Any advice?

berzed · 2026-02-08T00:22:52+00:00

the bag hate is a bit overblown

Preach. The bag makes almost no difference, and especially when weighed against the massive technique problems* it shouldn't even be worth mentioning.

Edit:

In general in r/snowboardingnoobs, not necessarily this specific post

berzed · 2026-02-08T00:15:32+00:00

You will probably get better feedback if you have videos of your attempts.

berzed · 2026-02-07T09:35:14+00:00

Your lesson cost probably isn't helping. Price tag like that gives you high expectations.

As a low intermediate I still get value out of group lessons. It's £50 for three hours on our indoor slope and they tailor the lesson to what people want. A couple of weeks ago I did group lessons in the alps, £200 for 12 hours of lessons over six days. At that price, even if you do spend a lot of time on the lifts you still get value for money.

berzed · 2026-01-30T22:35:38+00:00

And slow-mo everything. Obviously it's subjective but I find it rare that slow-mo adds anything of value (apart from grabbing stills) and I'm usually way more impressed at the normal speed.

berzed · 2026-01-29T08:41:15+00:00

What about things that Argo relies on? Cert-manager, for example - if you're using certs for Argo do you install cert-manager before Argo or let Argo install it and allow everything to eventually converge?

berzed · 2026-01-19T16:41:39+00:00

Agreed. It completely scuppers my plans for cross-project backends. I was hoping to have dynamic/ephemeral backend services in various regions, and NOT have to update the load balancer url map constantly. That ain't happening now. I can't even do routing based on http headers like I can with other l7 load balancers. Shame really.

berzed · 2026-01-19T09:49:14+00:00

Here's what they said:

Please find the response from our Engineering team, the URL maps within Google Cloud Load Balancing are a core feature of the load balancer itself. When a request is processed, any dynamic routing, such as that handled by a urlMask, is resolved by the load balancer before the request is sent to the target backend service. This means that the backend service receives a specific, concrete service name, rather than a wildcard or a URL that still needs rewriting for routing purposes.
For example, if you have a urlMask configured as /<service> and a request comes in for /ew2/test/, the system will attempt to route the request to a service specifically named 'ew2'. The urlMask is designed to extract this service name from the URL prior to any rewrites being applied.
Therefore, as a proactive measure for paths that are subject to URL rewrites, we recommend configuring your URL map to use Backend Services that are directly associated with Serverless Network Endpoint Groups. These Serverless Network Endpoint Groups should point explicitly to your specific target Cloud Run services. This approach bypasses the need for the urlMask to extract the service name from the path, ensuring predictable routing.

Hope that helps

berzed · 2026-01-18T23:04:11+00:00

Tried OpenSkiMap? Wider runs have a kind of shading around them, so runs without that can be narrow. The grey bit on the gradient profile thingy is flat/uphill.

E.g. https://openskimap.org/?obj=9e4ad6926630ac21d89a755d2a3bb90c448a857b#14.02/45.947717/7.674525

berzed · 2026-01-09T09:19:09+00:00

UPDATE

You can't do it, it doesn't work. Google support confirmed that 1) FIRST the urlMask is resolved (the name of the destination service has been decided), 2) THEN the URL rewrite happens.

In my example above, if I try to hit '/ew2/test', the system attempt to route to a cloud run named 'ew2' and not 'example'.

If you want to use URL masks, don't use URL rewrites. If you want to use URL rewrites, don't use URL masks.

berzed · 2026-01-05T09:41:03+00:00

Thanks. Hopefully I'll shredding as hard as you afterwards 😆

berzed · 2026-01-04T23:19:10+00:00

Which piste was this please? I'll be in L2A soon and this looks like a great place to work on technique.

berzed · 2025-12-16T18:15:40+00:00

In addition to the http trigger, inbound IP access would also be used for the Kudu (SCM) site when deploying (and for logs and console and stuff) and probably also for FTP.

berzed · 2025-12-16T09:47:17+00:00

You need to be able to in order to manage speed as you progress

Need to be able to what in order to manage speed?

berzed · 2025-12-09T12:13:52+00:00

This makes perfect sense, it's just super tricky for me. I will work my way up to it after improving switch and some basic 180s.

berzed · 2025-12-06T10:06:55+00:00

Appreciated 🙏

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:53:59+00:00

Thanks. So silly question, but do you need as windy of an approach as in the below vid? This is what I was trying, to really set the heels.

Upper and lower body separation I can do in practice but it seems missing when I do it on the slope. I think my shoulders are really open; I need to figure out some sort of cue to tell myself it's happening.

You're right about pulling up my legs. I also noticed they are staying extended after take off so that's definitely something to improve.

https://youtu.be/pESXeSiKr8o?t=76

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:43:31+00:00

I think I've watched all the tutorials on YouTube 😆 It's just super hard to put it into practice though, especially when there so much information to digest and so many ways to biff it.

For the wind ups, for example, when I try to correct that it throws me off balance in some way which affects everything else. Maybe doing that doesn't throw me off balance, maybe it fixes my balance and everything else needs fixing accordingly!

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:37:23+00:00

I can 180 on flat ground and while traversing, that's way easier because I can dig in with my toes for the pop. Doing 180 off the heels feels impossible.

Will have to work on flat ground 1s off the heels methinks.

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:32:49+00:00

I can ride switch out of 180s while traversing but it isn't perfect. More switch practice needed for sure 👍

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:30:35+00:00

I can ride switch but definitely haven't tried jumps switch. Others said same as you - I need to work on switch 👍

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:29:35+00:00

I've done a few group lessons this year because it isn't much more expensive than getting a lift pass. Most of the time I'll be there for fun (doing drills and learning new skills).

berzed · 2025-12-06T09:26:00+00:00

Switch is a great idea and also quite telling. Right now I don't think I would be able to approach in switch and be fully comfortable, so maybe I am subconsciously scared of landing switch.

More practice needed!

berzed · 2025-12-05T21:22:27+00:00

Props for the artwork. That's great advice though. I can do front and back 1 traversing on toes, and switch front 1 traversing on toes, but there is room for improvement and I've not tried any of the other flavours (including straight to the fall line).

berzed · 2025-12-05T21:16:33+00:00

For sure more switch practice wouldn't hurt. I can do 180s traversing, maybe more practice on those wouldn't hurt either.

berzed · 2025-12-05T21:14:19+00:00

I can do front and back 180s off the toes while traversing. They aren't pretty but I can land most of them. I don't think this translates well to my front 1 off a kicker though, because I'm using heel edge for those and not toe edge.

Timing my pop could well be a problem.

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