New season ahead? What did I learn?

[jbotti]

Definitely not an off piste ski!!!

[Ron]

I think its cool that you got to try them.  THey looked very heavy and well, odd.... Kind of like a Dr. Seuess ski of sorts. The guy skiing on them was a rep for Anton and said they were like 1000 US dollars? 

[jbotti]

Last year the price I heard was $4200!! It looks like they have taken that down to around $2500 this year. That's still a lot of money for a ski that won't go off corduroy!!!

[Ron]

yes, but lets not forget tts just for the binding!!!!!!

[Gary]

Hey J.....liked the article on the SRT and would agree that if you can't do it on the blues, it ain't happening on the steeps. JC, HH, and Eric and Dan all preach the necessity of the SRT. I've seen an assortment of ways people apply the SRT to the snow surface...some more energetic than others....but it's in there.

Would love to join you sometime in Montana to make some turns....whatever kind....it would be great fun to further discuss and share. I'm sure Ron would be up for it as well.

I also respect your comments about your PSIA 2 friend...sometimes when you run into a learning wall, ya gotta be proactive and find someone or some teaching system that moves you beyond the wall.

In Portillo, I met just that very man....Level 2 PSIA instructor that did great on blues but in blacks, his skis scootered away from his body faster than a golf hot dog at the turn. He had been on mulitple JC clinics and I was with him when the light bulb went on. It was amazing and he was so thrilled...it all came together and he did it...he wanted it...
The beauty of this sport is that each of us can find what it is that makes the connection to being a better all mountain skier...it's out there...and ....it's a blast!

Best,
G