campgottagopee
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Fear holding back the ripper?
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Just like this topic is all---it's cool
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Dude, you need to take happy pills today. Read what I wrote, I taught him not a porfessional. By the way, I remember Ski Magazine talking about stem christies in the 80's.
The Stem Christie is a technique in skiing for turning. It is a refinement of the basic stem technique, where prior to the turn the uphill ski is stemmed (tail skidded outward) from being parallel with the downhill ski to form a V shape.
The turn was named after Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, where the name Kristianiasving was used for the parallel turn, differentiating it from the Telemark turn.
The technique was introduced to central Europe in 1910 by the Austrian ski guide Johannes Schneider.[citation needed] Along with the other two stem techniques, it formed the basis of his Arlberg technique and instruction method.
The technique was popular and widely used up until the late 1960s, when its use diminished in favor of the parallel turn, inspired mostly by ski racers. Radical side-cut skis, developed in the late 1990s, have accelerated the obsolescence of the Stem Christie.[1] It is still occasionally taught to intermediate and advanced skiers to demonstrate the difference in efficient movements with less efficient movements.
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The stem christie is for gapers and Blue mountain ski patrollers..lol
I think to overcome fear requires a true inner believe that one has the skiing ability to handle yourself in whatever situation comes at you.
Rippers just know that they can handle it. Even if they do stand on top of a line and fear comes into play they KNOW that they can handle it.
Using my wife as an example, she just knows she can handle it. A lot of it comes from a long competitive background in skiing. She started racing, then moved to bumps and arials. (on another note I think that progression makes an exremely well rounded skier)
I on the otherhand just handle fear by refusing to let my wife do something I won't do. Some might call that stupid. :smile:
For better or worse I also usually justify it with I "know how to fall". This comes from years of playing other sports. I have taken some fantastic wrecks in my day without a serious injury. Tuck and roll baby, tuck and roll.
Rippers just know that they can handle it. Even if they do stand on top of a line and fear comes into play they KNOW that they can handle it.
Using my wife as an example, she just knows she can handle it. A lot of it comes from a long competitive background in skiing. She started racing, then moved to bumps and arials. (on another note I think that progression makes an exremely well rounded skier)
I on the otherhand just handle fear by refusing to let my wife do something I won't do. Some might call that stupid. :smile:
For better or worse I also usually justify it with I "know how to fall". This comes from years of playing other sports. I have taken some fantastic wrecks in my day without a serious injury. Tuck and roll baby, tuck and roll.
neither is goose stomping....................:flame:
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It was the 80's. Now, it is not a snowplow. It is a pizza turn. Or am I wrong here to?
campgottagopee
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Hmmmm....somebody forgot to tell PSIA that.....Thought you were the natural---why didn't you naturally teach him the correct way???
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It was an intermediate level back in then, and the guy was skiing down anything that the rest of us were doing. I was pretty impressed by him and how he picked it up. Could he ski moguls? No.
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Usually you have to be from the NYC to be so bitter and angry. :argue:Why so agrumentative? Or did you spend a lot of money on lessons and still suck.
I think that is it.
Funny. The place that I taught him was Kissing Bridge outside of Buffalo.
I must add that from my experience hockey players pick up skiing very quickly. My take is that it stems from the ability to perform the "hockey stop" from the get go. Having confidence that you can stop yourself goes a long way.
Oh yeah, Kissing Bridge rocks!!
Oh yeah, Kissing Bridge rocks!!
campgottagopee
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Usually you have to be from the NYC to be so bitter and angry. :argue:Why so agrumentative? Or did you spend a lot of money on lessons and still suck.
I think that is it.
Funny. The place that I taught him was Kissing Bridge outside of Buffalo.
Good one----put a lot of thought into that didn't ya there cowboy
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Does this mean that you are done ranting over nothing? I hope not I am having funny.
campgottagopee
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Spot on!!! Just tell them to link hockey stops then stand back and watch. The act of skating also is an excelorator for them....that speed thing ya know
campgottagopee
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Dude I just took what you said and ran with it....we can dissagree that's what makes the world go round.
Beetlenut
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Why don't you two get a room!
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prisnah
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I just don't think it's a matter of whether someone has fear or not, i think everyone does, it's a natural human response. What makes a ripper is what they do with the fear.
I know when I'm clicked in and just about to hit a feature I haven't hit before I get a little trepidacious, and I just have to tell that little voice to shut the hell up and just point 'em and focus on maintaining good form.
I know when I'm clicked in and just about to hit a feature I haven't hit before I get a little trepidacious, and I just have to tell that little voice to shut the hell up and just point 'em and focus on maintaining good form.
campgottagopee
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Oh stop it----my head hurts from that silly fantastic contraption game
Beetlenut
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Pizza / French Fries baby!!
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