What's your biggest weakness on the hill??

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm fat and have too much weight to balance.

How fat???? I'm overweight but my agility is top notch..and my mass helps me kick up mad spray from my twin tipz...aka double tips..steezy

 

[Warp Daddy]

I'm NOT gettin any younger dammit , Can't ski bumps ,

air you say ????--------- sheeeiit at 65 the only air i know is breakin wind !

 

[Sky]

I also had a tough time late last year in the re-freezing crud. Skis kept getting redirected by the frozen chunks.

When the surface gets scraped down to sand-on-plywood mixed with asymetrical piles of corn...I tend to want to drink more than ski.

 

[deadheadskier]

This is one area that I am loosing confidence year by year. Like you , in high school, I used to float 6' Helicopters, now I have trouble betting more that 2' off the ground doing them. I will drop 10-20' cornices at A-basin, but I have trouble going up in the air.

You're more confident and better than I. I flail on spread eagles these days :lol: A helicopter would be way ugly. I would drop a ten foot cornice given the opportunity though. Probably not twenty, but I did drop a couple ten footers drops at Black and Wildcat..

Honestly, ever since I graduated college and have been employed in occupations that I have needed to be mobile on my feet for (restaurant and banquet management positions), I've been more cautious. Last winter a little less so because my current job, though it would be difficult, can be down seated for the most part aside from seeing clients.

So the goal for the winter is to be in top shape and start jumping a bit again. I'm not talking hucking twenty-thirty foot table tops, but I'd like to be able again to hit a mogul course air and at least pull a minor maneuver and stick the landing without getting in the back seat and bailing out to check speed.

 

[gorgonzola]

rails - i hit the tp with the kids and i'll hit the booters within reason, might even try a spin in the kiddie park, but a 6" high rail or box scares the snot out of me....

 

[MadPadraic]

How fat???? I'm overweight but my agility is top notch..and my mass helps me kick up mad spray from my twin tipz...aka double tips..steezy

So fat that when I dig in toeside on hard snow, I can send ripples up hill that knock over ski bunnies. Still, you put the tummy on one side and the ass on the other and you got some wide but rippin steeze

 

[deadheadskier]

rails - i hit the tp with the kids and i'll hit the booters within reason, might even try a spin in the kiddie park, but a 6" high rail or box scares the snot out of me....

agreed

and honestly no interest

 

[hardline]

agreed

and honestly no interest

i like making my own high speed lines through the parks. the booters they have now you cant take them with speed they just throw you ass up in the air but last season at south i was able to find 3 lines you could take at speed.

 

[Moe Ghoul]

I've limited my intentional "air" to 2'-3' max and a spread eagle is the only thing left in the repertoire.
L5-S1 keeps me away from high impact or twisty kinda moves. Been pain free for 5 years and getting laid up for several months recovering isn't worth the risk.

 

[Beetlenut]

I'd have to say my biggest weakness is super steep terrain. I can ski it, but I'm out of my comfort zone. Specially in NE where super steep terrain is usually accompanied by ice or some other non-edge able surface.

 

[skiadikt]

credit card air ... any higher and i wind up on my back.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Steep, ice-backed moguls with their back ends chopped off.

 

[JD]

Bumps.

 

[Geoff]

I've always had the same weaknesses:

I bend at the waist when I'm tired.

My stance is too closed. Unless I'm focusing on it, my feet are together and I have 90% of my weight on the downhill ski. When you learn to ski in the 1960's, it's tough to break it.

In tight situations, I have a mental block about commiting to the fall line. It shows up in steep, tight trees where I struggle to link more than 5 or 6 turns before blowing out of my line. It also shows up in big mountain steeps where my turns end up being too rounded and I'm not making quick linked turns.

 

[severine]

My big weakness? Snow bunnies.

Why am I not surprised? :roll:

I'd have to say my biggest weakness is super steep terrain. I can ski it, but I'm out of my comfort zone. Specially in NE where super steep terrain is usually accompanied by ice or some other non-edge able surface.

Yeah, I can say ditto to that. However, my definition of "super steep terrain" is a little more conservative than most of yours. I'm getting there. I think it's worst when there's a wide open view combined with the terrain. Skiing at night is actually better for me because I can't get freaked out by that.

Moguls would be my other (looks like the same for a lot of you). But I'll be working on that this season.

 

[WWF-VT]

Weakness is steep bumps. Spillsville at Sugarbush is usually the hardest run of the day for me.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

I'm definitely not a fan of slow deliberate turns..I can do them if I have to but I'd rather open up the radius and ski fast..

I'm also a bit impatient..like if Blue mountain is supposed to open at 7:30AM and they don't start scanning tickets until 7:32AM..I feel jipped and upset..

If I find a nice run I enjoy..it's hard for me to try other trails and I keep returning to the same run...5, 10...even 20 times in a row..if somethings good..why risk change..plus if you ski the same run alot..you notice subtle differences which make future passes/runs steezier..

Blabbing nonstop to random people on the lift..

you didn't answer the question...you told us what you don't like, what you like, and what the other people on the lift dread. So, what is it? What's the weakness in your steeze of armor on the hill...everyone's got one.

 

[Vortex]

I lean forward more than I should. Get the weight ballanced badly. I still have not figued out how to weight the boards evenly either. Still most of the weight on the down hill ski. Hard to change even though the equipt has. Similar to what Jeff said.

 

[izzy]

A really high chair lift with no safety bar..................not for me.

 

[hammer]

I ski too defensively...causes me to get into the backseat and stem turns when I get out of my rather small comfort zone. Usually end up more tired at the end of the day than I should.

Skiing with other more experienced skiers usually helps...trying to keep up helps to widen my comfort zone.