Winter / How rusty do you get ?

[Stevie Boy]

So I was wondering, just how rusty most people get through the winter months, typically how many sets before you start to really feel that you are back in the groove, just had my third set felt a lot better than the first two, water still cold, a lot of wind about, still seems a long way off what I was doing at the end of season last year

[skiinxs]

Seems like I almost completely forget how to ski every winter and then take at least a month trying to get back to where I was in the fall. There must me something wrong with me because I also observe some jr skier friends (who have now passed me up), who pick up their first set of the year at the same level they finished in the fall. Not fair!!

[swc5150]

Usually takes me 2 to 3 weeks of daily skiing.

[skihacker]

I feel like it takes me a month to get close to last years feel and line lengths. I'd like to think its both fitness and weather/water temps.

[LeonL]

I may get back to knowing which foot goes in front in 3-4 weeks, but it's July before important skiing my best.

[Orlando76]

I ski year round, 2-3x a week. Every time I slip the ski on I think of how rusty I've gotten.

[bishop8950]

I don't ski much Dec-March. If I hit the crossfit regularly in the off season I feel ok on my first set out. After 2-3 rides I am not even sore. After a few weeks back I feel good about my skiing but it takes me 2-3 months before I am can consistantly hit last seasons scores.

 

If I am a couch potatoe in the off season it takes so much longer to get back into skiing. Sore for the first month and 3-4 months before I am getting back to good scores.

[RichardDoane]

I stopped skiing after Imperial last October. This week was my third ride in the past two weeks. A little sore but right back up through the blue loop. It helps to keep in shape during the off season.

[gsm_peter]

Hmmm. I am a long line skier with slow progress.

It takes me plus 4 months 60 sets to get back to previous season level.

Could it be my snow skiing that is bad for my water skiing?

It is not lack of coaching. I run type 25% sets with coaching.....

 

[DanE]

Hard to say, it's a matter of air/water temperature just as much as skiing fitness, taking my first set tomorrow after after a 6 month layoff. 40/50 deg water/air, expectations are low.

[Texas6]

Very

[OTF]

What do you mean, I get worse every year and I was not good to start with

[Than_Bogan]

7 weeks if my off season training was good. 3+ months if not (like this year...)

[cragginshred]

I skied every month through the winter including getting 4 passes at -28 in a row which was a PB in a dry suit!!

[B_S]

Like a 100 year old door hinge in coastal New England. That also describes how my body feels the 1st week.

[Chef23]

I generally get back in a month or less depending on what kind of shape I am in at the start of the season.

 

I think how rusty you get is impacted by how long you have been skiing. I started running the course when I was young and even though I took close to 20 years off it comes back pretty quick.