New to skiing!

Set it and forget it

Welcome!

says the guy whos been on ns for 6months


OnT, just fucking send it, unless you really suck, otherwise you're just probably overthinking if you hesitate too much.

I had my first few months in the park this year too and it was so fun. Most important thing is to DO and not think to much. You can twiddle your thumbs about a trick / feature for days or you can just do it and get it over with and then its your oyster.

And the only real advice I can give you is to 1) maybe try to do some stuff on trampolines and/or jumping off bridges or whatever.. Doing tricks off those don't feel all that much like skiing (except gainers do feel pretty much the same as a backie on skis) but they're great for building air awareness and getting used to spinning and flipping obv

2) something I benefit from and I know a lot of others do too is having some sort of "anchor," that is, some word or thought that helps to bring you back to a confident comfortable mindset when you're a little shook or out of our element for whatever reason..for example thinking of certain hype words or a certain song/guitar riff help me return to a shredding mind set when I might be feeling a little off/cold/intimidated standing on top of something. Butttt this only is a helpful thing to do if you know in the bottom of your heart that you can do what you're about to do..so above all make sure you work your way up slowly but surely-- there are plenty of features pretty much everywhere ranging from tiny to big so take advantage of that and be smart about how you challenge yourself..skiing is all about adding to your skill base in small increments (and the fact that you're a solid skier to begin with will be a huge advantage)

Most of all dude remember that there's way more to life than skiing and when in doubt, err to the safe side and just make sure to have fun. That's a cliche thing to say but it's sometimes easy to forget when you're surrounded by other skiers...anyway have fun man sorry to ramble on and on

Two more things...mcmilliam's post above mine is good shit and

To elaborate on my part about erring to the safe side..pick and choose your tricks/features according to what you feel good on. You definitely have to tell yourself to stop over thinking things and just try them sometimes but at the same time don't ever be afraid to back off of something for the time being and live to ski another day..I've been skiing with people light years ahead of me in skiing skill that will opt out of something that might seem sort of pussy shit to others but the reality is the truly good skiers get to where they are by being smart and responsible about how they push it. Knowledgable skiers know this and won't judge you for sitting out on something that you're not feelin

One thing that really helps me that hasn't already been said is a train if I'm having trouble committing to something. like if you know you can do it but can't work up the nerve to just keep going and get on to it, being in the back of a train just makes you forget about fear and follow your buddies.

Also it took me a nasty concussion mountain biking to realize this but there is a difference between the "I'm scared but I can do it" feeling and the straight up scared feeling. It's been said a million times but backing down is never the wrong choice. Worst case you can try it again another time.

On that note, welcome to the sport and have fun!

dont worry about doing anything complicated on rails in the beginning just get comfortable and eventually new tricks will just come without hesitation. As for jumps a lot of the time your just scared of nothing, you usually will come close to landing a new trick first try if you have any idea what your doing (increasing spins)