Am716
Certified Ski Diva
I know there are a couple posts about this already and I read through some of them but still looking for a couple more tips and tricks.
I should start with I am a skier from Michigan so our moguls are less than stellar. Especially at my main resort where I patrol. I have NEVER skied moguls or bumps until yesterday at Snowbird. My friends took me down Gadzooks as my second run and STH as my third run. While I made it down in one piece it definitely wasn’t pretty. I was in the backseat 95% of the day yesterday and just felt out of control. I tried skiing the troughs, I tried skiing the face and pivoting at the top of the bump but I just could not get it. By the end of the day I could do smaller moguls but the large ones that seem to make up 75% of the runs we did I struggled with.
Part of me thinks if I commit to the fall line and a little speed maybe I would be better. But then the other part of me says “heck no, you are going to kill yourself or hit someone else”.
Basically how can I commit more and get forward? And not be thrown around so much? How can I feel more in control and not let fear set in? Super broad questions I know, I just hate feeling like I can’t ski and am holding up the group. I DO plan on taking a lesson, maybe this afternoon or Thursday at the Bird (unless someone would recommend Altas school instead). Just looking for a couple tips that might get me through until then!!
I should start with I am a skier from Michigan so our moguls are less than stellar. Especially at my main resort where I patrol. I have NEVER skied moguls or bumps until yesterday at Snowbird. My friends took me down Gadzooks as my second run and STH as my third run. While I made it down in one piece it definitely wasn’t pretty. I was in the backseat 95% of the day yesterday and just felt out of control. I tried skiing the troughs, I tried skiing the face and pivoting at the top of the bump but I just could not get it. By the end of the day I could do smaller moguls but the large ones that seem to make up 75% of the runs we did I struggled with.
Part of me thinks if I commit to the fall line and a little speed maybe I would be better. But then the other part of me says “heck no, you are going to kill yourself or hit someone else”.
Basically how can I commit more and get forward? And not be thrown around so much? How can I feel more in control and not let fear set in? Super broad questions I know, I just hate feeling like I can’t ski and am holding up the group. I DO plan on taking a lesson, maybe this afternoon or Thursday at the Bird (unless someone would recommend Altas school instead). Just looking for a couple tips that might get me through until then!!