Almost Spring! just a few more days to the 21st March and the official arrival of Spring – but when[…]
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Alistair Day 3–Dynamics
Today’s overall objective was to work on “end of turn” dynamics for off-piste application and bumps. Checking Alistair’s progress at[…]
Read moreLeen Day 4 – feeling the rhythm!
This morning Leen reported having picked up speed and frightened herself yesterday afternoon. No crash or damage but just a[…]
Read moreLeen Day 3 – On top of the World
Morning number three and we left the nursery slopes behind – comfortably. Before that there was still a bit of[…]
Read moreLeen Day 2 – Introducing Pivoting
On meeting Leen this morning she was clearly suffering from painful calf muscles – so the day began with a[…]
Read moreLeen Day 1–Beginner intro –to parallel skiing
Leen has had one previous experience on skis when at age 12 she was told to snowplough and left to[…]
Read moreAlistair Day 2 Into The Unknown!
Today’s session started off innocuously enough with a simple brief warm up run. My intention was to just do a[…]
Read moreAlistair Day 1 Time Loop
Alistair’s return to Val d’isère after an absence of err… 19 years… feels a bit weird, because not only has[…]
Read moreTechnical Skiing and Running
Not quite Heliskiing here – the helicopter just happened to pass when the filming started. The snow was layered and[…]
Read moreBilly Kelly 2015 Alpine Tour!
Billy’s first day skiing for 5 years marking his long awaited return to Val d’Isère. This of course called for[…]
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