Manager // Team Leader // Coach. I help people learn to ski and snowboard👇🏻
London, England
Joined October 2010
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On my website you can my “Winter Movement Guide” which is a library of 70+ exercises, workouts and habits to help your Snowsports performance
bit.ly/wintermovementguide
It’s that time of year you will see people post their top speed on the slopes ⛷️👀
However this is NOT Indicative of their ability.
I don’t know who needs to hear this. But no one cares how quick your app says you went on the slopes.
My top 3 tips to first time skier or snowboarders going into 2022 (or any year in fact):
1) Always
2) Take
3) Lessons
You are happy to invest £200 in the Folie on a bottle of Rose but when it comes to £200 for lessons to improve your holiday it’s a no?
£200 on lessons may make that rose taste that little sweeter…
If you did 5 mins of daily extra work off the slopes per week = 35 mins out of possible 10,080 available that week.
If you go 🏂/⛷ in 9 months (next Feb). That’s 140 mins per month extra OR 1,260 mins.
And that’s if you only did 5 mins.
Imagine the gains for very little time
If you get better on the slopes it’s because you chose to put the extra graft in. Not because your mate taught you or you bought new goggles.
If you do not do the extra curricular activity throughout the year, your skiing or boarding WILL NOT improve or change in anyway for that one week of the year you do go away.
Read it again. Absorb. Take action
When you hit the slopes with a a group it’s easy to feel peer pressure. Go at your own pace, tell them if you feel tired and need a break and don’t take risks you don’t want to.
It’s ok if you aren’t great at skiing. Not everyone is. It’s also ok to want to get better.
How can I help?
A few important lessons from 10 years of being a ski/ board instructor:
1) Take lessons no matter your ability
2) Ski/ board with friends on powder days it’s much more fun
3) Always ski/ board with better people than you. You’ll perform better and get better.
If people actually did 1% more training outside of a skiing holiday they would enjoy their trip 100% more.
Not everyone picks up skiing and boarding first time. Some people find it difficult.
Some people also learn at 45 not 3 years old. It presents a different challenge completely
I’ve never understood why spend thousands on a FIRST ski trip when you’ve never tried it
Have a taster first maybe just do a weekend. Don’t build your holiday around the skiing. Enjoy the mountains, food and scenery with a little sport
Less pressure if you are shit...
Several pairs of socks do NOT make ski boots fit better. OR keep your feet warmer.
In fact - by wearing more socks this wrinkles up the pairs you have on. Therefore causing pain/ friction and stopping blood flow. Therefore making your feet colder.