Another early start and out the door before the sun was up this morning. Up to Coronet for my 3rd Instructors course. Slight name change there bcos it's really getting a lot more focused on that side of things now. Seems I'm actually the only one in our group who's not planning on doing the exam - maybe I should just crack on with it anyway? Thing is, it's not really something I can see myself doing (being an instructor), it's another load of money and it means studying a bit. Although it would be a pretty good thing to have and NZ's qualifications are the most widely accepted.
Help me! Sloth the instructor or not? Answers below please...
Anyway, so what did I do today? After a warm-up run, got filmed again coming down the Hurdle - so much better riding this with some pow on it compared to the previous week's ice! Gutted tho, the camera broke so didn't actually get to see how I'd ridden it.
Definately improved tho, almost got rid of unncessary upper body movement and loads more control on the steep stuff. [by the way, all this theory and stuff might sound a bit boring but I only have to do that once a week. All the rest of the time it means getting loads more out of my riding than before. Sweet]
Back to practising nose rolls and getting towards some butter action - loving that, still definately easier switch to regular tho.
Went down the Exchange Drop a couple of times, taking in all the hits on the way. Seems I pulled off the biggest air of the group (except instructor!), helped by changing my technique a bit and using more speed (apparently the you're at the right speed if you think you're going too fast
).
After all that, went off to the beginner slopes to go back to basics and basic skidded turns - this is actually harder than you'd expect, but is the stuff for teaching level 2. Followed on with movement analysis - picking out beginners and what they're doing wrong and how to resolve it.
Was tempted to stay up for some night riding cos conditions were still pretty nice, but settled for just a few at sunset. Managed to ride down the whole mountain switch - killer on the legs but sweet to have done it. Another great day.
Another day ends @ Coronet Peak
p.s. that's 16 out of 31 days this season. pretty good, but need to get my percentage up to 60% i reckon