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Over Estimating your own ability
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So im curious if this happens with a lot of people or if I'm the only one who does this.
So sometime when in the park I'll think I can always do hard tricks that i can't always do. For example someone will say do a k fed and it will take me like 5 trys if the feature is hard. I'm starting to realize a lot of people I ski with will claim there best trick but it seems like skill wise they can't do it often.......a lot of the time I usually over estimate my self on rails like im skilled but I'll get on the rail and right after I do the first swap or spin on I'll usually try for more harder tricks that I rarely land. Anyone else over estimate them selfs when skiing? Or anyone inconstant when doing tricks. An example of over estimation I was trying back 4s on before I could front four off last year.
Mar 29 2016 10:42AM
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I did in a big way once and it cost me. Back when I lived in the mountains and skied Squaw everyday I would work my way up in terms of cliff drops as the season went on. I would start at about 10-15, and gradually work my way up. Usually by February I was at my best, which turned out to be around 25 feet. My last year in Tahoe I got cocky. I hit a line at Squaw called Smooth Air which is about 40 feet. I hit it on Jan 3 when I hadn't hit anything above 15 feet yet that year. I was definitely not ready to hit it at that point in the season. 40 feet is a big step up from 25 so I was out of my comfort zone anyway, but it was way to early in the season for me to push myself like that. Anyway, I crashed and blew my ACL and that was it for my ski bum career. After 5 years I left and became a yuppie weekender. I have not hucked anything over 15 since, although if I still lived up there I would have worked my way back up to at least 25.
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