realskiers

God, I love the smell of burning napalm in the morning! I'm sorta feeling I ruined Ron's stoke about his Chile trip and that was never my intent. Rereading my post, I believe I spoke for myself only.

Never, ever did or would I say Eric's skiing isn't great. One of the many joys I get from skiing is watching someone who really knows what he's doing come down steeps. To my eye, really good skiing is really good skiing. There are a lot of his positions that could be included in PMTS clinic. Hell, I'd love to ski like Gary or Phil, or just keep up them, or just not fall so hard.

What I do feel strongly about is differentiating good skiing from good teaching and/or good technique. In my world, being balanced (in golf, tennis, or skiing)  is an outcome associated with blending all the motions correctly, i.e. technique supports balance. Skiing and coaching/teaching are different skills. A turn needs viewing as a montage, much more than a picture. A good turn is a process of many different concepts that complimnet each other. Hand, body and leg positions are dynamic and active. If your not right at the start of a turn, you blew it and can only recover.

I did a fair amount of video last spring, and, it shows how far I have to go.

I reserve the right to discuss marketing to future posts where ski selection is the issue.