Gutted//heartbroken & totally depressed

Adders and bandit have the right idea :mrgreen:
It's only early February !!!!!!!
A good 10 weeks left to this season.

Is it time fo a mid-life crisis Snapzzz??
:thumbup:

bandit wrote:
Admin is quite right. We are less than halfway through a European season with the biggest snow for years. Time to save for an April getaway :D

Sadly Aprils getaway is already booked, its the costa blanca.......at least it will be only 1 euro a pint though.

Well done you - it sounds as though you have cracked it. Just what Mr B has been trying to teach me for the past 2 years. Hope I can get there this year. I don't want to be a Z skier any more want to be an S skier. Take heart it may be over for this time - but how fantastic will next year be !!The pain will ease but the excitement from October next year will be uncontainable. Look forward to the full report.

tspill wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:
I've learnt so much this season. I now carve reds where I used to side slip and have discovered the joys of off piste and moguls.

Quick question. How I'd u make so much progress? Lessons?

Well, this is the subject of another thread i was going to start next week, on my return.....but since you ask....

In my skiing life i have had 4 days ski school in Andorra and that is it. I have never really felt the need for lessons, i think i just 'get it'.
Now that might sound arrogant or maybe a little neive and i really don't mean it too but i just seem to be at home on skis.
When i was a child i skated all the time, ice & roller and this continued into my late teens where i was always on half pipes and the like. I think i just naturally like having things strapped to my feet.
I have read a fair bit on technique and have just gone out and tried it, its not been a problem.

Now when i said "off piste" i don't mean waist deep powder in the middle of no where....im not that foolhardy. In fact skiing powder is probably my weakest aspect right now. But that will come with time.
The off piste i have being doing is many the heavily tracked areas between pistes, stuff clearly in the bounds of the resort but not pisted.
The moguls, well for the first time they just looked like fun. To me they didn't look worrying and i guessed it was all about rythmn and gave it a blast... i was right.....as long as you keep the movement going and plan your route at least a couple of turns ahead it was fine. I've never deliberately chose to ski moguls before this week but seek them out now.

I definitely know my limits though. I've skied one black in my life and that shame was reported early this season. Right now i don't believe i am at a point where i could trust myself on a steep, narrow, bumpy black. And its the narrow pistes that scare me. I like to turn in my own time and when you are running out of snow your hand gets forced and i don't like that.....if i ever have lessons it will be for that.

And of course the J2Ski regulars have inspired me massively and the most important thing i learned from here was this, and it is probably the most important factor in bringing my skiing up a level.

Lean forward.

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Snapzzz - your long post about your skiing philosophy and lessons (or lack of them !!) doesn't surprise me.
Your background as a skater is interesting - that balance thing early on in life will, I'm sure, or I think any way :lol: - have really helped your skiing.

I've watched your videos and read your posts and there seems to be a common thread through these - a thirst for knowledge and how to achieve what you want in your skiing. This came through to me in how you chose your skis as well as how you talk about skiing.

More power to Snapzzz :thumbup:

I look forward to the day you post about "getting it" on a steep, narrow black covered in bumps !!! Coz I reckon you will, if that is what you want of course and I really enjoy reading about your exploits and enjoyment on and around the snow.

Safe journey home and I for one look forward to seeing some fun videos when you are back in the land of [insert term of choice] and have got over the post-skiing blues.

It took me three weeks to post about my Easter trip to Tignes last year coz I was so fed up that the season was over :oops:

Costa Blanca in April. Perfect, there are several good quality Spanish ski areas plus the whole of Andorra within 4 hours drive 8)

How to ward off B*ST***S - that's Bristol Airport Sad Times And Return Dreams Syndrome. Just plan another trip, even though you really shouldn't, immediately after your scheduled last ski of the season. It's amazing how many times you'll say 'Oh sod it' and go skiing again before the end of the season!

To the subject of lessons - you'll get it (especially on tough runs or in difficult conditions) if you have a private lesson or two with a reputable, professional teacher. He or she would make your transition, nay transformation, to a competent all-mountain skier so much smoother. It's worked for me over many years!