Mentality to progress faster?

Be stupid

Both. Repetition can make up for lack of athleticism and athleticism means less repetition. Also I think athleticism and fearlessness plays more of a role on jumps than rails. Repetition is what makes rail skiers. Look at anyone from the Midwest. I’ve seen some pretty unathletic looking kids who are nasty

I know a few of them and am jealous...
I think its both and also younger people seem to progress faster

God gives us all our own special recipe in life. If you have the curiosity or the desire to become great at skiing, God put it in you purposefully.

Me personally, first time I went skiing was 12 years old with my church's boy scout group. And it turned out, as a first time skier, I could ski down the hill better than all the other kids in the boy scout troop. The most proud of myself I had ever felt in my entire life up until then. It was a talent I discovered. So my talent got me to pick up the sport, but the rest of my life growing up pushed me to pursue it.

Growing up I didn't like a lot of things about my life. My life felt utterly boring, stressful, predictable. It was just repeatedly School, Family, Church. And I didn't like any of that. Skiing became my get away. No stress, just fun, and the ability to get better and to become "cool."

As I grew up my life around me felt more and more hostile, confusing, and boring. So naturally I leaned more and more on skiing. I had the goal to learn 1 new thing everyday. If I did that I could feel good about myself. I hate feeling like I've done nothing, gotten no where new.

My ski friends in our crew Ankilla were all better and younger than me. Guenther Oka is 4 years younger than me, but he was throwing Dub 10s on a Jump I wouldn't even hit. BStorey was 2 years younger than me and on the same jump her was stomping Dub Backies. Every time I learned 1 new thing, they learned 3. They were born with more talent than me.

However, I'm the only one who still skis. Sure they can both still ski, and they do ski. But they don't pursue it anymore. Guenther is now a Redbull Wake Boarding Champ. Bstorey has just a normal jobs and skis here and there. So in the end, neither one of them is skiing in the mountains and doing Cork 9s any more. But I am.

The little physical talent I was born with coupled with my stressful boring childhood made me want skiing more than anything in life. So here I am. Still doing it. And now I can confidently say, Most days riding at Keystone, I am the best skier in the park. The only way I'm not the best skier in the park now is if I'm surrounded by pros or guys that grew up in ski academies with airbags & trampolines & coaches.

TLDR; If you want to get better, Love the chase of Skiing. Love the Competition, Love the Test of your Resilience & Creativity. Know that you are a skier because nothing would make you happier than to be skiing even harder in 5 years.

X_ANKILLAGod gives us all our own special recipe in life. If you have the curiosity or the desire to become great at skiing, God put it in you purposefully.

Me personally, first time I went skiing was 12 years old with my church's boy scout group. And it turned out, as a first time skier, I could ski down the hill better than all the other kids in the boy scout troop. The most proud of myself I had ever felt in my entire life up until then. It was a talent I discovered. So my talent got me to pick up the sport, but the rest of my life growing up pushed me to pursue it.

Growing up I didn't like a lot of things about my life. My life felt utterly boring, stressful, predictable. It was just repeatedly School, Family, Church. And I didn't like any of that. Skiing became my get away. No stress, just fun, and the ability to get better and to become "cool."

As I grew up my life around me felt more and more hostile, confusing, and boring. So naturally I leaned more and more on skiing. I had the goal to learn 1 new thing everyday. If I did that I could feel good about myself. I hate feeling like I've done nothing, gotten no where new.

My ski friends in our crew Ankilla were all better and younger than me. Guenther Oka is 4 years younger than me, but he was throwing Dub 10s on a Jump I wouldn't even hit. BStorey was 2 years younger than me and on the same jump her was stomping Dub Backies. Every time I learned 1 new thing, they learned 3. They were born with more talent than me.

However, I'm the only one who still skis. Sure they can both still ski, and they do ski. But they don't pursue it anymore. Guenther is now a Redbull Wake Boarding Champ. Bstorey has just a normal jobs and skis here and there. So in the end, neither one of them is skiing in the mountains and doing Cork 9s any more. But I am.

The little physical talent I was born with coupled with my stressful boring childhood made me want skiing more than anything in life. So here I am. Still doing it. And now I can confidently say, Most days riding at Keystone, I am the best skier in the park. The only way I'm not the best skier in the park now is if I'm surrounded by pros or guys that grew up in ski academies with airbags & trampolines & coaches.

TLDR; If you want to get better, Love the chase of Skiing. Love the Competition, Love the Test of your Resilience & Creativity. Know that you are a skier because nothing would make you happier than to be skiing even harder in 5 years.

