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Old January 5th 04, 10:28 PM
Chris Wilburn
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

This might sound silly but I cannot really find any kind of answer (perhaps
because there is not one) but here goes.

I have just booked a trip to Livigno, Italy with 4 mates for February this
year.

They have all been skiing several times and I suppose are classed as
intermediate / advanced level.

I have only been once before, but this was 7 years ago when I was then 16
years old.
By the end of this 7 day trip was parallel skiing confidently after 8 hrs
tuition and on the last day even managed a red run.

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a bike
were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I have to
start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be somewhere in
between.

Can anyone out there shed any light on the subject, and perhaps also how you
think I would get on in Livigno. From what I hear on the internet it is
good for beginners / intermediate level skiers.

Thanks in advance

Chris



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Old January 5th 04, 10:59 PM
David Brown :o\)
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

I had a 20 year gap from the age of 12 until 32 and was parrarel turning
comfortably on the first run down.
Having said that, it takes me a couple of days every year now to get back to
my normal standard.

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Old January 6th 04, 08:19 AM
Ian Spare
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Chris Wilburn wrote:
| I have only been once before, but this was 7 years ago when I was then 16
| years old.
| By the end of this 7 day trip was parallel skiing confidently after 8 hrs
| tuition and on the last day even managed a red run.


We took my girlfriends brother skiing over the holiday and he'd not been
for 5 years or so after tumbling into a crevasse. I think he'd been to a
dry slope a couple of times and he's reasonably fit which must help. The
conditions were so good on the first day it seemed unmissable to be
off-piste and he was just fine. The timing was good though, he went from
some 2m planks 5 years back to a pair of 170 all round carving skis I
had laying around, that must help !

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Old January 6th 04, 09:45 AM
MoonMan
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

Chris Wilburn wrote:
This might sound silly but I cannot really find any kind of answer
(perhaps because there is not one) but here goes.

I have just booked a trip to Livigno, Italy with 4 mates for February
this year.

They have all been skiing several times and I suppose are classed as
intermediate / advanced level.

I have only been once before, but this was 7 years ago when I was
then 16 years old.
By the end of this 7 day trip was parallel skiing confidently after 8
hrs tuition and on the last day even managed a red run.

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a
bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I
have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be
somewhere in between.

Can anyone out there shed any light on the subject, and perhaps also
how you think I would get on in Livigno. From what I hear on the
internet it is good for beginners / intermediate level skiers.

Thanks in advance

Chris


I would suggest spending an hour or so at your local dry slope or
SnowDome/zone. this should at least start to bring your unused skiing
reflexes back. you don't lose them they just have to be used.

From my massive experience of livigno (1 day last year) I would say you
should have a great time.


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

www.suffolkvikings.org.uk


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Old January 7th 04, 12:25 AM
Jim Hutton
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:45:06 -0000, "MoonMan"
wrote:

Chris Wilburn wrote:

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a
bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I
have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be
somewhere in between.



I would suggest spending an hour or so at your local dry slope or
SnowDome/zone. this should at least start to bring your unused skiing
reflexes back. you don't lose them they just have to be used.

From my massive experience of livigno (1 day last year) I would say you
should have a great time.


I would seriously recommend NOT going to the dry-slope (snow dome may
be better, I don't know).

It is the received wisdom that some dry-slope before you go back to
skiing is a good idea, and for years I did this. I found that despite
this it took at least a morning to even feel comfortable on snow, let
alone be back to last year's standard.

I assumed that this was the best I could do, until one year due to
circumstances I couldn't do any dry-slope. The difference was amazing
- I felt at home on the snow immediately, and was skiing with my usual
over-confidence within an hour.

Has anyone else found this ?

Jim Hutton

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Old January 7th 04, 12:39 AM
James Hart
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Jim Hutton wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:45:06 -0000, "MoonMan"
wrote:

Chris Wilburn wrote:

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding
a bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or
will I have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer
will be somewhere in between.



I would suggest spending an hour or so at your local dry slope or
SnowDome/zone. this should at least start to bring your unused skiing
reflexes back. you don't lose them they just have to be used.

From my massive experience of livigno (1 day last year) I would say
you should have a great time.


I would seriously recommend NOT going to the dry-slope (snow dome may
be better, I don't know).

It is the received wisdom that some dry-slope before you go back to
skiing is a good idea, and for years I did this. I found that despite
this it took at least a morning to even feel comfortable on snow, let
alone be back to last year's standard.

I assumed that this was the best I could do, until one year due to
circumstances I couldn't do any dry-slope. The difference was amazing
- I felt at home on the snow immediately, and was skiing with my usual
over-confidence within an hour.

Has anyone else found this ?


