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Romée day 3

Side slipping – Joystick ControlToday we started out by practising side slipping where it was a little bit icy. Romée[…]

SkatingSkating (on the flat) was used to introduce the idea of moving the centre of mass – and allowing it[…]

Not having skied for a couple of years the initial priority was to get some gentle miles into the legs.[…]

Double hot chocolate stops today – thanks to a blizzard and significant drop in temperature. At least the snow wasn’t[…]

Another difficult start to the day with ultra sticky snow – but nothing a hot chocolate couldn’t sort out! Poppy[…]

Warm temperatures turned the fresh snow incredibly sticky – too sticky for little children to have enough weight for the[…]

Magic Wall (Dynamics)Poppy and Martha were introduced gradually to the Magic Wall. Initially I tried a little skating exercise because[…]

Timing (Skating)The fundamental timing of down/up movements in skiing is based on skating. Take a motorbike into a high speed[…]

Video before working on dynamics… Everyone was transferring weight to the outside ski and pushing either one ski or two[…]

Louise had several hours of Snowplough fun (not!) prior to our rendezvous for her first lesson on snow. When asked[…]