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Alex -5- Slalom Development

Forward, forward – Fast Forward… More open course today so much higher speed – the key to staying in the[…]

Time to put the development work to the test on steep terrain. Initially the accelerations (both linear and angular) threw[…]

OK. I started the day by making more mistakes setting out the slalom course than I’ve made in the rest[…]

Skating Transition The headcam video is with Alex practising the Skating Double Push. This is done well – better than[…]

Skating Double Push. After listing the current apparent weaknesses visible in Alex’s skiing we put those issues aside and went[…]

Season’s changes – (before today’s modification…) no comment – this was filmed just to show how good it was in[…]

Carving Introduction to “carving”. The skis run along their edges – as if locked to a railway line – no[…]

Mont Blanc today – 4810m altitude Video Working on pivoting skills Lilly’s first black run descent Fastest Slalom runs Patrick[…]

Everyone today is working on extending “Dynamic Range”. The skier has only one job – to fall over The ski[…]

Dense fog everywhere. Other than when filming that seemed to pose few constraints. Continuing our “What do you want to[…]