bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Oh man. That sounds like a pretty well-founded fear!
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Lessons learned this season...
- Thread starter Powgirl
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Oh man. That sounds like a pretty well-founded fear!
Mary Tee
Angel Diva
Noooooooooo don't do it....lets vow to never act our age!
contesstant
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I remember you telling this story before!
I walk on sections that have drop offs. I walk when others ride along like it's not even there. Nope, nope, nope! Hit a loose rock with your front wheel and you are screwed! At least, that's how I see it.
Some of my skiing fear is totally irrational, though. I'd love to get a virtual reality goggle that could get me through some of this stuff!
SkiBam
Angel Diva
OK. I'll try!
surfsnowgirl
Banned
Well that sounds positively terrifying and a very justifiable base of a fear of heights. Do you mountain bike at all these days? Its a wonder I can even get on a chair lift. I am mostly ok but every once in a while on a chair I have a moment and have an internal anxiety attack and can't wait til the chair ride is over.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Yes I continued to mountain bike. A lot. Never ever went to that same area on the RR tracks with drop off. Several years later did the famous Flume trail in Tahoe and literally cried and got off my bike and put my hands on the mountain side. Problem was the 1,300 ft drop off on the other side. I made it...
FYI we have great mountain biking in SC here. Lots of climbing...
surfsnowgirl
Banned
Glad you got back on the horse so to speak and have had years of happy riding since. I love Santa Cruz, drove through it on a coastal trip on year, had a blast. Stopped for lunch, gorgeous area.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
I've lived here since I graduated from college ...... a long time! Did you surf here?
surfsnowgirl
Banned
No, stopped through Santa Cruz on our road trip up north. Surfed in Pacifica. Gorgeous up there too.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
I was born and raised in San Francisco!
surfsnowgirl
Banned
Would love to go back to Yosemite again and then north to the redwoods....
surfsnowgirl
Banned
I have a friend that moved back to northern california so hoping to get to visit her one of these days so I can show DH even more. He's been to Cali now almost every year since we met.
cornysnow
Certified Ski Diva
Lesson learned: Going faster (within your limits) can actually be safer. Just finished my third season (17 ski days total) and finally wrapped my head around the idea of being comfortable at speed. I used to throw on the brakes whenever I felt fast, but that just turned me into a skidding statue. Doing some patience turns helped me realize that tense jerky movements are much more dangerous than going fast, and I'm finally able to link round turns on groomed blues and blacks. It's also way more fun and no more sore legs.
pinto
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Plus, you finish sooner, so there's less chance of injury, less time to get tired. It's like speeding to the gas station to get there quickly when you're low on fuel.
Wait.
But I agree, I have been telling my mother this for a few years. She is 75, so awesome that she is still skiing, but she's been a little sore lately, and I keep telling her to loosen up and go a little faster. She skis SOOOOOO slowly, and it takes more effort to do it.
TeleChica
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Lessons learned: I'm doing it all wrong. At least that's how I felt after my PSIA clinic in March. Incredibly humbling. Just because I regularly ski black trails and glades at Jay and MRG and can get down anything and enjoy doing so doesn't mean I am skiing at an "advanced level" according to PSIA.
Lots to work on next year. I'm still not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong, or how to fix it. I hear and understand the feedback, but I definitely can't figure out how to change it. Pretty frustrating. Note to self--don't take a PSIA clinic on your last two ski days of the year! All it did was leave me with questions.
Lots to work on next year. I'm still not exactly sure what I'm doing wrong, or how to fix it. I hear and understand the feedback, but I definitely can't figure out how to change it. Pretty frustrating. Note to self--don't take a PSIA clinic on your last two ski days of the year! All it did was leave me with questions.
KatyPerrey
PSIA 3 Children's Specialist 2 Keystone Resort
Lessons learned-
1st- I can get through a season with out an injury! I stayed away from the WROD (started the week of Thanksgiving) and didn't ski/work over the December holidays/New Years. Something I hadn't done in the last 27 seasons!
2nd- For the first time being injury free I will not get 100+ days skiing in a season. I think I'll finish in the mid 90's. Also didn't go over a million vert in a season. Oh well!
3rd- I will never again put skis on the top of the car while driving across Wyoming. I did manage to salvage my Nemesis (badly damaged tip) and put my Tele Bindings on them. Thank You to my friend Tieg who hammered and epoxied them back together!
4th- Set a goal of losing 50 lbs for my 50th birthday and I've lost 54lbs since October 19th. Met my goal plus a few more!
And finally- A few days skiing in Big Sky and encouraging words to my friend @Skisailor to help her pass her PSIA level 2! So proud that she passed and I could help!! Now get started on training for your level 3!!
Overall a great season!!
1st- I can get through a season with out an injury! I stayed away from the WROD (started the week of Thanksgiving) and didn't ski/work over the December holidays/New Years. Something I hadn't done in the last 27 seasons!
2nd- For the first time being injury free I will not get 100+ days skiing in a season. I think I'll finish in the mid 90's. Also didn't go over a million vert in a season. Oh well!
3rd- I will never again put skis on the top of the car while driving across Wyoming. I did manage to salvage my Nemesis (badly damaged tip) and put my Tele Bindings on them. Thank You to my friend Tieg who hammered and epoxied them back together!
4th- Set a goal of losing 50 lbs for my 50th birthday and I've lost 54lbs since October 19th. Met my goal plus a few more!
And finally- A few days skiing in Big Sky and encouraging words to my friend @Skisailor to help her pass her PSIA level 2! So proud that she passed and I could help!! Now get started on training for your level 3!!
Overall a great season!!
Skisailor
Angel Diva
Level 3!!!!
You're blowing up my head!! I'm still just taking a deep breath and enjoying my level 2.
Plus it would be cruel and unusual punishment for all of my friends if I launch into another certification process . . . . Ever.
Lol
Forgot My lesson learned! Listen to Katy and Ursula when they are both telling you the same thing . . .
You're blowing up my head!! I'm still just taking a deep breath and enjoying my level 2.
Plus it would be cruel and unusual punishment for all of my friends if I launch into another certification process . . . . Ever.
Lol
Forgot My lesson learned! Listen to Katy and Ursula when they are both telling you the same thing . . .
Yep. Me too! Also, I cannot do drills to save my life.
