J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by TheoBane

lol savage, the other instructors where talking about different training drills they want to do. So they are also up for going out on the LG

wow sweet, do you think you should get a guide for LG for the first time

so i guess the high death rate on LG is because of idoits with major hangovers. Il be mostly training, i dont really have any interest in drinking all the time. My main interest is steeps and moguls, mainly moguls.

lol sounds like fun. All i know is that we are about 4 min walk away from a chair lift and was told that we can sometimes ski to the chalet

Just found out yesterday that i have a all payed ski trip to Les 2 alps as a VIP with cyrstal holidays, my place that i worked with gave four places to the top four instructors. So now im heading to Les 2 alps, staying in Grand Tetras where all the cyrstal staff stay. Also i dont have to spend a cent on any drink or lift pass or ski hire :).

Im just wondering how many people been there and whats it like, been told its party central but thats about it.

Hey guys, take a look at this. This is the whitepass turns

http://vimeo.com/9093525

Little hard on yourself there Tony, i doubt that your untidy skier

All G: Also you can imagine your on a motor bike, thats another way of thinking about it. I use that on teenagers, they find it quite amusing. There are so many technigues. You just have to keep doing them over and over again until its drilled into your head.

I tell clients to roll from the big toe to the small toe, its the same for rolling the ball of your toe and the same with the other ski apply pressure on the corresponding turn. Theres lots of task and drills you can use for different people. As pablo said, Different things work for different people and trust me you can have a very radical learning abilities in class. It depends on how you learn better, do you learn by looking or doing or being explained in great detail how to do it. Although i have been finding a lot of challenges, such as one fella i have couldt use the edges of his skis no matter what i did or my collegues. The best drill for toe to toe are

Aeroplane turns
Pedalling
Fall line skating
Railling

They would be the best ones to do, Pedaling and Railing would be the best to do. I might try and post up a thread in ski Technigue to show you how you do each of these tasks.

p.s. won a free cyrstal holiday, going to austria this satuday. Staying five star hotel and everything is paid for. Yay