Message #17917

[HighAngles]

So I have to admit that what prompted this thread is that I think I've become a bit too technique obsessed and I'm losing some of the joy of skiing.  I've even found myself looking down at my skis while I'm skiing and that's pretty much the "kiss of death" for my skiing - all kinds of things start going wrong if I'm looking down.  I have to make a concerted effort to go with just "feeling" my skiing since I can't really look at it while I'm doing it.

There have even been days when I'm skiing alone that I gravitate toward skiing under chairlifts to make sure somebody is getting some entertainment out of me being there skiing (whatever entertainment that might be!).

I guess in the end my goal is to get "good skiing" internalized enough in my movements that I just go ski and that's that.  Maybe it's just human nature to continually be pressing for improvement in the activities we pursue.