Donna, Kim Meyer and I got up to Taos around 9am. Donna and I got our rental gear and the three of us headed up the mountain. We spent the morning practicing what each of us had learned so far. Kim was able to give us a few tips as she has been at this longer. Kim and I headed down some more challenging terrain from what Donna and I had done the week before and it was pretty good. We even tried out some moguls. After lunch and a little time in the sun (see those ski bunnies to the left) we headed out for our lesson. It was a beautiful day, I moved to another group this week which was a little more closely matched to me. Dave was my instructor for the day. He was really great. He had us do a bunch of exercises on balance, edging, smearing, side slipping, and transition into turns. He gave us each a lot of great feedback. The group was fun and we spent from about 1-4pm skiing with Dave. The last run of the day we tried a little new terrain which included some moguls as well. I was able to get through it all, it wasn't that pretty but it's starting to come together more. I'm still struggling with weight balance, and getting my lunge down and apart, it seems to come and go througout the day. I find that my knee is a little sore at the end of the day once my legs are tired out, but so far not too bad. Overall it was a great day. What will next week bring...
So, I can land my jumps most of the time now, but I was trying to learn to tele backwards last week and was back to face planting (or ass planting) on every turn again. Sigh...
ReplyDeleteMandy's been doing tele days at Pajarito (she's actually got better form than I do), so when you're back on our hill with your gear, you should do a run with her, too!