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> >From: Jeff Eriksen > > > >The question I have is about concentrating on the immediate task, versus > >looking ahead to the task a turn or two down the hill. On really steep > >stuff, narrow stuff, or in-the-trees stuff, I often find myself > struggling > >to > >put turns together, resulting in a start-stop form of getting down the > >mountain that is less than what I'm shooting for. Any advice? Thanks > >heaps. I'll throw in my $0.02 in the form of the best tree-skiing advice that I've ever received: look at the spaces, not at the trees. You inevitably ski toward what you're looking at. A novice tree skier tends to look at the trees, more out of fear than from anything else ... and is magically drawn toward them like a magnet. See your opportunities, not your obstacles. _____________________________________________________________________ Marc Guido [log in to unmask] First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine: http://www.FirstTracksOnline.com _____________________________________________________________________ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html