@Powgirl I am more afraid of other skiers than anything else.
@Powgirl I am more afraid of other skiers than anything else.
My goals this year are to work on my pole plants, work on my consistency since I tend to ski well before lunch and fall apart in the afternoon and also just try to enjoy myself more.
@Powgirl I am more afraid of other skiers than anything else.
My goals this year are to work on my pole plants, work on my consistency since I tend to ski well before lunch and fall apart in the afternoon and also just try to enjoy myself more.
Love this website and the forums, just discovered it!!!
This has happened to me a few times tooAnother useful tip...don't ski with your boots in walk mode...
I skied pretty hard yesterday at Copper, some steepish runs...I skied well, but felt like I was fighting the back seat a lot, and my right ski was wobbling a little at speed...compensated by turning more and getting far over my skis...when I was taking my boots off at the car, my boots were in walk mode...yikes!
Hope to get to meet you! My home mountain is Whistler. PM me if you'd like to meet for breakfast or an apres.Really enjoyed reading everyone’s goals! My 2018 skiing related goals are:
1. Have fun
2. Develop a solid technique foundation, get to full consistent parallel runs (level 3 on blues right now).
3. Get some “easy” black runs under my belt
4. Expand my social circle of ski friends
5. Ski as many mountains as I can. So far I’ve done 3 this season including my “home” mountain. Whistler next weekend and Panorama in Feb...not sure where after that!
With relatively loose boots, my impression is that you have to be in balance to make turns work at all. My local coach had to ski with loose boots during a clinic for pretty experienced instructors quite a while ago. He learned a lot about what he needed to work on from the experience.This has happened to me a few times too
Strangely sometimes i think i ski better that way, why might that be?
I echo your goals, and I like that you put "Have fun" as #1. I would like to get some "easy" black runs under my belt, too, and intentionally at that! I do know that ratings are unique to each resort. Last year I took a wrong turn and wound up on a very short but steep (to me) diamond. I got down, not very elegantly, though. I was proud of myself. That's o.k., right? I hope you have a great season.Really enjoyed reading everyone’s goals! My 2018 skiing related goals are:
1. Have fun
2. Develop a solid technique foundation, get to full consistent parallel runs (level 3 on blues right now).
3. Get some “easy” black runs under my belt
4. Expand my social circle of ski friends
5. Ski as many mountains as I can. So far I’ve done 3 this season including my “home” mountain. Whistler next weekend and Panorama in Feb...not sure where after that!
No lofty goals, only 1 goal in mind.
Get acquainted with my new ski boots. Truly hope we will like each other and they will not let me down.
(I say it with my fingers crossed!)
What a great hurdle to have crossed, to be feeling open enough to experiment with new places, good for you!!!! Have fun!I am pleased to say, this goal is checked off since I adjusted to my new boots w/o much issues.
Now I'd like to have new set of goals:
1) Check out more new places this season - already visited: Elk, Montage, Canaan Valley, Masaanutten.
Upcoming: West: Taos, Aspen/Snowmass, Sunlight. East: Blue Knob, Laural Mountain.
(Reason - I was very intimidated to try new places because of my low skill level the past years. Now I can comfortably ski greens and blues, so I am not as "afraid" of new places / trails as before.)
2) start learning to ski bumps / moguls.