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Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:34:15 GMT

I just thought I'd share a highlight from my trip to St Anton, I managed to get down my 1st Black runs :)

I had a days 1 to 1 tuition (my 3rd ski trip) and after a few runs of going through my posture and technique the instructor took us down a short black run and then the Kandahar run.

Was stunned and amazed I got down it with no issues. Was quite choppy and very bumpy on most of the runs so was pleased to get a crash course in moguls. No accidents at all which also amazed me considering the piste conditions.

Just wanted to share my experience with any other intermediates out there :)

Oh Cristoph was the best instructor I've ever had. :) Really was good at inspiring confidence to the point where the next day I was doing black runs on my tod. (one of our party said that the blue shield of an instructor can do wonders :evil: )

Can't wait for the next trip :)

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:44:00 GMT

Congrats. Remember being similarly chuffed my first time. :D

Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:46:42 GMT

T1berious wrote:I just thought I'd share a highlight from my trip to St Anton, I managed to get down my 1st Black runs :)

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Nice one... and being St.Anton, they'll be proper Blacks too!

Feel free to name the ski school - good experiences are always useful to hear about.

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:58:08 GMT

http://www.skistanton.com/english/team.html

Here's a link to the School. I've had 4 instructors over the last 3 years and they have all been one to one instruction. This was definitely the most rewarding. Could have been a mixture of the fact I'd already had 5 days 1 on 1 instruction and was really able to take on board what was being said but I reckon it was down to Cristoph being very very good compared to others I've had.

1st one was more interested in chasing and chatting up the ladies. :evil:

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:40:00 GMT

Congratulations :thumbup: What's the next milestone :D

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:45:45 GMT

Well done you, that's a big milestone for confidence :D

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:39:26 GMT

Well done - there'll be no stopping you now ) Was the first short black No. 10 by any chance?

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:40:12 GMT

Well done, it is a great feeling of achievement :thumbup:

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:25:56 GMT

nice one - great achievement

Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:32:43 GMT

:thumbup:

Nice one... and being St.Anton, they'll be proper Blacks too!

...or possibly blue or red :P

St. Anton is the most bizzarely graded place I have snowboarded.

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:18:25 GMT

jastem wrote:Well done - there'll be no stopping you now ) Was the first short black No. 10 by any chance?

Yes! ended up going back to it the next day on my tod and did it a few times :)

Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:21:33 GMT

tino_11 wrote:

:thumbup:

Nice one... and being St.Anton, they'll be proper Blacks too!

...or possibly blue or red :P

St. Anton is the most bizzarely graded place I have snowboarded.[/quote

I'd agree some of the red runs were pretty challenging and blue runs with moguls? seems almost unfair :)

Re:Wow! Did my 1st Black Runs!

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:15:45 GMT

Well done! I did my first black last year and you think I had climbed Mount Everest- I felt on top of the world! It didn't matter that it was in fact easier than some blues and reds I had previously skiied- it was BLACK! And I will always remember it.