Month: March 2015

No picture – tomorrow. Eric – Manhattan (now there is a different world). It all came down to – left turn release of the inside ski, earlier tipping and matching. We’ll see how this progresses tomorrow.

Catlin – Austin -level 1 to start – level 3 to finish. Now making wedge christe turns down green terrain … amazing progress in 3 hours. Good luck with your environmental career Catlin, the planet can use your help.

Jack, Lindsey, Maddie – Dallas – level 6 & 7 skiers. Jack (keep both skis on the snow, initiate with new inside ski), Lindsey (get the arms and hands read for a pole touch, touch the pole right at initiation), Mattie (upper body stability, zipper down the mountain, turn both skis together). You guys are back in the groove, enjoy the vacation.

Charlie -Dallas. The mission: work on ‘black’ bumps. Flex/extend, mogul traverse, stabilize the upper body and hands, pole plant, speed control and shorter radius turns, don’t let the turn drift too far down the mountain, pivot turns, pivot slips, combo pivot slips/short radius turns in bumps, Dukes bumps, Crescendo bumps, Imperial Bowl, Horseshoe Bowl. Good progress Charlie … thank you for teaching me about marching bands … enjoy the rest of the vacation … let’s ski again some day.

Riley from Dallas (or somewhere close by). Main focus (well, actually the only focus) ‘eliminate the wedge and replace with more simultaneous ski turning, shaping and skidding’. Skidding exercises, leg rotation on the PVC pipe, more rhythm, how to get out of the wedge once it forms. Happy riding and basketball Riley … good to meet you!

Martha, Jimmy, Billy – focus: eliminate the ‘pivot and skid’ – replace with the ‘tip and shape’. Pole balance, turn on inside ski exercises. More turn shape, earlier edge (both edges) engagement, upper/lower body separation, let the inside ski lead/let the outside ski support the forces generated in the turn. Enjoy retirement! Thank you for your ‘heady’ questions.

Rob, Michelle, Kaden, Robert – Dallas … you guys ski quiet well for living so far away (and only doing this once a year).Made all five peaks with ease – Peak 6 the best I think (although our one run off the T-bar down Pica was a good one). Upper body stability, arm discipline and pole plant (forever more now Michelle), keeping skis on the snow, more tip and shape with less rotate and skid, patience with turn initiation, let gravity speed you up and slow you down, 360s, pivot slips (don’t give up on these, they will come) … Kaden and Robert learning to navigate the mountain on their own (not as big as learning to drive, but none the less important). Thank the four of you for a delightful day!

Laurel, Joe, Mitzi, Paola, Olive, Pat, Chong – screaming level 8s. Think these pictures tell the tale, there was some world class ‘crud’out there today, such good snow for you. ‘Dunes’ was a piece of work, ski the whale backs, only way to get through it. Everything about the edge today … how hard can it be. Thank you Paola and Mark for the Living Room social hour … so civilized compared to the Tbar. Have a great month ‘guys’ … be save and have fun … see you on April 9th.