Bob (Breckenridge), Pat (Breckenridge), Diane (Colorado Springs), Victoria (Breckenridge/NYC). Snowed all day, not too cold, some wind but workable, good five inches up high by end of afternoon. Slowing everything down, big/quick movements mean compromise in balance, pole touch initiating thighs and hips crossover yielding clean edge changes, steering with inside ski, leading with inside ski (this eliminates the outside ski wedging and inside ski lifting), ski purchase (this does not mean ‘buying them’), flexing and rotating the new inside leg while countering with the hips in opposite movement (that would be toward the outside of the turn), said another way: legs rotate in the hip sockets to steer in one direction while hips rotate against stable upper body in the opposite direction – this ‘counter’ movement is essential for powerful leg steering to complete each turn.
Breckenridge Ski Lesson Pictures And Some Food For Thought 