Body protection

EmmaEvs wrote:Oh yeah I forgot about that. Still... pistes might look like fluffy clouds but they can be pretty hard!

it is all about knowing how to fall ........ not that I can remember the last time I fell :wink:

Lucky you! :lol:

Yeah some of it is about knowing how to fall, but I don't think you can always have much control over how that happens. If someone comes belting down the slope straight into you, and you're looking elsewhere it would happen so quickly, how much can you really influence the landing? I'm not convinced yet...

EmmaEvs wrote:Lucky you! :lol:

Yeah some of it is about knowing how to fall, but I don't think you can always have much control over how that happens. If someone comes belting down the slope straight into you, and you're looking elsewhere it would happen so quickly, how much can you really influence the landing? I'm not convinced yet...

I never really worry about what might happens, I think it is very important to be very aware of your surroundings it is something I always try to drum into Little W.

I've no doubt you do, and good advice it is. Accidents happen though and it's not always possible to avoid them. Remember that vid (I think it was Tony posted it) of the airborne junior racer on that piste? There's got to be an element of luck involved that nobody was hurt there. I'm not suggesting that everyone should constantly worry about what could happen. That would spoil the whole experience and we'd all be jibbering wrecks on the slopes. :lol:

EmmaEvs wrote:I've no doubt you do, and good advice it is. Accidents happen though and it's not always possible to avoid them. Remember that vid (I think it was Tony posted it) of the airborne junior racer on that piste? There's got to be an element of luck involved that nobody was hurt there. I'm not suggesting that everyone should constantly worry about what could happen. That would spoil the whole experience and we'd all be jibbering wrecks on the slopes. :lol:

That is my whole point is peoples awareness when they are skiing, I realise that there is always a risk but you can reduce that risk, I have spoke to many instructors about encouraging that awareness but apart from stopping at piste junctions too many skiers seem to ski in a bubble unaware of what is going on around them, thats why I always bang on at my daughter to be aware of her surroundings.

I agree :thumbup: