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Skiing cource help

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Hamlet
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Hey NS,

so here is the situation: I am going to be a ski instructor for a few weeks this season and tomorrow I have some kind of technical training meant to improve your skiing ability.

The thing is that, since I have never been an instructor before, i will teach little kids who have never stood on skis before, so my skiing abilitly does not really matter.
But since I have to attend this course anyways, I want to improve my carving and such.

My question is: Should I use my park skis or some cheap alpine skis I have?

When I ski, I always my park skis, so would using them be good since I will learn stuff on the same skis I usually ride.

Or should I use the alpine skis that I never really use, to be able to excactly copy the instructor. I suppose using them will increase my versatility, but I would have to translate the movements I learn to the park skis.

So, what skis should I use tomorrow, in order to profit the most from this free course?

My park skis are non-symetrical and not centremounted btw.

Thanks for your help!!!
Dec 15 2013 11:20AM
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jordangaebel
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Park Skis so you can go switch and watch them go down as you go down. Trust me its A LOT easier.
Dec 15 2013 11:26AM
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gotti
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regular skis because it looks way more og when an instructor is going backwards without twin tips
Dec 15 2013 11:37AM
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Bogs
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truest thing i've ever read on ns
Dec 15 2013 11:40AM
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Hamlet
Posts: 205 - Karma: 1,312
^you guys missunderstood. Tomorrow an instructor is going to teach me stuff, it's like a course for skiing instructors
Dec 15 2013 11:40AM
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Bogs
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I didn't misunderstand. I just don't care.

Use whatever skis you want, I really doubt it will make any difference
Dec 15 2013 12:05PM
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ZeMagnificentKev
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Ya I took that course with my twin tips, made it kinda difficult having no edges n stuff. But I still passed, when somehow two people didn't. Its easy as fuck, they basically just teach you how to ski like a beginner, so you can demonstrate how its done to beginners. My instructor was a really cool dude though, he may have been a bit more lenient.
Dec 15 2013 1:45PM
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ZeMagnificentKev
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Oh ya, I'd say it doesn't really matter, the stuff you're going to do isn't really that demanding or challenging. I remember one day I locked my keys in my car with my ski's still in, so the owner of the hill (really small members only hill) let me rent some alpine's for free, didn't really make a difference, I just couldn't dick around the hill as much.
Dec 15 2013 4:06PM
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