I agree on your comments about learning to turn earlier is much better than the V or snowphough.
But in my case and I think in many other that learn to ski as adults, the biggest problem to overcome when you start is how to stand, move, fall and stand-up with those hard shoes and long skis that twist your ankles etc. etc.
So, the first thing was to me, to learn how to move with those things on.
And I don't need to be paying for hours of instruction when I can hardly stand up or can't hold my body in balance on the slippery snow or need some minutes to stand up after a fall.
That's what I am saying.
You need a fair ammount of practice time, to be ready to the next lesson.
Obviously the teachers will tell you the opposite. That you need as many hours of lessons as you can pay.
I took a few more lessons so that my instructor could guide me down some of the steeper part of the blue slopes, but I realise now that I just need to practice on my own. I also need to master the side stop at some point ...
Though dannyt986 was absolutely correct - the baby slopes just feel so flat now!
I think I will just practice on the blue slopes for now, and perhaps take more lessons next year to see what these red slopes are about.
Thanks to everyone for your advices! Happy skiing for the rest of this season.
Woot woot go creme brulée!
Cheers,
Nick