Breckenridge Ski Lesson Pictures And Some Food For Thought

Chicago gang – as this was so much fun should be a crime. Frank, Pam, Katie, Nancy, John – Levels 8,3,2,1,1 – now here is a ‘split’. Pam, Katie, Nancy, John in the morning polishing up the gliding wedge and matching on the Quicksilver lift – Frank in the afternoon polishing up on the upper bowls, Boundary chutes, White Crown, bump tactics, Tbar, Imperial chair and CJs down the face of Peak 7 bowl. These are some

great pictures guys (both genders) – a slice of your lives on March 10, 2012.

 

English Invasion: Andrew, Linda, Louise, Dan – a family that skis together drinks champagne together! Nothing like a day of English humor – lots of sunburn smiles. Balance, alignment, pivots, turn completion, turn patience, bump tactics, skiing the ‘black and blue’, Tbar, successes, less successes (no failures), ‘seeing the bigger picture’, colisions (these always make my heart stop). Thank you for letting me share your day and enjoying the mountain together.

Babes subgroup – Carla, Joelle, Donna, Barbara, Elsa. A rare perfect day at Breckenridge – warm, windLESS, cloudless – so up the Tbar we went. Pica, White Crown, Upper 4o’clock, Crescendo bumps, Spruce …. and the best chocolate ever for lunch, thx Barbara.

Rita, Jill, Christa (aka Z) – level  6 (you ladies could easily ski in a level 7 class), sunny morning, mild temps, no wind (to speak of). Waking up the inside ski (the one that has just been hanging out for quite a few years), completing the turns, widen the stance, align the hips/shoulders/hands, fulcrum leg steering, happy feet, balance the poles on the wrists, lift the outside ski forcing ‘the other one’ to pony up and do something

, Good humor ladies, thanks for the laughs – well earned margaritas for all!

Mike, level 9, temp mid teens with high winds, Tbar was a blizzard, skiing was worth the two rides up. Mind Shaft, Inferno, Horseshoe, Rustler, Tiger woods, Duke woods, Northstar woods. Fulcrum leg steering, closing the stance, pivot turns, 360s, one ski skiing, one ski side slips, more equal weight on both skis, one ski pivot turns, tactics in bumps, steering the tips to the fall line, patience at turn initiation, waking up the inside ski. And…….lots of knowledge on the how the meat packing industry functions. Good day Mike ….. again next year!

Cheryl and Timmy – level 7 bump lesson – birthday present. Black runs and some black bumps.

Leg steering, turn initiation with new inside ski, 360s, side slips, lifting one ski in traverse, tactics in the bumps, pivot turns, short radius ‘follow me’ turns. A most cold afternoon, snowing hard, temperature plummet about 2:30pm. North Star, Dukes, Rounders, Little Johnny, Crescendo.

Last day of ‘official’ Babes – Donna, Elsa, Barbara, Patti, Joelle – powder day all the way. ‘Ski the Feet’, commit to the new turn, balance on the whole foot and compress the arch, don’t rush the initiation, complete with a little uphill, no big sudden moves, don’t stop at the transitions… just keep ‘um rolling down the the mountain. It’s been a great eight weeks ladies – thank you for letting us all share two months of our skiing lives together.

Mike, Gayla, Grant, Gavin – the Louisiana Loners. One level 5 and three ‘never ever’. What polite children – give an insturction and the reply: ‘yes sir’. Our country needs more of this – our country will deminish without this. Gliding wedges and wedge turns, some falls, some successes, some ‘speed issues’, some laughs, some serious discussions (about hitting trees and the like). Skied from the top of chair 7 to the bottom by afternoon’s end – well done … no one in Mississippi could have performed so well.