Jimmer
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I'll be there from the end of Nov.
You instructing again this year Mike?
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Haha, yeah sorry if I sound argumentative, just trying to get my point across.
Like I said in my first post, the exercises I find best for skiing combine length strength and balance/core, for example in the gym just now I was doing jump squats onto a bosu, bicep curl/lunge onto the bosu, bridged calf curls (lie on the floor, feet on a swiss ball, keep your hips up, bend your leg), squats standing on a swiss ball, jackknifes and jackknife twists (toes on a swiss ball, bend your legs, keep your hips high, move knees to either side to twist), medicine ball twists (sit on floor, lean back, keep feet up, move ball from side to side), 3 sets (most sets 10-15, some 20-25)of all, with 15 mins of cv (rowing and x trainer)at the start and a good stretch at the end.
I have seen downhillers ski quite a lot actually, for example Bode Miller who has a rep for being a boozehound, seemed to be training an awful lot in NZ, and I would say there is a fair amount of skill in it!
I don't compete, but I do ski a lot, and it's my job, so I try to stay as fit as possible!
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The reason I would say CV work doesn't help your skiing/boarding much is that you very rarely ski long enough to get out of breath, it's just not that much work. Obviously if you are finding yourself out of breath a lot, then yes, some work on your cv would be ideal. The stregth in your legs that you gain from cycling is good, but not very ski specific, you don't use your muscles in that way whilst skiing/boarding.
Re. Jynxx 'forget about muscle bulk' I was working out in the same gym as a lot of the ski teams this season in NZ and I can tell you that they are all stacked, and lift a lot of weights, even the girls. That's what's going to make your legs/core stronger and enable you to ski better, not having an insane Vo2 max.
Btw, I don't mean 'don't do cv exercise' because that would be ridiculous, but just maybe add in some more specific exercises if you want to have the best time whilst you are skiing/boarding.
On this note, I am going to the gym
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Originally Posted By: Mr WigglesOriginally Posted By: JimmerAs a skiing specific exercise, running/cycling loads probably won't help much unless you are are trying to lose weight.
I have lost some weight, but I'm doing it for general cv fitness myself.
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As a skiing specific exercise, running/cycling loads probably won't help much unless you are are trying to lose weight. I find doing lots of leg and core exercise helps, lots of exercises on bosu and swiss balls as well as general weight conditioning to help against injury, plus yoga for flexibility. If you cycle 40 miles a day, your legs will be great at that, but you use different muscles, in a different way, whilst you are skiing/boarding.
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Last year there were a few big air comps in Niseko, and one at the snow festival in Sapporo as well. The Hano park has a freestyle series, one rail jam, one slope, and one big air. Hirafu has a big air as part of a mogul comp, and Village did one as part of their spring festival. There'll be posters around town advertising them I am sure.
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My house has 2 in a very small room, never had to pee quite so badly that they have been used in tandem though!
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Haha, I like it!
To be fair when I saw the Pep and Andy xgames footage one on NS I was a little excited, realised what day it was before I clicked on it though! -
The magic carpet over on the King side is only for NISS. Would be nice to have something similar over on Family, or maybe at the base of Ace as there's a bit more space there.
The lifts here could really do with an overhaul, too many old slow lifts, and the positioning of some of them is bizarre, why do they want us to walk uphill so much?
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Miserable day here, no vis, bit of rain, had the afternoon off, not been outside!
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Pretty sure Black Diamond rents them, and NAC.
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Insanely bad here today, windy and warm, to start with only family was open, with a line going halfway back up the run!
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It was so good this morning, just like winter, except there was noone to track it out! Knee deep and light, good times!
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CoolOriginally Posted By: Tubby Beaverno worries jimmer
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I did say that it may have been the users fault, I have seen a lot of bindings broken by people standing on them as they put them on, it's really easy to do. It doesn't sound like this is what happened here though so I apologise for inferring that. I am not 'they' when refering to NBS rentals though.
Your post was in agreement with Quattro who felt the binding should have been replaced, which it sounds like it was.
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Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaveryeah I agree.........trying to pin the brakeage on the customer so quickly after they got it is pretty shoddy. Regardless of whether they've had some dodgy customers from Singapore trying to chance it, if they are serious about being a top business they should've dealt with it better. Next time Cabletoh, take your business elsewhere
Cableitoh said that it got replaced, no mention of them trying to 'pin it' on his friend.
What it sounds like to me is that not too much went wrong that the rentals guys could have controlled (Vale possibly messing up booking/random equipment failure), but what they could have controlled is how these problems were perceived by the customer, which they obviously messed up badly! -
Also it sounds like your friend broke his binding, which is easy to do and not really NBSs fault.
As has been said though, bottom line is you went away unhappy, which should have been dealt with by the staff.
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Maybe a little clarification is needed, did it actually take hours to find your booking, like literally over 2 hours? I'd be very suprised. Also, with the broken binding, how far could you have got before noticing it? The top of family? Hardly 'up in the mountains'.
Not saying that you are wrong to be upset, sounds like poor customer service, but it does sound like you are exaggerating a bit.
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Originally Posted By: Creek Boysnow must be shite up there if the Niseko crew is getting at each other
Haha, it has been, getting better now though.
@Thursday, really? Cause I watch an awful lot of ski movies and have never heard of this Hankuba place, is it good?
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Originally Posted By: Nisoko*Sigh* yourself. I'm sure I said "silly me". Yes, look, I did.
Oh, and I know exactly who you are, not that it really matters.
I took your post to hold a certain amount of sarcasm! Apologies if it didn't.
Who are you? I can't see profiles so have no idea.
And I am not the only person who was influenced by ski movies to come here, when I asked a new guy what brought him here, he said 'Believe' as well. -
*Sigh*, obviously it has. Like I said, I probably would have heard of it without them. I wouldn't have come here, I really fail to see how you could possibly say otherwise, given that you know nothing about me.
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Originally Posted By: NisokoOriginally Posted By: JimmerI know that if it wasn't for Tanner in Believe, JP in Reasons, Sage in Anamoly etc I wouldn't have heard of it and wouldn't be working here.
Don't be ridiculous.
Really, because you know my motivations better than me? Ok, I probably would have heard of it, but I really doubt I would have come to live here had I not seen movie after movie featuring stupid deep snow. -
I think part of the reason Niseko is big is because of the skiers who filmed here. I know that if it wasn't for Tanner in Believe, JP in Reasons, Sage in Anamoly etc I wouldn't have heard of it and wouldn't be working here.
I bet the coverage Black Diamond has gotten from some of those movies won't have been too bad for them either!
Who's doing the season in Nis?
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You'll prob be taking some of your clients back off me then, Dammit!