Fear of Falling

[andyzee]

I have skied with Brian a bunch of times over the past season or so. You should listen to his advice. That guy is always falling. ;-)

But what ever you do, don't fall in front of him, he shows no mercy!

 

[Grassi21]

But what ever you do, don't fall in front of him, he shows no mercy!

If you're on the deck, B WILLwhite wash you.

 

[Brettski]

Skiing...a contact sport....me and the mountain

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

So far this season..5 ski days..I've only fallen messing around doing stupid backwards shizzle on the sides of the trails. When I fall it tends to be a spectacular wipeout due to the high speed nature of most of my skiing. As I've progressed..I've been able to recover from a potential fall/wipeout way better. Yesterday at Okemo I hit an icy spot at a weird angle and almost lost it but I was able to recover..that in itself even though I was probably only going about 20mph could have slid me off the trail into a tree..When I'm skiing really intense terrain like at Jackson Hole..I try to stay in complete control so my falls tend to be more hip-xheck type stuff..3 years ago I was skiing woods at Jackson Hole with my buddy Tom and came up short leaping over a rock outcropping and got pawned like a fish..such an awkward forward fall..I need to try and avoid the awkward falls because that's where people get injured..

 

[2knees]

Your right, I am fearless:dunce:

Maybe that is why
i wear my full face helmet with chrome shield when I ride it, to hide my identity.:razz:

whats that old joke?

How are mopeds and fat chicks similar. You ride them both but you dont tell your friends.

Falling is not only necessary and good, but mandatory. If you have a fear of falling, then you aint skiing.
Well, maybe for others, that could be B.S., but if i dont have a nice crash or two each time out, i wonder how hard i really skiied.

 

[MRGisevil]

Spend some time taking Aikido or Judo lessons. First thing you learn how to do is fall like a champion. Breakfalling applies to skiing much better than one would think...

 

[dmc]

No falls no balls...

The only place I'm afraid of falling is stuff where if I don't stop I get slammed..

 

[dmc]

whats that old joke?

How are mopeds and fat chicks similar. You ride them both but you dont tell your friends.

Falling is not only necessary and good, but mandatory. If you have a fear of falling, then you aint skiing.
Well, maybe for others, that could be B.S., but if i dont have a nice crash or two each time out, i wonder how hard i really skiied.

I always said - "They're both fun to ride until someone catches you on one"

Falling is part of snowboarding... I actually fall a lot but since I don't lose a ski I get back up instantly.

 

[w.ski]

The fear of falling doesn't often enter my mind while I'm skiing. When I do fall, the thought "damn gonna fall" flashes across my mind, and my body just relaxes and goes with it. I never fight the fall. This seems to be an automatic response for me. My theory is that this is because I learned when I was so young (3 yrs old). At that age you're so close to the ground that it's no big deal. You just go limp, fall, and bounce back up. I think it may be a kind of muscle memory for that kind of falling, if that makes sense.

 

[ctenidae]

I'm not afraid of falling, but I do hate getting a pantload of snow for my efforts.

Most of my falls are semi-intentional. I know (often) when I'm about to lose it, and I'd rather go down more or less on my terms. Last good fall was on Hardscrabble at Cannon- came around a turn, picked my spot for the next turn, then realized that what looked like a nice, soft mound was actually dust on ice with a massive pothole on the other side, about 15 feet from the woods. Once I saw the hole, I went down before I got to the trees.

Falling is a skill. My wife, former competitive figure skater, is one of the best fallers ever. She once tripped carrying a brand new laptop, and went down all kinds of hard. Laptop never touched the ground.

 

[tjf67]

I am not afraid of falling I am afraid of getting hurt. I dont fall much any more but when I do look out. Beginners fall a lot and it is only the few that hurt that dampens there spirits.

 

[tjf67]

That's interesting, you don't fall much, but when you did, you got big-time injured. Is there a correlation here? What's your take on that?

I would say there is. I dont fall much any more. All over the northeast it was a hard pack weekend. The enjoyment came from high speed carving. I dont want to fall going that fast. Its not the fall that scares me its what is going to stop me. If I fell this weekend I would have been lucky to stop myself before a tree did. A lot of people know what I am talking about.

 

[RISkier]

I've definately struggled with the "fear factor." I'm 53 and this will be my 6th year on skis. Early in my 2nd year I went down a run that was a combination of scraped off hard pack and small moguls. I recall sliding across an icy area, slamming into a mogul, and falling. My knee hurt but I thought I just tweaked it a little. Actually skied several more runs. Turns out I had a small fracture so most of my 2nd year was shot. I really struggled getting over that psychologically. The next time I was in conditions like that I was in a clinic and basically had a panic attack. Definately took time to work through that and get comfortable on the hill. I'm actually at the point where I really want to learn bump skiing. Someone mentioned not fighting a fall too much and I think that's often good advice. A lot of my falls have happened while trying new techniques in "interesting" conditions. If I get out of balance I'll often just throw both skis in the air and let myself fall. I'd rather do that then experience a stupid slow speed twisting fall where the binding doesn't release. Sunday we were playing in small bumps and I fell a couple of times, never really thought about it. Later in the day we were on some rellatively easy terrain and I was trying to make railroad turns and was really letting them rip, went down a roller with quite a bit of compression and got an edge caught in a rut. Blam! Hardest fall I can recall. Nice bruise on the hip but no long term damage.

 

[Marc]

I'm not afraid of falling, but I do hate getting a pantload of snow for my efforts.

Most of my falls are semi-intentional. I know (often) when I'm about to lose it, and I'd rather go down more or less on my terms. Last good fall was on Hardscrabble at Cannon- came around a turn, picked my spot for the next turn, then realized that what looked like a nice, soft mound was actually dust on ice with a massive pothole on the other side, about 15 feet from the woods. Once I saw the hole, I went down before I got to the trees.

Falling is a skill. My wife, former competitive figure skater, is one of the best fallers ever. She once tripped carrying a brand new laptop, and went down all kinds of hard. Laptop never touched the ground.

Woah, woah, woah, hold the phone here for just a minute-






You ski?

 

[Brettski]

Any of you skiiers know that when you're gonna go down, actually go, and then bouce right back up without missing a step?

We used to ski with about a group of 10 in our younger days....fall, and it's a snow avalanche headed your way...

Makes you get up quickly

 

[severine]

I have skied with Brian a bunch of times over the past season or so. You should listen to his advice. That guy is always falling. ;-)

But what ever you do, don't fall in front of him, he shows no mercy!

If you're on the deck, B WILLwhite wash you.

VERY true! He doesn't even show mercy to me. :roll:

 

[Greg]

I have skied with Brian a bunch of times over the past season or so. You should listen to his advice. That guy is always falling. ;-)

:lol:

I wiped out a lot at Snow this year. Managed to stay vertical at Hunter on Sunday.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Altho a XC skier for 3 decades we've been DH for about 12 yrs and I've taken my share of falls some resulted in broken bones, casts, sprains etc

But now @ 64 i simply let fall s happen and don't make heroic recovery moves . kinda like oh shit better relax and save my butt.

Falling is simply not the issue , surviving on one's own terms when skiing eastern hardpack at speed is THE concern ------------b safe out there guys!

 

[billski]

Any of you skiiers know that when you're gonna go down, actually go, and then bouce right back up without missing a step?

We used to ski with about a group of 10 in our younger days....fall, and it's a snow avalanche headed your way...

Makes you get up quickly

I'm not strong enough to do that anymore. go with the flow...

 

[Brettski]

Woah, woah, woah, hold the phone here for just a minute-






You ski?

And he's into gardening