Damn this is actually a good post

X_ANKILLAGod gives us all our own special recipe in life. If you have the curiosity or the desire to become great at skiing, God put it in you purposefully.

Me personally, first time I went skiing was 12 years old with my church's boy scout group. And it turned out, as a first time skier, I could ski down the hill better than all the other kids in the boy scout troop. The most proud of myself I had ever felt in my entire life up until then. It was a talent I discovered. So my talent got me to pick up the sport, but the rest of my life growing up pushed me to pursue it.

Growing up I didn't like a lot of things about my life. My life felt utterly boring, stressful, predictable. It was just repeatedly School, Family, Church. And I didn't like any of that. Skiing became my get away. No stress, just fun, and the ability to get better and to become "cool."

As I grew up my life around me felt more and more hostile, confusing, and boring. So naturally I leaned more and more on skiing. I had the goal to learn 1 new thing everyday. If I did that I could feel good about myself. I hate feeling like I've done nothing, gotten no where new.

My ski friends in our crew Ankilla were all better and younger than me. Guenther Oka is 4 years younger than me, but he was throwing Dub 10s on a Jump I wouldn't even hit. BStorey was 2 years younger than me and on the same jump her was stomping Dub Backies. Every time I learned 1 new thing, they learned 3. They were born with more talent than me.

However, I'm the only one who still skis. Sure they can both still ski, and they do ski. But they don't pursue it anymore. Guenther is now a Redbull Wake Boarding Champ. Bstorey has just a normal jobs and skis here and there. So in the end, neither one of them is skiing in the mountains and doing Cork 9s any more. But I am.

The little physical talent I was born with coupled with my stressful boring childhood made me want skiing more than anything in life. So here I am. Still doing it. And now I can confidently say, Most days riding at Keystone, I am the best skier in the park. The only way I'm not the best skier in the park now is if I'm surrounded by pros or guys that grew up in ski academies with airbags & trampolines & coaches.

TLDR; If you want to get better, Love the chase of Skiing. Love the Competition, Love the Test of your Resilience & Creativity. Know that you are a skier because nothing would make you happier than to be skiing even harder in 5 years.

Haha that’s so sick that Guenther used to be in your crew. I follow him on the ig and the dude is hella good at wakeboarding

Think about all the pussy youll get even if its not true

everyone progresses at different rates but at heart it’s just don’t be a pussy and try new shit, other than that it’s repetition. I’ve found that overtime i randomly develop a new skills that let me do new tricks.

Broken fucking record here but I feel like I wasted so much time skiing shitty boots I bought on the internet. Literally learned more tricks in the 3 years since I went to an actual boot fitter than I did in the last 8 years of park skiing and I thought I was decent. Easy mode unlocked.

That said, most sketchy kids I knew that got better than me in a season also didn't use properly fitting boots so I guess the other option is to just friggin send it. I think a lot of people that progress really fast have yet to develop a sense of fear so they don't have much of a struggle trying new things.

Get boots that fit. Apart from that yea man skiing is like any sport. Some people are good and some people arnt. Just be happy the pool of people who do it is tiny compared to any other sport else most of us would be dog shit. Fortunately if you have some talent and love it you can get to the point that a rando on the chairlift thinks you are an absolute boss and rich dudes on ski vacation are hella jealous.

TreegrabberDamn this is actually a good post

Thanks homie its a Real one.

X_ANKILLAGod gives us all our own special recipe in life. If you have the curiosity or the desire to become great at skiing, God put it in you purposefully.

Me personally, first time I went skiing was 12 years old with my church's boy scout group. And it turned out, as a first time skier, I could ski down the hill better than all the other kids in the boy scout troop. The most proud of myself I had ever felt in my entire life up until then. It was a talent I discovered. So my talent got me to pick up the sport, but the rest of my life growing up pushed me to pursue it.

Growing up I didn't like a lot of things about my life. My life felt utterly boring, stressful, predictable. It was just repeatedly School, Family, Church. And I didn't like any of that. Skiing became my get away. No stress, just fun, and the ability to get better and to become "cool."

As I grew up my life around me felt more and more hostile, confusing, and boring. So naturally I leaned more and more on skiing. I had the goal to learn 1 new thing everyday. If I did that I could feel good about myself. I hate feeling like I've done nothing, gotten no where new.

My ski friends in our crew Ankilla were all better and younger than me. Guenther Oka is 4 years younger than me, but he was throwing Dub 10s on a Jump I wouldn't even hit. BStorey was 2 years younger than me and on the same jump her was stomping Dub Backies. Every time I learned 1 new thing, they learned 3. They were born with more talent than me.

However, I'm the only one who still skis. Sure they can both still ski, and they do ski. But they don't pursue it anymore. Guenther is now a Redbull Wake Boarding Champ. Bstorey has just a normal jobs and skis here and there. So in the end, neither one of them is skiing in the mountains and doing Cork 9s any more. But I am.

The little physical talent I was born with coupled with my stressful boring childhood made me want skiing more than anything in life. So here I am. Still doing it. And now I can confidently say, Most days riding at Keystone, I am the best skier in the park. The only way I'm not the best skier in the park now is if I'm surrounded by pros or guys that grew up in ski academies with airbags & trampolines & coaches.

TLDR; If you want to get better, Love the chase of Skiing. Love the Competition, Love the Test of your Resilience & Creativity. Know that you are a skier because nothing would make you happier than to be skiing even harder in 5 years.

This is some real shit. Now, I may not be very good at skiing at all, but my first crew that I skied with the last (also the first) 5ish years that I’ve skied has dwindled to just me and one other person.

I still love skiing as much as I did the first day I skied when I was 12 and I haven’t had any signs of letting it go. The crew I skied with all seem burned out from it and are wayyy worse than me when I’m there.

luckily through skiing I’ve met so many people and have people who are as hype to ski as I am.

it’s crazy how people will come and go with anything in life but especially in skiing

MoneyMakerMikeHaha that’s so sick that Guenther used to be in your crew. I follow him on the ig and the dude is hella good at wakeboarding

Bruhhhhh you have no idea how STOKED I am that I grew up with Guenther skiing. #1 homie is just a dope kid and fun to be around. But also dude he's my inspiration. Back when Ankilla was breaking up and dissolving and most of the guys didn't want to take it to the next level, Guenther was officially pursuing Wakeboarding and he was down in Orlando now. And I wanted to take this shit to the next level because I saw the potential in at least myself. So even though Guenther mad younger than I am I look that man in the eyes as a role model, still my homie, but almost like a big homie.
And dude Guenther in skiing was the type of kid that like so Me and BStorey would be at the top of the park talking about doing cork7s on the big jump. And we both nervous even looking at it. Guenther rolls up and is like "Oh a Cork7 I can do that." We both tell him then fine go do it. HOMIE FIRST RUN LACES A PERFECT TAILS-TOGETHER CORK 7 BLUNT!!!!!! I died on the inside bruh hahaha

Think about it nonstop and you’ll never get rusty. The more you think about tricks, especially ones your familiar with, the better you’ll have them

always ask yourself what you can do to get better today, doesn’t necessarily have to be learning new tricks. Sometimes on shit days I work on very small stuff and I come off the hill extremely satisfied and hyped that I got better at something, even shit as small as unnat tricks or getting better At skiing sw over your other shoulder.


never get stagnant. Always try something on each feature, even if it’s a non-trickable feature. And always give your bag of tricks a good run whenever you ski, otherwise you’ll lose tricks. Old saying goes, use it or lose it.

MaimHelpThis is some real shit. Now, I may not be very good at skiing at all, but my first crew that I skied with the last (also the first) 5ish years that I’ve skied has dwindled to just me and one other person.

I still love skiing as much as I did the first day I skied when I was 12 and I haven’t had any signs of letting it go. The crew I skied with all seem burned out from it and are wayyy worse than me when I’m there.

luckily through skiing I’ve met so many people and have people who are as hype to ski as I am.

it’s crazy how people will come and go with anything in life but especially in skiing

And bruhhhhh that's exactly what happens in park skiing. People fall off. As you ascend through the levels, those that can't hang just disappear. They stop calling. They stop texting.
It's sad bruh because I wanted my entire Crew to be THE NEXT 4Bi9. I thought we could do it. I saw the potential. But Nope. Tim wanted to start his real estate photography company. BStorey wanted to start his career and make money too. Kam is STILL about that life, but he's married and got a baby on the way so he can only go so far. Freddy went to college. Elliot is a frat Bro. Scott is too. Jason still throws down but he moved to cali to pursue his career. And I'm the only one left, because my career IS SKIING.

X_ANKILLAGod gives us all our own special recipe in life. If you have the curiosity or the desire to become great at skiing, God put it in you purposefully.

Me personally, first time I went skiing was 12 years old with my church's boy scout group. And it turned out, as a first time skier, I could ski down the hill better than all the other kids in the boy scout troop. The most proud of myself I had ever felt in my entire life up until then. It was a talent I discovered. So my talent got me to pick up the sport, but the rest of my life growing up pushed me to pursue it.

