Todd, I like your PMTS passion. Toe Nail Clippers? New PMTS technique? Two years ago, I lost my big toenail due to skiing. I ski tomorrow so I clip 'em tonight. We all need to move to a higher level of the basics. What moves are you continuing to work on? It seemed that following the camp, you loosened up and just let the work you did take over. Next year?? Highest on my wish list would be PMTS spring race camp in Oregon. My wife, the tennis diva, could come along for afternoon and night stuff.
Where are you skiing tomorrow?
Things have come full circle for me.? 2 years ago at camp everyone was told to work on flexing deeply to release except me (I had overdeveloped this relative to other movements.)? Now everything else has caught up and rapid, deep flexion coupled with bulletproof pullback is my SMIM.? My goal for the next 3-5 years is to lose ski patrol's nickname for me ("carver") and slowly develop a serious mastery of eastern bumps.? It won't be easy owning a true BPST in all conditions, but the journey should be rewarding.? As you suggested, the camp was a season warm-up for me.? I'm taking 3 days of privates from Diana in February to lay a good foundation for eventually mastering these short turns.? I am passionate about technique and not just because I'm the analytical type.? Upping the technical level of my skiing increases the kinaesthetic pleasure I find in skiing.? "Cleaning out the carburetor" sure did feel good -- g forces, delicate precision timing, finesse yet total commitment, and the whole universe shrinking to a small neighborhood centered around my ankles.? To borrow Ron's word, "FUN!"?
I'd like to take the Mt. Hood camp in a couple of years.? Maybe I'll see you there?
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