realskiers

So, let's return to Liam's OP, the third venture into looking at technique.

I've always been partial to the CSIA as they taught me to ski. In my mid 20's I did my first day and felt the thrill of the sport very late in the season. The next December, I went to a 7 day ski week just below Mt. Tremblant at a resort called Grey Rocks (no longer in business). They had daily 4 hours lessons for groups of ten people. Prior to attending, I bought a book on CSIA ski technique. By weeks end, I was a decent parallel skier, no small feat in the days of skinny skis and leather boots. I would return to Grey Rocks twice more. Decades later, I bought one of Harb's books and reeducated my thinking.

In the early days, CSIA was a very structured progression of movements, my sense is they are far structured than PSIA. A friend from the Epic Gatherings words full time in winter as a CSIA Level 2 and she tells me that her ski school coaching does not permit much variance in either technique drills or instructional verbal direction. Far different from what Josh describes in the Stowe school.

While checking out Liam's offerings on You Tube, is easy to waste a lot of time looking at the associated video's of Liam's selected Level 4's. I would expect a very high level of skiing for those with that distinction, and, I just enjoyed seeing them do their everyday skiing. A hack like me has no business nitpicking their technique. I'm not a major fan of the instructional efforts, like shuffling your feet, not that it is worthless, I just like to see the big picture and how it fits in. In the lighter, jiber videos, I think these pro's just spend so much time on the mountain, they just need to break away and go do different, fun things. 

So Liam, thanks for another trip down a road less traveled. Any more styles coming? My only other thought is video of everyday recreational racer training is available (nastar or masters series). I see the racers daily at my home mountain and they are the group I study most when riding chairs.