Breckenridge Ski Lesson Pictures And Some Food For Thought

Jill – Geogia. Four inches new snow, workable but tricky, getting out of the wedge, parallel traverse, wedge direction changes, sliding garlands, straight runs with uphill garland, long radius parallel turns – waahoo!

Ethan & Abby – California. What a day, kind of rainy snow, then coldy snow, then a little sun, then slush … tomorrow could be something to write home about. Getting rid of the wedge, forward pressure drills, rhythm turns in fall line, some trees, two black diamond runs, less edge, more slide and shape.

Dawn, Ashley, John – Denver, Philadelphia and somewhere else. Less hard edge, more skid and shape, tipping, upper/lower body separation, getting rid of the last little piece of wedge, rhythm turns in fall line, arm position, hands on knees drill, shin pressure, working part of ski.

Felix, Caroline, Angus – London, New York. No teach, just explore the mountain, frozen snow until noon, some bumps, lots of high speed, solid skiing.

Torren & Zev – Arrowhead. Peregrin (double black) in the AM when the bumps still frozen, that was thrilling, Spider, Sourdough, Shoehorn, by 1:00 it was water skiing. Fall line bumps, softer outside leg, less arm motion, less ‘shopping’. ‘Good for you’ snow, that’s about all that can be said of it.

Tessa & Torren – Arrowhead. Frozen ‘stuff’ in the morning, slush from 11:00 on, some real world class slush, grabby stuff. Larkspur bumps, more flexion at turn initiation on top of bump. Tessa got some body movement, kind of wrong timing and breaking at waist instead of lower joints flexing … but it’s movement and the rest can be worked out.

Collin & Henry (father/son) – Plandome, NY. From wedge to sliding, steering, shaping, less hard edge and sharp turn, straighter line, speed control with shape and friction, upper body stability, pole balance, hands on knees, shin pressure, flexion in lower joints, pole touch bringing hips over the skis, early edge change, tip before steer.

Dan & Neha – NY, NY. Cold today (what’s the deal, it’s March 22), still working on matching, sliding both skis together, more pressure (authority) on uphill ski, some progress, Dan is crushing it with the blue slopes and pole touch to initiate.