Me ski-ing the World Cup slalom course in Courchevel very slowly!

Well,
I can certainly agree with that one, Pablo, I'm quite happy to increase my ski-ing to 3 x per year. That would be great :D

It might actually be possible as well, because once my younger daughter leaves school I'll be able to go ski-ing at the cheaper times of year. We don't usually have many holidaymakers from the New Year until Easter (which is why I've got time to type this - although we do have two lots coming tomorrow and Saturday).

Rose,
Thanks for telling me - private lessons seem to be quite a popular choice with other J2skiers as well.

Tony,
I actually enjoy having group lessons. I like the social aspect of meeting new people, and I like the challenge of the lessons. And I really had a great time in my one-off slalom lesson.

I also like the fact that now I know I can get down pretty much any piste as long as it's not something dreadful like the one Innsbrucker was showing us, or the Grand Couloir in Courchevel.

And, Tony, I know you're only joking, but my poor instructor was definitely not drunk. He wasn't the best instructor I've ever had, but he did have quite a difficult group to deal with because we were all supposed to be in different groups, and I do really think he was doing his best. And the other people in my group were great. One was a surgeon, one was the sports manager for Chris Hoy, and two of the French teenagers were really charming.

And, as I've said before, my afternoon lessons were really great. The instructor was quite brilliant and I learned a great deal, and there were only 3 other people in the group and we all got on really well.

I would very much like some more ski lessons in slalom, moguls, off-piste, and carving. I have a great deal to learn :D

Ally

I wasn't entirely sure which sort of slalom course I'd been ski-ing in, and one of the boot fitters in the shop I was in last week used to be an instructor in Courchevel, so I asked him.

It was a Giant Slalom course. He said it has 50 - 60 gates. I know it had a great many, but I was too busy ski-ing to count. So the bit in the video is about 1/6th of the whole course I skied down. And my classmate who very kindly put the video up on YouTube for me has wrongly labelled it as a downhill slalom course.

Also, I found this, about how to ski Giant Slalom. I rather think I was trying the rounded 'S' turn technique, rather than the 'banana' one :lol:

http://youcanski.com/en/coaching/gs_turns.htm

Ally