continued to conquer runs I had balked on in March & tackled a few I never in my dreams would have thought I could handle.
Our family is skiing together again and it is fun.
Life is really good. Skiing rocks !
