Breckenridge Ski Lesson Pictures And Some Food For Thought

Sue, Caroline, Crhistina – Kansas City. Progress from gliding wedge to wedge turns with matching. Less ‘step and edge’ to more ‘release, steer and shape’. Level 2 to level 4 – skiing green terrain today, Peak 9 and blue slopes tomorrow. Enjoy the new vistas!

Latudas – a monumental day – last Latuda skis first black diamond – and skis it three times – five years to arrive at this day. Good job Alexandria, this was your moment, maybe you will remember it many years from not. Skiing has been a shaping force in all of your lives the last five years … and so most probably it will be for the next 50 or more.

Stephanie – a totally different day (yesterday pay the dues, today cash the check). Traverse hops, turns left and right (not at relativistic speed of light, but gravity still a player), more comfort with terrain selection, Quicksilver from top to bottom while dealing with a few of the ‘tricky places’. Good day Steph, I’m glad you gave this a second day chance.

Stephanie – McKenney, Tx. Magic Carpet, gliding wedge … starting to think about direction change. Ride the Poma.

Latuda family (minus the Chief Executive) – great day, warm, little wind down low (different story up high). Alexandria working on less edge, shorter radius turns, getting comfortable with a more skidded shaped turn – big plans, Black Diamond on Firday – could become a national holiday. Areana and Andrew exploring irregular bumps, using less of the slope to turn, syncro skiing. Sleep well, Wednesday is just aroung the corner (that and your mother will show up so everybody must shape up).

Jose, Ale, Edgar, Lulu – now level 3!. Warm and snowy today, cold in the PM. Good progression from L2 to L3 with some matching at lower portion of turns, Rips Ride (both sides), pole balance. What progress in two days – from ‘never ever’ to being able to ski just about all green runs. Well done!

Jose, Ale, Edgar, Lulu – south of the border has come to Breckenridge. An unpleasant experience in the rental shop, not so great in the children’s center – but once on the skis things started to shape up. How you keep up with all the children is beyond me. See you in the morning and this journey will continue.

Amy – New York. Level 1 to Level 4 in three hours – good job. Thank you for all the education on credit cards – I hope you learned as much about skiing. What an enjoyable morning.