Posts by skibone

Somewhere in this forum I clicked on a link to a Video about teaching beginners. Now I can't find it. it was a long video, about 10 minutes. The instructor wore a yello/mustard jacket and white helmet. Does anyone remember this?...

I need to find a nice place to stay at Hunter. Anyone stayed at any Inns, Lodges, or Hotels in the area that are clean and affordable. I'm meeting friends there for a reunion, oh boy. A place that serves breakfast or is near a good...

Bob, that animation on backpedaling is special. Simplicity is it's elegance.  I  might as well chime in here because last weekend, due to high skier traffic, our deep troughs looked like canyons.  I've worked on skiing...

Smartyiak mentioned the old people at MRG. One of them was probably Terry Barbour. He's not 60 yest but over 50. If you want to see how it's really done watch him. Here's another way to think about skiing the bumps. I love this way...

Here's a good one. What drills or exercises would be good for teaching "TACTICS" for bump skiing on the flats. This comes up every now and then and I would like some help with this. Teaching tactics is the key. In the bumps...

I've been working on my hop turns. Now I want to develop hop to shape tunrs but need a good image to work from. Anyone have one? Thanks

Bob,Thanks for this highly technical explantion. I never gave that much thought to thousand steps being a rotary drill. I always used it for a edging/inclination/balance drill. Thanks for opening my eyes!

After reading all the posts here I'd like to offer a few thoughts on crud skiing. For skiing in any variable condition I use functional tension to keep the body connected. The skier in the St. Anton video is connected through the whole...

What would be a good drill to teach inside leg steering. I have heard so much about the outside leg being involved with edge and pressure and the inside leg involved in steering. I would like a drill or excercise line to help...