Hey gang...had a few minutes before heading to the airport at JH.
Gotta say anytime you go away and ski 10 days in the west...you gotta improve just due to time spent making turns.
For me...although I could apply the Clendenin ski methods during drills, I found spending time working on the CSM skills, my all mountain skiing jumped a level. Pole plants, agressive use of the uphill edge in the love spot, and the biggie...skiing in the future. I really feel like I started to actively apply these skills with more confidence and it showed in the big pow bumps the whole week....the light bulb got brighter.
I know Lynn had some difficulty separating some of the keys from PMTS....but I'm hoping that with all the mental skills downloaded to our brains in the 2 day clinic that some of it will "ephipinize" itself this season. John and I spoke recently and he commented how strong of a skier Lynn was. I just wanted to re'inforce the fact that there is counter and edgeing that is different in its application than PMTS. CSM methods when applied makes skiing broken snow, powder and bumps so miuch easier to manage speeds.....even run out iced cat tracks. I know and saw the major improvements in Jim, Brendan, Alice, Jack and Lola.? On the last day I skied with Jack who almost gave skiing up last year, who had polio leaving him with limited use of his right foot, sat across from me at lunch and said with a huge smile on his face, " I finally accomplised a goal I've had since I started skiiing, to ski a bump run top to bottom in total control"! Priceless!
Skiing with my wife, watching her level of comfort in pow, broken snow and bumps...was amazing. She was a powerhouse this week....Had some work done on her boots, dumped her kiddie liners from her kids race boots, and purchased Intuition liners and wow...she said she felt she really could feel what people have been telling her she should be feeling with edge control. It made a huge difference in her ability to apply the tools in her ski skill bag.
It was a 1st class camp with a wonderful closing party. A great camp with my favorite coaches; Steve, Lisa and Piglet and of course? the Master...John.
Best to all,
Gary
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