Oh no, please not the fall over!

We all do it, I dont believe you if you say you dont. FALL OVER!!

Now, this might seem a daft question. But what style do you guys use to stand up?

1. Sit back on the back of your skis and use the power in your quads to stand up?
2. When on a decent incline, put your skis parallel across the slope and push yourself up
3. Take your skis off, jump up then pop them back on again
4. Ask someone to hold your hand while they pull you up?

I tend to do 1 and 2. The first can be very hard work! The second is where the problems start (and can lead to 3 if i get really annoyed, but never 4!!)When I do 2, I push myself up, but then off go my skis moving forward with me still pushing up......you can imagine the comedy for others!

How do I stop that from happening? If I put ski slightly facing up hill the tails slip out....another comedy moment! Of course, if this is in deep snow or on a nice steep slope the problem tends not to happen. It is when it is either hard packed or icy or even worse flat as a pancake (crepe)!

Any suggestions? :roll:

The secret is to fall over in such spectacular fashion, both your skis come off and go shooting down the mountain, then all you have to worry about, is whether your salopettes are up to the challenge of sliding down the run with you in them :twisted:

Seriously, I don't have problems standing up as long as there is some sort of slope, and usually, the steeper the better. It is when on the flat I seem to have issues :shock: Just get the edge of the skis into the hill and they should stay fairly stable.

You must let us know when and where you are skiing Iceman.

Could be worth a follow down :thumbup:

Thanks for your support Andy. So you will be wanting me to tuck on teh flat and then catch an edge and struggle to get back up?!!? :twisted:

As quickly as possible before anyone notices. Especially if it's on a green and you were too busy admiring the scenery....

Iceman wrote:Thanks for your support Andy. So you will be wanting me to tuck on teh flat and then catch an edge and struggle to get back up?!!? :twisted:

Yes please :mrgreen:
In front of a webcam to win Adders daily best webcam pic would be good - can you manage that?

No problem, Moutiers web cam in VT 15 Jan suitable???

Anyway ....
I was completely stationery on a flat bit before the next drop of a simple red run, waiting for my sister and niece.
They arrived ....
I fell over.
Head downhill, couldn't get skis over, under, around or through anything.
They laughed.

I have absolutely no idea what happened, I just capsized on the piste. :oops: