Month: March 2011

Our best day yet. Complete the turn (last 20%) and upper body stability for Mom, shinboo for Andrew and Arriana (sure I’m still not spelling  your name correct), parallel turns for Alexandria. Outhouse, Duke trees, Swinger trees, Pica, White Crown. I am as pround of all the progress surely as much as all of you. We rage again on Friday!

Level 6: feather the edges, body to the inside/feet to the outside of the turn, commit early, shaping, NO panic as the terrain steepens. George, the last 45 minutes was worth all of both days together, it clicked – thank you, I can sleep tonight.

Alexandria – two parallel turns, YES. You earned the Zipper Ripper.

Level 1 & level 5. Gliding wedge turns at the Poma for Jim – parallel turns with no lifting on Dyersville for Kristy. A most productive and fun morning, thank you.

Level 5 (but not for long). Good day working on fundamentals in the morning and practice with mileage in the afternoon. Windy but workable. Peak 8 for AM

drills, Peak 7 for PM turns.

The St. Louis contengency! Level 1 in the morning – level 3 by days end. Gliding wedge, turning wedge, starting to match. A fun day, thanks to all.

Level 7 – ‘bumps’ the goal for all. Dukes and Crescendo bumps, Pika, Way Out, Upper 4 O’clock. Focus: feather the edge, use more the the ski bottom, hips ‘for the photographer’, let the snow be sticky, shape by leg steering. Good job guys – know these were new feelings – change is a forever work in progress.

More pictures – March 15, 2011. Tele day. Jason, if you don’t sleep good tonight, then we should have done the Windows one more time.