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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Over the last week I have learnt a lot about skiing and also about myself. Here are the highlights.
1 - 'Now is not the time to pray, now is the time to ski'
My ski instructor, Patrick's words to Hannah, one of my classmates at the top of a mountain. She had this habit of holding her poles to her chest in fear. I am not one to judge, we all had our little ways of expressing how terrified we were of sliding out of control down a mountainside. But the lesson was that you need to lean forward in order to control your speed and part of that is where to place your hands; always forward.
On a more philosophical level the lesson meant to me that one should concentrate on what you are doing, not dreaming or something else.
2 - Go for it!
In order to turn in skiing, one has to shift weight from one ski to another. On shallow slopes this is easy but on steep slopes it is terrifying. The prospect of shifting the majority of your weight from the downhill ski onto the uphill one and turning so that you are facing downhill before the pressure on the ski turns you far enough to turn you at an angle to slope is really scary. So the temptation is to hold back some pressure on the other ski so you turn slowly.
This is the wrong thing to do.
In order to complete a successful turn on a slope you have to really go for it! This is also the lesson learned about life is that you have to have the confidence and self-control to overcome that fear and you will not fall if you do not panic.
3 - COMMIT!
Once you have made that turn, don't chicken out and let your weight go backwards. Don't panic, commit yourself to that turn and you will control your speed and thusly your descent. If you panic, lean back or lean up the hill too much you will skid out of control. So you have got to lean but keep your weight on that outside/downhill ski. On a personal level this is about not quitting, sure you might scared or doubt yourself, but ultimately you have to commit to action or you end up on the piste with a facefull of snow. BAM
So, while the above reads like a self-help book, those are the lessons I learned and I feel so much better for having learned them and how to ski.
2011, here I come.
1 - 'Now is not the time to pray, now is the time to ski'
My ski instructor, Patrick's words to Hannah, one of my classmates at the top of a mountain. She had this habit of holding her poles to her chest in fear. I am not one to judge, we all had our little ways of expressing how terrified we were of sliding out of control down a mountainside. But the lesson was that you need to lean forward in order to control your speed and part of that is where to place your hands; always forward.
On a more philosophical level the lesson meant to me that one should concentrate on what you are doing, not dreaming or something else.
2 - Go for it!
In order to turn in skiing, one has to shift weight from one ski to another. On shallow slopes this is easy but on steep slopes it is terrifying. The prospect of shifting the majority of your weight from the downhill ski onto the uphill one and turning so that you are facing downhill before the pressure on the ski turns you far enough to turn you at an angle to slope is really scary. So the temptation is to hold back some pressure on the other ski so you turn slowly.
This is the wrong thing to do.
In order to complete a successful turn on a slope you have to really go for it! This is also the lesson learned about life is that you have to have the confidence and self-control to overcome that fear and you will not fall if you do not panic.
3 - COMMIT!
Once you have made that turn, don't chicken out and let your weight go backwards. Don't panic, commit yourself to that turn and you will control your speed and thusly your descent. If you panic, lean back or lean up the hill too much you will skid out of control. So you have got to lean but keep your weight on that outside/downhill ski. On a personal level this is about not quitting, sure you might scared or doubt yourself, but ultimately you have to commit to action or you end up on the piste with a facefull of snow. BAM
So, while the above reads like a self-help book, those are the lessons I learned and I feel so much better for having learned them and how to ski.
2011, here I come.
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