Breckenridge Ski Lesson Pictures And Some Food For Thought

Level 8. Goals: soften downhill leg, rounder turns, hand discipline, less overedging. Wales Tale, Boundry Chutes, White Crown, High A/Dukes/Little Johnny bumps. Thank you – a great day – lots of changes.

Selling cheese and manufacturing stuff – dynamic threesome. Black runs, carving, bumps, upper/lower body separation, drifting, grooming, simultaneous release, inside leg turns, shuffles, sideslips – a busy afternoon. John, good to see you again.

Three black runs – goal achieved – well done.

Sunny to start – blizzard to finish. Goal: ‘More comfort in the bumps’. Goal achieved, good job. Grits – easy. Crescendo – challenging. Spitfire – a test of the metal!

Tele Saturday, the best. Video in AM – everyone formed a goal to focus on during the day. Eliminate ‘leaning’, reduce the wedge christie/more parallel, rounder turns, embrace the fall line. Some bumps, Tbar, Imperial chair. Lots of sun

– tele days are over the top fun.

Level 7 – technique focus. Simultaneous edge release, leg steering, pressuring both skis throughout the turn, managing edge angle (sometimes a lot, sometimes a little), pivot turns, upper/lower body alignment, zipper drill/focus. Self teaching: pick a body part, a phase of the turn, a ski performance. Sunny and warm, T-bar, Imperial chair. Thanks to all – lots of fun.

Tele x-over and tele cert. 1 maneuvers: wedges, wedge christie, side slips (up/down hill ski), hockey stops, uphill arcs (alpine and tele), tele wedge christies, tele turns, shuffles, tele turns on uphill ski, upper/lower body separation, small bumps and the best of all – LAUGHS.

Irina, an afternoon to remember, thank you for the hot chocolate. Calm winds, some sun, cowboy turns, inside ski turns, lifting downhill ski, commitment to the turn, long leg/short leg, letting the inside ski be the ‘thinker’, white rear entry boots/skinny skis and tight pants – a memorable time with some laughs – you Aussies do have a sense of humor.