jim his skills are obviously there but the terrain he is on is not tree skiing.
He is well with in his comfort zone and to see what he needs to work on someone would have to get him out of his comfort zone. He also skis fairly slow and is not really pushing it.
The biggest thing though is he is not tree skiing. Stowe and any east coast mountains are unique in how tight the line that get skied are. He is never passing with a couple feet of a tree let alone having to cross block smaller trees out of the way. In stowe we ski woods where literally we are never more than a ski length away from trees, you can not see your next turn, and sometime you have to cross block stuff out of the way. What he is doing is not tree skiing.
tree skiing
My mentor and coach Matt Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYl-0c28DXk&feature=relatedMe and my roommate
stuff like 1:46 and 2:20 in this video. simply put most people do not have the confindence to cross block trees out of the way nor the skills. I Have run alot of SL gates.....
his skiing looks good and his tips are great, but IMO my opinion its nothing special and the terrain he is on is open compared to what I am capable of skiing.
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