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Post subject: whats better lessons or a day on the slopes?
 Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 09:32 AM
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First post: Jan 17, 2011
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Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Right i have done my first set of lessons a wee while ago was due to start my second lot which was going to be linking turns and......well thats all it said on the discription actually, but due to my baby not settling and waking up loads i decided to delay the second block of lessons. the lessons were goin to be at the local dry slope by the way. I've never had a chance to go to glenshee,cairngorms etc but was maybe looking at goin this saturday if i manage to not have to come into work 
so here's what i'm askin do you think my time/money would be better spent doin the next block of lessons or goin up to glenshee for the day? i'm comfterble with controling my speed c and j turns but not 100% on linkin turns. i wouldve went to the dry slope to practice but appenrently you need to be able to link turns comfterbly before your allowed on hence why i havent been down again.
If i dont manage to make it up to glenshee on saturday i ill probably end up working and sign up for the next lot of lessons but dont want to waste my money if i would be able to link turns easy enough teachin myself, well i say myself my cousin will be goin and he is a fair bit better than me so will be annoying him to help me 
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Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 01:41 PM
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Get your lessons sorted then go to the slopes.
Riding a real mountain / Hill (whatever you want to call Scotland) is different to riding on artificial stuff. Its also quite an expense day out and you'll prob not improve that much.
Have your lessons then take that onto the hill and practice from there. You'll do a lot better and enjoy it more.
Also, the Scottish drag lifts are pretty brutal. If your not comfortable on your board you'll probably struggle to get up the hill in the first place |
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Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 01:46 PM
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lessons lessons lessons! They will build a base of knowledge that will serve you forever.
Sketchy days up a hill lead to bad habits forming, injury and fear! |
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Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 01:51 PM
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liggins wrote:
lessons lessons lessons! They will build a base of knowledge that will serve you forever.
Sketchy days up a hill lead to bad habits forming, injury and fear!
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering... |
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Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 02:04 PM
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| Vader rocked the dark side, and had sick headgear. I'd slay the mountain hill and use the force. |
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Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 09:38 PM
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Hi there,
I am just like yourself. I was taking lessons at my local xscape in Glasgow. Having 1 hour at a time. I found myself for the first 30 mins of the hour struggling with links etc and by the time the hour was over, I was just getting the hang of it.
I took the 1 hour lessons to the end of the beginner stage and felt rather disheartened that gaining valuable experience was limited so for the intermediate lessons took a fast track intermediate lesson to get me through all the intermediate levels in 3 hours.
It was the best 3 hours yet. Constantly up and down the slope certainly helped me get further in my experience rather than doing the intermediate at 1 hour stages.
Of course everyone is different but I feel a day at the slopes would help you, as long as you are receiving some tuition at the same time. To go on your own on the slopes will only have you picking up bad habits.
Good luck!! |
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Posted: Mar 10, 2011 - 09:48 PM
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First post: Jan 17, 2011
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Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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Cheers for the comments the lessons start again at the beginning of April and since I'm now having to work on Saturday I won't be goin to Glenshee so seems work has decided for me  |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 08:51 AM
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| Lessons for sure.. at least then you'll know what you're meant to be doing and you can practice accordingly.. if you head to the slopes without even an idea of what you should be doing you'll probably waste your time trying lots of random attempts to turn without really knowing what's going wrong.. you won't know what you need to work on.. |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 08:56 AM
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First post: Jan 12, 2011
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| I found that my 2 hour lessons were just enough time, learning one or two new things per lesson is enough, and I think if you were to do it for much longer you'd get too tired or too disheartened if you can't quite get the hang of something perfectly. |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 10:15 AM
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| The lessons up here are 2 3hour lessons or 6 1hour lessons so not sure which I will end up doin yet quiet fancy the 3hour ones but depends what times/days there runnin on but will be spin 1 or the other now jus a shame I will miss the snow on the slopes this year but there's always next year I suppose |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 11:05 AM
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| Doesnt hate also lead to skiing?? |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 02:44 PM
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| You can get lessons at glenshee. A morning of lessons there then spend the rest of the day blasting/falling around the pistes, the snow should be softer in the afternoon as well. |
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Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 07:11 PM
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| That would've been awesome but project at work needs to be done so will be in work for a meetin at half 9 n them a day of work :'( oh the joys |
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Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 07:15 PM
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First post: Feb 26, 2011
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hi blink, a run on a mountain (Glencoe) really helped me get some technique sorted. Reason being the runs are much longer on the mountain, and steeper. Glencoe was so difficult it's made Braehead a non event now; it's so easy now you wouldn't believe.
Yes lessons are good but if you've had them get on a mountain if and when you can. |
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Posted: Apr 03, 2011 - 07:48 PM
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First post: Jan 08, 2011
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I done my first 2 lessons at xscape (just falling leaf on heel/toe edge) and have since been to Glenshee around 4 times with my Dad. Although I'm still not linking my turns with any finesse yet, I wouldn't say it's done me any harm. It was good to get plenty practice in on the poma and just generally feel comfortable with a board strapped to my feet since lessons don't really give you a chance (or a long enough slope) to just practice what you've learned yourself.
As slurpy says, once you've hurtled down a mountain at break neck speeds, you soon learn how to stop haha, the indoor/dry slopes will be a breeze compared to that!
Once I have more time though, I'm going to go back and finish my lessons so that I will be able to use xscape over the summer  |
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