I too find it takes a few runs on snow after running on plastic to get a
real 'feel' back but I know I feel a lot more confident after getting a few
hours on plastic under my belt before doing the real thing. I've got no
direct comparison but next weekend about half our group hasn't skiied since
last year whereas the other half will have had a couple of hours on the dry
slope. It will be interesting to see the difference between the 2 groups.

--
James...
www.jameshart.co.uk


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Old January 7th 04, 10:20 AM
MoonMan
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James Hart wrote:
Jim Hutton wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:45:06 -0000, "MoonMan"
wrote:

Chris Wilburn wrote:

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding
a bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or
will I have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer
will be somewhere in between.



I would suggest spending an hour or so at your local dry slope or
SnowDome/zone. this should at least start to bring your unused
skiing reflexes back. you don't lose them they just have to be used.

From my massive experience of livigno (1 day last year) I would say
you should have a great time.


I would seriously recommend NOT going to the dry-slope (snow dome
may be better, I don't know).

It is the received wisdom that some dry-slope before you go back to
skiing is a good idea, and for years I did this. I found that
despite this it took at least a morning to even feel comfortable on
snow, let alone be back to last year's standard.

I assumed that this was the best I could do, until one year due to
circumstances I couldn't do any dry-slope. The difference was
amazing
- I felt at home on the snow immediately, and was skiing with my
usual over-confidence within an hour.

Has anyone else found this ?


I too find it takes a few runs on snow after running on plastic to
get a real 'feel' back but I know I feel a lot more confident after
getting a few hours on plastic under my belt before doing the real
thing. I've got no direct comparison but next weekend about half our
group hasn't skiied since last year whereas the other half will have
had a couple of hours on the dry slope. It will be interesting to see
the difference between the 2 groups.


in my experience it is the change back to plastic from snow that is more
difficult. I teach and race on plastic and i find that the first run on snow
is wonderfull your skis run so much more easily, but the first run back on
plastic is horrible as you have to cope with "Sticky Ice" as my coach
described it on monday when several of us had just returned from a week on
snow.

I do find the plastic is bad for your skiing attidude very strange, ok it's
not snow, but it's better than nothing!


--
Chris *:-)

Downhill Good, Uphill BAD!

www.suffolkvikings.org.uk


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Old January 7th 04, 10:10 PM
Alex Heney
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 00:25:10 +0000, Jim Hutton
wrote:

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:45:06 -0000, "MoonMan"
wrote:

Chris Wilburn wrote:

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a
bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I
have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be
somewhere in between.



I would suggest spending an hour or so at your local dry slope or
SnowDome/zone. this should at least start to bring your unused skiing
reflexes back. you don't lose them they just have to be used.

From my massive experience of livigno (1 day last year) I would say you
should have a great time.


I would seriously recommend NOT going to the dry-slope (snow dome may
be better, I don't know).

It is the received wisdom that some dry-slope before you go back to
skiing is a good idea, and for years I did this. I found that despite
this it took at least a morning to even feel comfortable on snow, let
alone be back to last year's standard.

I assumed that this was the best I could do, until one year due to
circumstances I couldn't do any dry-slope. The difference was amazing
- I felt at home on the snow immediately, and was skiing with my usual
over-confidence within an hour.

Has anyone else found this ?


No.

I find that a couple of hours on dry slopes before I go, and I am
happy within a run or two on the snow.

I don't know if it makes any difference what level of skier you are,
but for reference, i am a reasonable intermediate level, happy on
pretty well anything pisted, not so good in the moguls or off the
piste.

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Old January 8th 04, 05:01 PM
Chris Wilburn
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Chris Wilburn wrote:

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a
bike were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I
have to start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be
somewhere in between.



Thanks to all for the advice.

Reassured me at least that I should have some kind of base to work from.

I think I will get a days tuition just as a refresher, and try some of these
newer types of ski.
From what I have been told on here and by friends dry sloping may not be
such a good idea.

Chris


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Old January 6th 04, 02:41 PM
Rob White
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Default Do you forget how to Ski??

Its like riding a bike - you never forget
Rob
"Chris Wilburn" M wrote in
message ...
This might sound silly but I cannot really find any kind of answer

(perhaps
because there is not one) but here goes.

I have just booked a trip to Livigno, Italy with 4 mates for February this
year.

They have all been skiing several times and I suppose are classed as
intermediate / advanced level.

I have only been once before, but this was 7 years ago when I was then 16
years old.
By the end of this 7 day trip was parallel skiing confidently after 8 hrs
tuition and on the last day even managed a red run.

My question is do you ever forget how to ski?? Is it like riding a bike
were once you have mastered it you really never forget or will I have to
start from the beginning. I am guessing the answer will be somewhere in
between.

Can anyone out there shed any light on the subject, and perhaps also how

you
think I would get on in Livigno. From what I hear on the internet it is
good for beginners / intermediate level skiers.

Thanks in advance

Chris





 




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