Month: March 2015

Donna, Nancy, Meow, Kay, Roman, Steve, Paul Penny, Ciaran – Level 7. Right into the thick of it this morning – three runs on Rustler and two on Outlaw … and an interesting morning it was, a few situations brought up the need to discuss the basics of ‘self arrest’ when sliding on steep slopes. A few bumps in the afternoon with a bit of video. Focus: active lower body, stabilize the upper torso, start to get an early edge change before any twisting or rotary movements. Sunny and warm, Imperial chair busted for most of the day, lot of 6 chair and the front bowl. It’s a ‘journey’ with a lot of smiles along the way.

Laurel, Mitzi, Chong, Paula, Olive, Joe, Pat – What a great Crazy 8 day … could have been one of the best ski days of the year. Wind gusting to 50mph, snow loading all day in Horseshoe and Imperial, chalky with no bumps, will not get conditions like this more than several times a year. Focus: prime joint for fore/aft balance = ankle. This was a ‘light bulb day’, conditions just right to feel the skis arch and experiment with letting the lower body coil with the femurs rotating to allow the skis to shape across the fall line with a tight radius.

For some reason ‘March’ brings thoughts of spring, flowers, grass, trees – all that stuff … but not today! What more can be said than Georges Thumb … might not have that timing for years … it was our day. Most challenging event – pole balance down Horseshoe Bowl, that is not easy – without having that stabilizing pole plant turn initiation is a challenge. Found Julie at the bottom, she had got stuck in kind of a tree well but got herself out in about five minutes – glad we went back and looked, the right decision. Welcome to March Madness.