On 6 Feb, 12:32, Ace wrote:
On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:05:22 -0800 (PST), in
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Matt T wrote:
On 5 Feb, 21:41, Pip Luscher
wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 02:45:58 -0800 (PST), Matt T

wrote:

Well, I've got back to where I was a couple of years ago when I skied
with Ace. On the one hand I don't want to throw away my recent
progress, on the other hand I want to do a decent amount of
snowboarding. Ther just aren't enough weeks.

Tell me about it - I live out here and even I don't get enough time.
It's picking the days that really gets me - really good conditions to
learn powder crop up a handful of times each winter so trying to learn
them for board and ski I find pretty difficult.

What you've clearly failed to appreciate is that you don't need powder
to learn to ski powder. Mostly it's just the same things you do
on-piste, but there are several techniques that can prove invaluable
in powder which can be learnt and practiced to your heart's content in
any conditions. (Equally, of course, there are 'techniques' which may
work on- but will have you on your back in no time, off-piste.)

You're absolutely right of course, but there's nothing like trying it
out for real when it's up to your waist and there's not a cloud in the
sky.


(boo hoo, and my diamond-encrusted ski-boots are too tight)

Heh. I'm up to countsgives up counting oh, at least 30 days skiing
so far this season, with probably six or seven of those in decent
fresh powder. Off for a (free) week at a 4* hotel in Davos next weekhttp://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/skifreshtracks/holiday.asp?intHolida...
Life's tough, eh?

Yup, sucks big time. I mean, I had to queue for at least 20 seconds at
a lift this morning. Bloody February...

M