Happy New Year and skiing DLV

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This posting is from: kumiko yvonne watanabe
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Hi Denise!

Yes, one can go on the slopes and not take lessons.
Its up to the individual.

I take the more cautious approach to learning any
sport, and to try to learn it properly by taking lessons
to get the basics in the beginning. My reasoning is
as follows...

This saves time and wasted effort in doing things wrong
and possibly learning the wrong way. I've found the
method to learn on your own by asking and watching,
wastes alot more time to learn the basics, than it would
have if a 2hr lesson were taken, and prevent the possibly
of getting hurt because I wasn't doing something the correct
way or doing something completely wrong when figuring
it out for myself.

Lessons cover alot of things, and may
may be left out when trying to do things yourself, and
this is usually some helpful ways to do things easier.

This can also create the wrong learned reaction when
taught later making it harder to correct to how to do the
sport correctly.

I'd rather take in a few hours, to be taught by a professional
who will teach, and let me practice the best and correct way.
These instructors are experienced skiers, and
know what to teach, and the best is that they will help you
make sure you are doing the sport correctly too, by watching
and correcting any errors they see during the lesson.

Instead of the hit or miss method of watching others
and/or following others on their style of doing the sport,
I can later decide if I want to follow the taught basics,
or do my own thing or spin on it, which would then be a
option and not the only way that was told how to ski
by someone else. At least I will be properly taught
how to ski.

Getting injured in any sport is a possibility.
Learning how to do the sport safely and correctly
reduces getting hurt.

I talked to many ski patrol staff, some quite beautiful
gals behind the ski gear, both physically and personality,
say alot of injuries occur by people that think they can
go on the slopes and not take any form of lessons. These
people don't know what they are doing, and end up getting
hurt, and possibly dying, when some basic lessons would
have prevented all of that.

For skiing and snow boarding, the snow plowing is a method,
there is another, that uses the mountain to slow you down,
especially at higher speeds, on steeper and narrower slopes
where snow plowing may not work as well or not the best
option, or on patches of hard ice where the skis cannot dig
in when doing a snow plow. Some places no longer teach
that snow plow technique too, which surprised me. This
was when I was taking lessons at Vail and Telluride.

I've seen those that snow plow and end up breaking
some bone. The way it happens is the skis that are digging
into the snow to try to slow down comes across a buried
huge chunk of ice. It stops the skis alright, and suddenly,
the person in the skis don't expect this. It can also cause the
skis to go in a different direction not expected by the skier.
The sudden stop or turn, causes the person to lunge forward
face first into the hard pack snow, the skis break off as
designed to do so before the legs are broken. They may try
to protect their face with their hands and arms as they fall and are
propelled face first, where alot of arm and wrist injuries occur,
including breaking their collar bone. Yes, I did forget about
NECK injuries as in broken necks and disability. Some
falling on their side can sustain bruised or broken ribs. I've
seen during the snow plow the skis cross in front, locking the
skis, and the skier cannot maneuver at all and fall. Also when
the skis hit a hidden ice sheet and the skier does a full split and
falls forward on the butt, possibly injuring their ...umm
certain organs with their legs spread wide apart like a ballet
dancer's full split.

I still recommend for beginners to take the lessons. If one is
already experienced and knows enough about skiing, then
no lesson is needed, unless the experienced
needs a review, or help in their skiing.

You are not required to take lessons, its up the person.
I don't want to see anyone hurt because they didn't take
lessons and the hurt could have been prevented if they
did take lessons.

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This posting is from: kumiko yvonne watanabe
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> drinking from a bota bag and smoking pot.

That is one way to stay warm!

Some carried those curved metal bottles
with bourbon or whiskey, and I believe
schnapps too.

hmm skiing under influence? - yeah, I've seen those too. :-)
Amazing enough a few became better skiers.

One fun thing to do was to sit in a large outdoor
hot tub, liquid refreshment on the side of the
tub, while it is snowing, having great conversations
with friends that are also in the tub.

The drinks are ice cold or beginning to freeze,
but you are warm and comfortable.

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This posting is from: Rosada Delano
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Drinking from a bota bag and smoking pot. Hmm, isn't that what Sonny
Bono thought he shouldn't have done just before that tree got in his way
as he skied right into it on his way down the snowy slopes.

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This posting is from: Sindee Honey
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I see adult soapbox racing as a bunch of politically charged people
shouting their views and whoever is loudest and most aggressive wins.

I am checking my calendar and whatever day that event is scheduled for I
am SURE=20 I am having a root canal, a very long and painful root
canal...:)

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Or maybe because your not a sissy ? You go girl. I dont want to die in
my sleep. I want to be dancing, singing, carousing and getting caught
in the wrong bed with my panties on the floor and the mortician
stating to my family "It might have to be a closed casket - we cannot
get the smile off her face" ! Thats they way to go !

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Well, one day in Idaho, I had the brilliant idea to fill up my bota bag with 100 proof schnapps...after all, it doesn't freeze. I ended up losing the cap on the way up the lift, and so I had to drink the whole thing; at least, that was what I was thinking at the time. They didn't have any cats to do the grooming that day, and I got into some deep stuff, which I don't normally ski on. I decided that the way to deal with it was just to go a little bit faster...that worked, for a while. I ended up in a "garage sale", looking around for my skis until someone came by and pointed out that I was bleeding. I looked down and there was a huge pool of blood, like someone had butchered a baby seal. Ski patrol told me that I would have bled to death if I had tried to ski down. One of the skis had hit me in the face and cut an artery open...good reason to wear goggles, even when it's clear.

I've been injured a few times, skiing, adult soap box racing, flying, you name it. Why I always manage to injure my neck, I don't know...my head is currently held on by a metal plate and a piece of cadaver bone, and I probably shouldn't be skiing, but I might do it anyway, just because I'm stupid and reckless.

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>adult soap box racing, ...

You mean like Funeral Racing?