Jowenne Poon
Diva in Training
Hi all. First-time poster here. My skiing level is still on the green hills and I rely on the wedge stop whenever I start to freak out with speed. I used to ski 15 years ago when I was a teen but never advanced from the wedge. I picked up skiing again as an adult and feeling more confident and familiar on the hills and would like to now advance to parallel skiing and have control while doing it.
I just got new skis and boots last week and skied with them for the first time yesterday. I practiced on the bunny hill then went on a familiar green hill. I don't know if it was the new skis that I had to get used to but I definitely wiped out more times than ever before!
I am trying (kind of obsessively) to try and parallel. I understand that you have to lean towards the little toe and also keep hips above your feet. But watching Youtube videos is of course so different than actually being on the hill! What keeps happening is that I go too fast, then try the wedge stop and when I do come to a stop, my downhill ski is across the fall line while my inside ski is pretty much 90 degrees from the outer ski. (wtf!) It is a bit too extreme of a stop for my comfort because half the time I'm praying that I stop and I also skid until I do.
What I feel is happening is that I lighten my inner ski while traversing across the fall line. But I keep 'forgetting' to edge on the inside ski. When I do remember and try, I put my inside ski's little toe edge down while I'm traversing across the hill and then I lose control suddenly, lose balance, and wipe out.
I think it's the speed that freaks me out because I am then not in control. The other times, I traverse across the hill and remind myself to be patient until the egde change. And then a really fast skier zooms down the slope and freaks me out and then I lose balance because I myself am going too fast for my liking before waiting for the turn to slow me down. Then I wipe out... ::sigh:: I have some battle bruises today to show for at least.
Any of these incidents sound familiar or anyone have any advice??
I'm planning on taking another lesson to properly learn how to parallel. But I have one more lift pass for next weekend before my lesson in a couple of weeks. So the next time I'm on the slopes, I'd want to try some things to help myself if possible... I don't want to give up because skiing is possibly the only active thing I do in the winter! And also, the more frustrated I am, the less fun it is for me.
I just got new skis and boots last week and skied with them for the first time yesterday. I practiced on the bunny hill then went on a familiar green hill. I don't know if it was the new skis that I had to get used to but I definitely wiped out more times than ever before!
I am trying (kind of obsessively) to try and parallel. I understand that you have to lean towards the little toe and also keep hips above your feet. But watching Youtube videos is of course so different than actually being on the hill! What keeps happening is that I go too fast, then try the wedge stop and when I do come to a stop, my downhill ski is across the fall line while my inside ski is pretty much 90 degrees from the outer ski. (wtf!) It is a bit too extreme of a stop for my comfort because half the time I'm praying that I stop and I also skid until I do.
What I feel is happening is that I lighten my inner ski while traversing across the fall line. But I keep 'forgetting' to edge on the inside ski. When I do remember and try, I put my inside ski's little toe edge down while I'm traversing across the hill and then I lose control suddenly, lose balance, and wipe out.
I think it's the speed that freaks me out because I am then not in control. The other times, I traverse across the hill and remind myself to be patient until the egde change. And then a really fast skier zooms down the slope and freaks me out and then I lose balance because I myself am going too fast for my liking before waiting for the turn to slow me down. Then I wipe out... ::sigh:: I have some battle bruises today to show for at least.
Any of these incidents sound familiar or anyone have any advice??
I'm planning on taking another lesson to properly learn how to parallel. But I have one more lift pass for next weekend before my lesson in a couple of weeks. So the next time I'm on the slopes, I'd want to try some things to help myself if possible... I don't want to give up because skiing is possibly the only active thing I do in the winter! And also, the more frustrated I am, the less fun it is for me.