BlueB Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 About a week ago I went skiing with a buddy from work (technically my boss). Somehow, two of my boards sneaked into my car, too ;) After few runs on skis, I jumped on my Generics and tried to lay my best carves. So, the man said “Wow, that looks like fun, I wont to try it!” Bingo! Out with Hooger (soft and nice for learning) and put him on. I was a bit worried, as he barely had few runs on soft boots before, but to my surprise, he made it down firs run without hurting himself much and was linking the turns (well not quite carved, but not quite skid either) on the next run. He was even looking into the turns and not trying to counter rotate (common mistake for skiers). Impressive for a first timer! As it turns out, besides being an expert snow skier, Paul is a very good water mono skier, too. So the result was really easy transition to alpine. He rode 57/57 angles, but kept asking me if it could be done close to 90/90 like Skwal – I suppose a habit from water ski. Next time I’ll stick him on my slalom Nidecker, so he can enjoy the 18cm waist and super steep angles… Boris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Sounds like he's a skwaller-to-be.....not to be critical but he's borrowing from his waterskiing skills... In which case, hook him up with the skwal demo guys, he'd love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 30, 2006 Report Share Posted March 30, 2006 Thanks for the club plug, skatha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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