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Karen was asked the fatal question : “What do you do to start a turn?” Response?… guess! If somebody asked[…]

My first question was “Tell me one thing that comes to mind that you have to do to make a[…]

Everything we covered today can be found at this link: http://madeinmountains.com/beginners/ There’s not too much for me to write today[…]

Consolidation and Short turns Today was more about “feedback” and correction but including some persistence on the “Pivot” exercise –[…]

Reconstructing Nil’s Skiing – for Building Confidence and Protecting the Knees First of all Nil skied a gentle slope so[…]

Mark started out this session completely under the tyranny of an uncontrollable snowplough and unable to skate – so there[…]

FeetToday we started out by looking at how to use the feet inside the ski boots. Snowploughing makes the feet[…]

The videos show “before” and “after” the introduction to “dynamics”. Nobody was given feedback on their skiing prior to working[…]

First day on a piste – skiing parallel. With only one 3.5 hr session planned I felt it necessary to[…]

Good work from Alp skating from his uphill leg to start each turn – there is enough visible dynamic movement[…]