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- From: bgohari@wam.umd.edu (Babak Gohari)
- Subject: Re: Question to more advanced skiers (bumps)
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 00:08:01 GMT
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- Well, as the person who started this thread, let me follow up...
-
- 1) Thanks to all those who responded. I didn't expect the wealth of responses
- I got, but I am glad I got them.
-
- 2) I've had a chance to try some of the techniques described on the net during
- my couple ski days this season so far. Even though a lot of the techniques
- were useful, the biggest thing I think was the "psychological factor" that a
- lot of people mentioned in one way or another. I used to ski bumps "as a
- harder run, because it has bumps". But when I tried to think of it as "just
- another run with different obstacles", my technique at least seemed to improve.
- I was no longer tense and afraid of the bumps. I used my techniques to find
- a path between the moguls, and carve between them. Once my confidence grew,
- I actually hit a couple bumps here and there for some air time (no fancy
- tricks or anything, just small jumps). Granted I have a long way to go, and
- instruction is still necessary, but the advice *I* can give is just to go
- with the flow. You'd be surprised...I was.
-
- -Bob
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