Month: December 2013

Don, Kai, Joelle, Debs, Sally, Ernie, Barbara – bumps blacks and drills. Lots of tipping, sliding, carving, hips/hands/shoulders, completing the turn, uphill arcs, inside ski turns, pivot turns, railroad tracks, bump tactics, 360s, some blues/some blacks. And the killer of the day, warm cookies at the Vista Haus 3:20PM (that may never happen again). Good laughs and fun – all are skiing well!

Great day guys, still thnking about some of your successes and those two runs down Rustler, those were worth the price of admission. Joe, Kelly and Larry: side slips on uphill an downhill skis, tipping to release,weight distribution, shape of turn, what starts the turn, inside ski release and steer (the new outside ski will always follow), upper/lower body alignment, how to use the poles, bumps (lots of them). Thank you for letting me take you out of your comfort zone to effect change. A good holiday day!

Mike, Judy, Jason – the Hardy Guys because the temp never got above 5 deg. Pole plants, hip alignment, 360s, hockey stops, skidded turns, bump tactics, hand position, blue/black terrain, still on the mountain at 3:00PM. Judy, this was a break through day, remember it for you have now opened the door to the next level of skiing, Cheers guys, thanks for a great day on the mountain.

Mary Beth, Kat, Judy, Briatn,Roark,Mike – all solid level 6. Turn dynamics, shape, initiation, neutral/tip/turn,patience at turn initiation,more authority to inside ski, more weight on inside ski, pivot turns, 360s, upper/lower body separation, use of poles to initiate, upper body alignment with skis, small bumps. Great job guys. Happy Holidays.

Nancy, level 5, cold day (probably not above 10F, upper body alignment to stabilize the core, neutral between edge changes to facilitate skis steering together, side slips with hockey type stops, pole balance on wrists (good job here Nancy, you rocked this one). No picture, forgot camer in locker.