Archive:Tele Lessons

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	Old Trip
	This is the sign up and organization page for an old trip. It already happened. Please do not sign up for it.

Introduction

After TeleSchool [1] on January 15, you may want another lesson or two for more feedback and tips/cues/drills.
Phil Hammer (EOS) is a CANSI Level 2 telemark instructor and is offering free* tele lessons to help out the VOC (and to get more teaching experience).

Initial Dates and Locations

Monday evening, January 24^th, 2011:
>>>>>Cancelled due to rain through this evening at Seymour <<<<<
(sorry...)

Monday evening, January 31^st, 2011: Mt. Seymour or Cypress (?)
We could shift to Cypress for the second session since it has better terrain if people want. Right now, the vote seems to be pushing towards Cypress (see below).

Future Sessions? We'll see how it goes. If we are having fun and people want another session or two, we could continue on the North Shore in February or even head up to Whistler for a day.

Costs

• The group would pay for Phil's lift ticket
  
• Your own lift ticket
  
• Gas for your driver.

Gear

You will need functional telemark skis, ski poles, and ski boots. Gear is available to rent from the club room, or from Mountain Equipment Co-op.

Student Sign-up

'Please indicate your skill level:' Never skied - Beginner - Beginner with an alpine skiing background - Intermediate - Advanced

[Note: Many drills we will do, even if they are basic, are very useful for skiers of all abilities. Even elite ski racers will go back to the basics and relook at 'simple' things like their stance, or the timing of initiating turns. I've found that some of the drills/cues I've been shown for teaching beginners are things that I now use when I'm playing with technique. So... it's fine to have people of different abilities within the same lesson group - the point of the lessons isn't to go fast, but to concentrate on technique. Obviously, it can become a problem when the range is toooo great so that the group can't move quite fast enough to keep the higher level people from waiting too much when we are just skiing.
- Phil]

January 24
>>>>>Cancelled due to rain through this evening at Seymour <<<<<
(sorry... the forecast up at Seymour looks wet and warm right through this evening. Heavy rain now...)
Angela 'Keener' Willock was primed to go anyway..... but I think she is the only one!

Looks good in terms of numbers for 2 groups on the 31st.

January 31 (vote seems to be for Cypress... (?))

1. Beth Curry beginner
2. Angela Phung - beginner
3. Mel Tan - beginner (tentative, injured myself at teleschool and pending on speedy recovery)
4. Angela Willock - beginner
5. Nicole Ong - beginner with alpine background (if we go to Seymour, I wouldn't mind subsidizing part of my male driver's lift ticket)
6. Marcin Mirski - beginner/intermediate
7. Dave Perez - Beginner/Intermediate (VOTE for Cypress)
8. Ben Singleton-Polster (Intermediate, only going if it at Cypress)
9. Steve Mullen (intermediate, would prefer Cypress) (Jan 31st might be moving day... I'll communicate closer to the date)
10. Spencer Rasmussen - Intermediate
11. Kristin Sunde - Intermediate (maybe even advanced if the first session was effective:) (oh oh, pressure is on!)

...

If we have too many for one group, another ex-UBC CANSI Level 2 instructor is willing to participate. ...

Time and Weather

Mt. Seymour: the women's deal starts at 6pm, normal evening rates start at 4pm
Cancelled due to rain forecast all evening to the top of Seymour. arrrgh.

Cypress: One evening rate starts at 4pm, cheaper still at 7pm.
For any Cypress evenings, lets decide when to start by email since people may want to go earlier to ski more... If not, we'd start right at 7pm.

Rides

Please try to organize your own rides, you can use this space.

Mon Jan 24 (Seymour)
Cancelled due to rain forecast all evening to the top of Seymour. arrrgh.

Mon Jan 31

1. Dave Perez (Alma/Broadway - can pick up from UBC; room for 3)
   • Nicole Ong
   • Angela Willock
   • ...Passenger...
2. Phil Hammer (Kits (or UBC)) - room for 3-4
   • ...
   • ...
   • ...

Monday the 31st looks like there are lots of people. We can break into beginners and intermediates then as Laurent is going to help teach. I'm leaning towards Cypress for that evening - at least for the intermediates...

Questions? Contacts?

Feel free to contact Phil (phammer@eos.ubc.ca).
VOC contacts: Gili Rosenberg and Laura Morrison