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>>MESSAGE FOR BEGINERS<<
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 01-07-04 12:03>>MESSAGE FOR BEGINERS<<
ok you re a beginer, we all can understand this.
This year you decided to start learning in Bulgaria, very good choice !! At least I hope you made the right choice : Snowboard ! It s really full of advantages (cheaper because 1 ski instead of 2, you can fraud in the queues because you have a bad guy image, etc...).
So now here is my advice : Don't cross the slopes from the extreme left to the extreme right !!!!
First you remove all the snow from the slope, second you are dangerous ...
This year you decided to start learning in Bulgaria, very good choice !! At least I hope you made the right choice : Snowboard ! It s really full of advantages (cheaper because 1 ski instead of 2, you can fraud in the queues because you have a bad guy image, etc...).
So now here is my advice : Don't cross the slopes from the extreme left to the extreme right !!!!
First you remove all the snow from the slope, second you are dangerous ...
ok you re a beginer, we all can understand this.
This year you decided to start learning in Bulgaria, very good choice !! At least I hope you made the right choice : Snowboard ! It s really full of advantages (cheaper because 1 ski instead of 2, you can fraud in the queues because you have a bad guy image, etc...).
So now here is my advice : Don't cross the slopes from the extreme left to the extreme right !!!!
First you remove all the snow from the slope, second you are dangerous.
Last week end I was about to fall from 30 meters because of a zig zaf specialist, and I was so angry that I promised myself to send a warning post in this forum
This was my moment of anger, thanks a lot, I feel better now
Kris
This year you decided to start learning in Bulgaria, very good choice !! At least I hope you made the right choice : Snowboard ! It s really full of advantages (cheaper because 1 ski instead of 2, you can fraud in the queues because you have a bad guy image, etc...).
So now here is my advice : Don't cross the slopes from the extreme left to the extreme right !!!!
First you remove all the snow from the slope, second you are dangerous.
Last week end I was about to fall from 30 meters because of a zig zaf specialist, and I was so angry that I promised myself to send a warning post in this forum
This was my moment of anger, thanks a lot, I feel better now
Kris
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Kris, I am sure this is likely to provoke many responses. I have also been in the same situation as you when a lady turned in front of me, but when I calmed down I thought 'well, what was she supposed to do'?? There was a thread on her a couple of days ago where somebody said it is an unwritten rule of etiquette that the skiier behind takes full responsibility for any collisions as they have the vision those in front don't. I cannot comment as I rarely know which direction my skis are going ...
Kris, I am sure this is likely to provoke many responses. I have also been in the same situation as you when a lady turned in front of me, but when I calmed down I thought 'well, what was she supposed to do'?? There was a thread on her a couple of days ago where somebody said it is an unwritten rule of etiquette that the skiier behind takes full responsibility for any collisions as they have the vision those in front don't. I cannot comment as I rarely know which direction my skis are going to take me! So I look forward to the responses and hopefully we might both learn something!! Watch this space!
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The GOLDEN rule of skiing and boarding is the same.It is ALWAYS the responsibility of the uphill person to avoid those lower down.
If you feel you cannot overtake safely.......then don't. Wait for a more appropriate place, or simply stop and let the path clear.
Keeps us all the rightway up, until the Apree Ski. (hic)
Pamp Pete
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Lizard I totally agree with you for this rule that I respect of course.I just want to ask the beginers that it would be great if they can cross half of the slope instead of the full width, because the slopes are wide enough to turn without a problem.
Ah but in UK I think you are used about the rules. 1 or 2 years ago I watched on TV in the news that they were testing trafic rules for walkers, and there was a minimum speed on some parts of the sidewalks. Is it still true ??
Kris
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I posted a message earlier regarding beginners and the rules of the slopes! I was amazed this year when we took two first time skiers to Borovets, that they weren't taught the basic rules i.e if you stop pull to the side of the slope - if you hurt
yourself and need assistance plant your skis in the snow (crossed) AND it is Always the resposibility of the person behind you to navigate around you. If you are in a car and someone runs into the back of you is it your fault??
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That one might have been a bit of an exaggeration Kris - but yes, we have rules, lots and lots and lots of them, every time something bad happens we demand the government make up a new rule so that it can never happen again....we're not very good at sorting things out between ourselves I afraid!re: >>MESSAGE FOR BEGINERS<<
Paul I know about the rules, and I can tell you that in France we have our pourcentage of clever rules as well
I was just amazed by this news and I was wondering if it was true, that s all
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Right then, let me get my rules straight!
Fair enough, the uphill skier takes responsibility for a collision with a downhill skier just as a rear driver takes responsibility for crashing it to a car in front of them.
Right then, this is the tricky bit! What if somebody (not me, honest) is in a very fast, reverse, half fallen over, bent skis, runaway ski, down a red slope, whilst screaming 'EXCUSE ME', and unable to complete ones wipe out until they crash in to somebody who is trying ...
Fair enough, the uphill skier takes responsibility for a collision with a downhill skier just as a rear driver takes responsibility for crashing it to a car in front of them.
Right then, this is the tricky bit! What if somebody (not me, honest) is in a very fast, reverse, half fallen over, bent skis, runaway ski, down a red slope, whilst screaming 'EXCUSE ME', and unable to complete ones wipe out until they crash in to somebody who is trying ...
Right then, let me get my rules straight!
Fair enough, the uphill skier takes responsibility for a collision with a downhill skier just as a rear driver takes responsibility for crashing it to a car in front of them.
Right then, this is the tricky bit! What if somebody (not me, honest) is in a very fast, reverse, half fallen over, bent skis, runaway ski, down a red slope, whilst screaming 'EXCUSE ME', and unable to complete ones wipe out until they crash in to somebody who is trying to get up the slope the wrong way but 'didnt see' the danger (the danger that wasnt me).
Whos fault is that then?
Fair enough, the uphill skier takes responsibility for a collision with a downhill skier just as a rear driver takes responsibility for crashing it to a car in front of them.
Right then, this is the tricky bit! What if somebody (not me, honest) is in a very fast, reverse, half fallen over, bent skis, runaway ski, down a red slope, whilst screaming 'EXCUSE ME', and unable to complete ones wipe out until they crash in to somebody who is trying to get up the slope the wrong way but 'didnt see' the danger (the danger that wasnt me).
Whos fault is that then?
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My big brother is currently nursing a torn muscle where some snowboarder came down the slope backwards, didn't see him and clipped the tip of his skis...Can't we have separate slopes for boarders and skiers? It would make things a lot safer...
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One observation Kris - if you are a more advanced skiier and Beginners are getting in your way - Use the Red runs where they are not going to be. Simple! This way you don't have to worry about slow beginners in front of you turning all the time.Just a thought
