One of the first things little 4 yo Tallulah said to me today was “You look like a parrot” referring[…]
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Ant 3
Starting the day promptly made the five consecutive lift journey up to the Pisaillas glacier relatively painless. Considering the weather[…]
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Today we didn’t really cover anything new. Reinforcement of all the concepts from yesterday was absolutely necessary. Initally Paula was[…]
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Today we introduced Pivoting, Carving and Skating techniques. Being holistic, skiing is impossible to get right by just focusing in[…]
Read morePaula–Esme 1
Both Paula and Esme were more or less complete beginners. Paula had skied three days before and ended up with[…]
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Our first session started off with a warm up run so that those who hadn’t skied for a year could[…]
Read moreDerin–Astrophysical Skiing
It turns out that Derin and I actually have something in common other than being on skis in Tignes/Val d’Isere.[…]
Read moreBritish Schoolboys Races – Wengen
Congratulations to Alex (age 12) for winning gold in the Under 14 combined slalom, giant slalom non FIS category –[…]
Read moreDemet 3
Today we began the session by using a real wall and moving the body against it. Standing side on to[…]
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Demet is at a fragile stage in her skiing development and it requires lots of patience. There are two important[…]
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