Growing up I didn't like a lot of things about my life. My life felt utterly boring, stressful, predictable. It was just repeatedly School, Family, Church. And I didn't like any of that. Skiing became my get away. No stress, just fun, and the ability to get better and to become "cool."

As I grew up my life around me felt more and more hostile, confusing, and boring. So naturally I leaned more and more on skiing. I had the goal to learn 1 new thing everyday. If I did that I could feel good about myself. I hate feeling like I've done nothing, gotten no where new.

My ski friends in our crew Ankilla were all better and younger than me. Guenther Oka is 4 years younger than me, but he was throwing Dub 10s on a Jump I wouldn't even hit. BStorey was 2 years younger than me and on the same jump her was stomping Dub Backies. Every time I learned 1 new thing, they learned 3. They were born with more talent than me.

However, I'm the only one who still skis. Sure they can both still ski, and they do ski. But they don't pursue it anymore. Guenther is now a Redbull Wake Boarding Champ. Bstorey has just a normal jobs and skis here and there. So in the end, neither one of them is skiing in the mountains and doing Cork 9s any more. But I am.

The little physical talent I was born with coupled with my stressful boring childhood made me want skiing more than anything in life. So here I am. Still doing it. And now I can confidently say, Most days riding at Keystone, I am the best skier in the park. The only way I'm not the best skier in the park now is if I'm surrounded by pros or guys that grew up in ski academies with airbags & trampolines & coaches.

TLDR; If you want to get better, Love the chase of Skiing. Love the Competition, Love the Test of your Resilience & Creativity. Know that you are a skier because nothing would make you happier than to be skiing even harder in 5 years.

This is ducking poetry.

I’m the same way where I have almost zero natural athletic ability but I’m still putting in more hours than anyone else I know.

I have a background in moguls. Joined the team to learn the techniques and learnt the right motions; all the funtamentals. From there is practice. Gain confidence by starting with 360s and begin gaining confidence to take it bigger. From there, you get to fly in crazy positions and enjoy the flight!

ToddlerBodyBagThis is ducking poetry.

I’m the same way where I have almost zero natural athletic ability but I’m still putting in more hours than anyone else I know.

Bruh that literally is the key. OUT WORK THEM ALL. Talented or not, focused hard work is DUMMY LIT.

MaimHelpAll of you may know that one kid that started 2 years ago and is already way better than you and is cracked.

Is this a mentality thing or is it athleticism? These types of people are just good and seem to know all the motions but at the same time aren’t afraid of anything and will just try shit.

brings me to my main point. Is there a mentality to be in that particularly makes you progress faster? Or is it simply just repetition?

thoughts?

work beats talent everytime - thats what my dad used to tell me, especially when i started to rest on already made progress.

A strong mental game will get you anywhere (also in life) and if you happen to have a little talent on top of it, as ankilla mentioned before (that little god recipe that everyone is made of to his own uniqueness)...well that's a good foundation for growth.

I'm currently drawing up a concept for a future video that will talk about the intangibles of learning - it might shed some light on to it, for people that have yet to realize what it means to learn. It's not just going out and huck & pray :) there are mechanisms that can help you.. especially mentally.

**This post was edited on Jul 21st 2021 at 4:43:46am

**This post was edited on Jul 21st 2021 at 4:47:08am

personally when i try something new i tend to not think at all. results in either injury or success

weastcoastThink about it nonstop and you’ll never get rusty. The more you think about tricks, especially ones your familiar with, the better you’ll have them

always ask yourself what you can do to get better today, doesn’t necessarily have to be learning new tricks. Sometimes on shit days I work on very small stuff and I come off the hill extremely satisfied and hyped that I got better at something, even shit as small as unnat tricks or getting better At skiing sw over your other shoulder.


never get stagnant. Always try something on each feature, even if it’s a non-trickable feature. And always give your bag of tricks a good run whenever you ski, otherwise you’ll lose tricks. Old saying goes, use it or lose it.

All summer long, I think about skiing, and mentally visualize the motions of all the tricks I know and even some I don't. Yesterday I was like how can riding this jet ski I'm so lucky to be on help with my skiing? So we stopped and did a few backflips and corks into the water. When I was standing on the dock with my family, I had my feet shuffled and was shifting my weight, secretly pretending I was skiing switch and carving. I always am down to go cliff jumping or hit a trampoline, all with the main purpose of keeping my air awareness up to date. I don't plan on being very rusty when I get back onto skis and the sooner you get to where you left off, the better you can start making progress again.

it’s 100% mentality thins one kid i know who is like 12 started skiing 2-3years ago and can 720 and almost flat 5, he literally just tries anything, including using butter to wax his skis.

