Great luxury, indeed. He is a gem WRT ski instruction. If the NE was convenient, I'd be tempted to bend my "no lessons" rule a bit.If I need drills, pointers, follow-leader, I have the great luxury of being married to L2 instructor.
Great luxury, indeed. He is a gem WRT ski instruction. If the NE was convenient, I'd be tempted to bend my "no lessons" rule a bit.If I need drills, pointers, follow-leader, I have the great luxury of being married to L2 instructor.
Good idea! My tailbone was very unhappy, crash pad shorts would have been nice!
I'm right behind you at 43 seasons......
Ohhh, this is a good one!! Thank you for sharing this!!
Does it matter which ski you are on? Meaning, do you have a dedicated L/R ski or do you just put it on whichever foot?Well, I discovered an issue in my left turn. The tail of the new inside ski hangs up, causing mayhem until I somehow correct it. I'm still not going to get into a bunch of lessons, but I am going to take one lesson to identify and correct that problem. I see the potential for some real ugly if I don't fix it.
Loveland offers 2-hour private lessons. Anyone familiar with instructors there and have a recommendation?
And THAT'S why I was faster on the flats!Not dedicated L/R. And I have not had any skis maintenance this year. Maybe that should be my first step.
I call it my "phantom Phantom" approach to ski maintenance. Not using Phantom AND not waxing!
Well, I discovered an issue in my left turn. The tail of the new inside ski hangs up, causing mayhem until I somehow correct it. I'm still not going to get into a bunch of lessons, but I am going to take one lesson to identify and correct that problem. I see the potential for some real ugly if I don't fix it.
Loveland offers 2-hour private lessons. Anyone familiar with instructors there and have a recommendation?
Well, I discovered an issue in my left turn. The tail of the new inside ski hangs up, causing mayhem until I somehow correct it. I'm still not going to get into a bunch of lessons, but I am going to take one lesson to identify and correct that problem. I see the potential for some real ugly if I don't fix it.
Loveland offers 2-hour private lessons. Anyone familiar with instructors there and have a recommendation?
Hi @vickie.
Can’t help with an instructor name - but something you can try:
If you are:
- turning your upper body - even slightly - into the turn (i.e. to the left), or
- tilting into the turn,
it can cause the problem you describe. The movements that can cause this can be very very small!! A tiny dip of the left shoulder as you start your left turn . . . A tiny bit of shoulder rotation to the left - sometimes even just looking over into the new turn with your head or tilting your head to the left as you start the turn can cause this!
The fix??? Make sure you only think of the first half of the turn first. Go downhill. THEN finish the turn.
The going downhill part can be just for a moment. But you’ve got long sticks on your feet and you’ve got to turn them. Get them pointed down the fallline before you turn them to the left.
Might be worth a try.
This is the type of issue that surfaces when you start getting into terrain that is steeper or more challenging for you. I wonder if you’ve noticed that. We don’t mind going downhill first in easy runs. But we do once it gets steep.