Today was about taking Alistair out of his comfort zone and leaving the realm of theory and exercises. Skiing is[…]
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Ersin – Off Piste / Centre of Mass
Snow in Le Fornet had been blasted by high winds and so it was never going to be easy to[…]
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 moreTechnical Skiing and Running
Not quite Heliskiing here – the helicopter just happened to pass when the filming started. The snow was layered and[…]
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Miserable weather brought Derin a dispensation from skiing – however it was probably the wrong move being her last day[…]
Read moreDerin 2015 Day 8
Derin experienced a few “firsts” today! Her first lesson on a Bumps run and her first Black Run. On both[…]
Read moreDerin 2015 Day 7
Edge Control Travelling on the chair over to Val d’Isère was a cold and windy experience but brave little Derin[…]
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Day two and Derin is up and running. When the slope is not intimidating or tricky she can already […]
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