It’s probably both and you shouldn’t really sweat it. I have a backyard setup and even when I get in it every day of the week I don’t really progress as fast as some other friend who can learn double swaps in 2 days to a few hours. Everyone is different with different goals, lifestyles, confidence, and experience(duh) so yeah it might take longer but you will just get it some other way.

Although coaching usually helps
ill coach my friends and they will learn a bunch in just a few hours

Hard work and dedication will always triumph over talent. That being said when it comes to the best of the best in any sport usually they have some sort of natural talent/ natural ability plus an amazing work ethic. I've seen so many kids with incredible natural ability and talent fall off in skiing. I've been around and skied with "academy kids: and you will see skiers with crazy natural ability but they lack passion and drive so you can bet they will never make it big time. I could list a handful of kids that could drop insane edits and street parts yet they quit skiing after competing for no reason because they don't have the passion and the love.
Skiing isn't a major sport like football where there's pros who play just for the money; you have to have either a crazy competitive spirit and or a love and passion for skiing. Look at Gus Kenworthy, he barely skis and films yet he can drop bangers whenever he wants too. Plus he never had any major devastating injuries to use as a reason for why he doesn't ski. Compare Gus to Henrik Harlaut and Tanner Hall, I don't know any of these skiers personally but Gus could have more natural ability/ talent than both of them. That being said that doesn't mean shit when skiers like Henrik and Tanner keep pushing the sport in competition and filming. Tanner doesn't even get paid good anymore yet he still sends despite all the injuries and everything else he has gone through.
At a certain point for the majority of athlete's it takes more than just competitive drive to stay on top/ relevant. You look at Tom Brady and know he doesn't need to keep playing but he still does which is rare to see for someone his age and with his accolades. This will be interesting to see in Nick Geopper's case as he's won Slopestyle at X Games 4 times plus has 2 Olympic medals. So after the 2022 Olympics' he could retire which in that case his skiing will be summed up by competition's. If so he probably won't be put in a category with many other skier's as other's have done much more for the sport. Especially seeing as goepper hasn't had any major injuries so there's no reason he can't keep pushing it.

CoachTrifesI'm currently drawing up a concept for a future video that will talk about the intangibles of learning - it might shed some light on to it, for people that have yet to realize what it means to learn. It's not just going out and huck & pray :) there are mechanisms that can help you.. especially mentally.

**This post was edited on Jul 21st 2021 at 4:43:46am

**This post was edited on Jul 21st 2021 at 4:47:08am

This would be such a cool video

jompcockBroken fucking record here but I feel like I wasted so much time skiing shitty boots I bought on the internet. Literally learned more tricks in the 3 years since I went to an actual boot fitter than I did in the last 8 years of park skiing and I thought I was decent. Easy mode unlocked.

That said, most sketchy kids I knew that got better than me in a season also didn't use properly fitting boots so I guess the other option is to just friggin send it. I think a lot of people that progress really fast have yet to develop a sense of fear so they don't have much of a struggle trying new things.

I swear 10% of NS is bootfitters on shadow account spreading bs that u need to go to a fitter.

stay as far away from bootfitters as you can. It’s literally a scam. As long as they get around ur feet, it’s fine. I won’t go to resorts that have “bootfitters” in the village

BrightFrogI swear 10% of NS is bootfitters on shadow account spreading bs that u need to go to a fitter.

stay as far away from bootfitters as you can. It’s literally a scam. As long as they get around ur feet, it’s fine. I won’t go to resorts that have “bootfitters” in the village

This is quite possibly the worst advice I've ever heard.

BrightFrogI swear 10% of NS is bootfitters on shadow account spreading bs that u need to go to a fitter.

stay as far away from bootfitters as you can. It’s literally a scam. As long as they get around ur feet, it’s fine. I won’t go to resorts that have “bootfitters” in the village

My personal advice to you and only you is to pick whichever boot looks coolest (obviously some FT pro model) and get whatever size matches the shoes you wear. Specs like last and flex don't matter at all. You're welcome.

For anyone else, please only refer to my advice in other posts.

I don’t think your mentality matters as much as understanding how you learn. If you’re a huge pussy like me, don’t try to learn tricks by hotlapping the park once a week. And if you’re a hype-driven sendy type you probably wouldn’t like spending hours hiking the same feature. Do what works for you, not everybody learns the same.