Backseat skiing
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Guesstimate
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Used to be CSIA certified and my best advice is to send her to a professional instructor.
I could write out how to do it here but they'll just benefit WAY more actually working with a certified instructor.
I could write out how to do it here but they'll just benefit WAY more actually working with a certified instructor.
ASSholebomber22
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Tell them to get in an althetic stance, like you're ready to catch a dodgeball thrown at you. Once the stance is good and down, show them how they can turn by putting pressure on your big toe. This, along with holding poles horizontal in front, can help keep beginners out of the back seat.
saucy+steve
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She's a natural swerve skier... embrace it
c-fries
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14113108:Biffbarf said:
This. I'm a ski instructor: PSIA certified narc (don't get me started on that scam). Anyway, I tell kids to pretend that someone is going to push them over on the playground. Automatically they get in an athletic stance: shins front of boots, chest slightly ahead, upper body angle matches angle of shins, hands ahead too (even tho ridin with the hands in the pockets looks way sicker).
A good mental trick is to tell them that every time they get scared and want to go into the backseat (which they will do without knowing) that they need to think "mean." that it's them vs. the terrain, nobody else, and they're gonna win that fight.
**This post was edited on Feb 28th 2020 at 9:37:02pm
iced
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topic:MXmx said:
hands on thighs entire time to keep weight forward + bend knees
large turns till skiing across the hill -- keep turning up the hill to slow down till you are at a comfortable speed then start the next turn
a good private instructor will help loads ... idk what dumb people downvoted the other guy
paying lots for a lesson tends to get people into game mode and face fears head on
r00kie
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14113123:c-fries said:
Fine then, I'll be the narc that gets the rant started.
PSIA sucks the fun out of skiing by tellings students and their own instructors that being a "good" skier is making perfect symetrical dynamic turns on a groomed trail. Nothing else matters. Also, I love getting some of my coworkers worked up about park skis. Apparently there is no way to be a "good" skier on them.
**This post was edited on Feb 28th 2020 at 10:31:40pm
c-fries
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14113145:r00kie said:
Goddammit this is the truest shit I’ve read in a while. This should probably be the subject of a separate thread but yes. This shit is unbelievable. There is no way to be a “good” skier on anything over 84 under foot (yes this is something PSIA loves to let you know), skiing like a robot is the correct way to ski, poles should be at least 130 cm in length, and the only thing that matters in skiing is proper form, not fun.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14113165:c-fries said:
I will fuck up any PSIA fucker on my 194 112 underfoot skis. Snowbird, anytime anyplace. Let's fuck baldy up.
shes just trying to tail butter but youre ruining her vibe
I don’t know why I thought baldy was your home mountain.
I grew up in Minnesota where there are virtually no mountains. There’s been a few Olympic slalom skiers that learned where I used to work/ learned to ski (buck hill). With park you don’t need tons of space and elevation, plus you have those Boone resorts which I heard were good.
I grew up in Minnesota where there are virtually no mountains. There’s been a few Olympic slalom skiers that learned where I used to work/ learned to ski (buck hill). With park you don’t need tons of space and elevation, plus you have those Boone resorts which I heard were good.
14113198:r00kie said:
bennwithtwons
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find a mellower pitch trail. she is probably picking up too much speed and feeling tense. go onto something really flat so she can build confidence. ramp up the steepness VERY slowly