oragejuice
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I love skiing by myself, as long as it's a good day, and I've got music to keep my rhythm going. But I also love having someone to share the day with. I'm a student, at a wonderful school that has amazingly long breaks (month for christmas, 2 week spring break, four day weekend this weekend....
). So when I'm off for a week or two, I have to ski by myself.
I racked up somewhere near 15 days on my month for Christmas (I had to work all the other days... :mad: ) and I skiied eight days over spring break. When I am at my parents, I usually do not have anyone to ski with mid-week, so I end up driving up and skiing by myself. I've had some AMAZING mid-week powder days, and there was nothing holding me back from going where ever I wanted!! I progress quite a bit on days that I can ski by myself. I sometimes talk myself through my technique.... 'pole plant... TURN!'
And there is no one around to watch me do ridiculous things, like jump over moguls and land on my face.
I love skiing with my dad though, he has been skiing since he was 12, and I asked him yesterday where he would put himself on the 1-10 scale, he said 8.5, and on powder days, an 11.
(FWIW he said I was a strong 7. Whee!) I went up with him yesterday, it was a fabulous bluebird groomer day, and the off groomed wasn't bad either! He never tells me which line to take, we just ski, FAST. He's got just under 50 pounds on me, and longer skis, but I have to keep up anyways.
The only days that I get frustrated skiing with other people, is the group of friends that I ski with at Meadows. They have a very different attitude towards the mountain than I do, and it makes it tough to stay with them all day. I find myself skiing the first run with them, running off for an hour or two, and meeting back up with them at lunch. I feel like I can get into my groove better when I am warming up by myself.
). So when I'm off for a week or two, I have to ski by myself. I racked up somewhere near 15 days on my month for Christmas (I had to work all the other days... :mad: ) and I skiied eight days over spring break. When I am at my parents, I usually do not have anyone to ski with mid-week, so I end up driving up and skiing by myself. I've had some AMAZING mid-week powder days, and there was nothing holding me back from going where ever I wanted!! I progress quite a bit on days that I can ski by myself. I sometimes talk myself through my technique.... 'pole plant... TURN!'
And there is no one around to watch me do ridiculous things, like jump over moguls and land on my face.I love skiing with my dad though, he has been skiing since he was 12, and I asked him yesterday where he would put himself on the 1-10 scale, he said 8.5, and on powder days, an 11.
(FWIW he said I was a strong 7. Whee!) I went up with him yesterday, it was a fabulous bluebird groomer day, and the off groomed wasn't bad either! He never tells me which line to take, we just ski, FAST. He's got just under 50 pounds on me, and longer skis, but I have to keep up anyways. The only days that I get frustrated skiing with other people, is the group of friends that I ski with at Meadows. They have a very different attitude towards the mountain than I do, and it makes it tough to stay with them all day. I find myself skiing the first run with them, running off for an hour or two, and meeting back up with them at lunch. I feel like I can get into my groove better when I am warming up by myself.
Of course, this is largely due to this only having been my 2nd day out after my 3 weeks off skis. Another picture-perfect bluebird day, and I just had to throw caution into the wind today: skied 2 blues and gave it up - hit the blacks and doubles. Everything still works!! All that worry for nothing. What a glorious 5 hours. I grinned from ear to ear the whole time.
