March 4, 2010
The ski trip was organized by UEC International Office for 60-lucky-foreign-students. It was REALLY cheap! Only 3000 yen (around Rp 300.000,-) for two days with nice ski track, good hotel, and great meal! It was amazing trip. Because this trip was really cheap, many foreign students want to participate in this trip *of course! But it only accommodated 50 students, then later on extended for 60 students.
The ski ground was in Yamanashi Prefecture, called Kamui Misaka SKI Ground. I thought it was not so far from Chofu, maybe at most it took only 2 and a half hours. I was in Group F with Jiajia, Hoa, Waqas, and Raj. In this group, all of us at least have tried ski before. For me, my first time doing ski was in December last year in Nagano.
At that time, I was so bad. And the ski track was so crowded with people and kids. Since I was beginner, I was afraid that I would hit them because I couldn’t control my movement. The most easiest way to stop was by making myself fell down. :p
Actually, for me it was terrible. I was getting tired easily. And finally, after two or three hours tried to play ski, Fadia and me decided to play with the snow instead 
But I really thank to Sean who already tried to teach me. He was really good at it. He used to be a ski instructor in South Korea. It is really nice to have friend like him. *Thanks a lot, Oppa~
This time, my group instructor is Hisashi Sensei. He has ever came to Bali before. He even could speak some Indonesian words! *like satu, dua, tiga, orang Sumatera. Sugeee (great!). In the first time of touching the ski ground, I was so nervous and afraid. Ski is not as easy as we saw. I kept falling down so many times. But I kept trying to play ski well. No more excuses for myself. At that time, only few people came besides UEC students. It was quite nice place to practice basic skill of skiing, for example to make an ‘S’ path through the ski track. It is basic skill you need to play ski because when you make that path, it’s easy to control the speed and the movement.
Jiajia - Hoa - Hisashi Sensei - Me - Raj - Waqas
Well, I need some time before mastering this skill. I kept falling. Sometimes I move too fast because I can not make a break, sometimes I was just afraid of the track and its slope. But I kept asking to my sensei whether I made wrong movement. Until a point when he answered (in japanese), “it was here,” and pointed to his heart. “Kowakunai.. kowakunai..,” he said. I know, I must be not afraid of the track nor the slopes. Than I try to remember what he said and keep repeating the words while I was sliding. It was become my spell of skiing. Kowakunai. =)
with hisashi sensei that so yasashii
Here, I wrapped up some of my tricks to learn ski for beginners:
- Know how to get up when you fall down. *important!
- Try to make ‘big a (A)’ when you slide, because it will slow your speed since it’s a movement for brake.
- Not afraid (you can try the ‘Kowakunai’ spell to make yourself confident) and be relaxed.
- When you want to make a turn, keep your eyes pointing to your direction, so it will make your body point to the same way (and actually it was how it works to make a turn).
- Keep practicing the movement until you feel you are good at it and ready to have new skill.
It’s all based on my experienced. Any comments are welcomed.
Let’s go skiing!! *Now, kind of addicted to it. :p
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