Chronic Blogger

Perils of Parallel Skiing

I went to Falls Creek and Hotham to ski last weekend ..... it was sooooo cool!
The snow wasn't all powdery as you would expect from all the snowfall that we had while we were skiing. The wind didn't deter us from skiing all over Falls Creek and Hotham though we mostly had good - fair visibility all the way.
It wasn't until Sunday 5pm that the wind blew so hard that I could barely see 5 meters in front of me!

I did try to parallel ski, 3rd in my stages of skiing professionalism. 1st you slide down the hill and yell out profanities while praying that you don't hit anything (One time, at Falls Creek, I hit a snowmaking machine's net and tore a little hole thru it.. shhhhhh!). 2nd you start snow ploughing, which is good enough to slow you down on the green (read: beginners) slopes. But on the blues (read:intermediate or damn steep) slopes, it only serves to increase your speed while making you feel helpless in the face of impending doom. So this time I've slowly (picture a snail if you will..) tried to move up into parallel skiing.

My skis do look parallel.. but as Rex would say they need to be closer together to have any effect. I did go a bit faster and I no longer take 30 mins to get down the slopes as I did the first time ;) Pics to go up in Flickr once I upload em.

posted by chronicblogger @ 12:05 AM