Dave Mac wrote:We need a thread "Tino's blog" Bandit, please attend to it. Otherwise the knowledge and wisdom will be scattered on different threads, and of course we will be fred drifting other threads.
Tino, from your Engleberg element on the blog:
1. Glacier skiing/snowboarding is very different to proper mountain. WHY?
2. I am nowhere near as good as I thought I was. WHY?
3. I simply do not know when to stop. I think we knew that. :)4. Powder hurts less than piste.
5. Powder is a ***** on a board when you fall. It's sh*t on skis too.6. Skiers have it easy off-piste compared to boarders. B.....ks7. I need to learn to ski, and then........ Thats a great idea.
8. I need to buy a split board :) They are called: - "Skis" :mrgreen:
Okay, answer time.
1. No matter what the conditions on a glacier, you know and expect tough conditions. On a mountain slope, the conditions can change over a few yards and throw you off. Basically I think that doing it enough you get used to glaciers, mountains require a little more concentration.
2. Because I was riding like a big jessie on Saturday to start off with, no confidence at all. It did improve to be honest.
3. :P
4. Nuff said.
5. Agreed, probably not a lot of fun either.
6. In deep snow and flatish it is impossible to dig out and get momentum. With skis you have independence in either leg and poles to enable you to get a move going, it's just plain knackering on a board. Funnily I always seem to fall on the level rather than on an incline :?: Maybe speed is the key.
7. I was drunk when I said that.
8. Seems that it's bedtime.
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