Got out this afternoon at the public course. Fairly strong WNW winds made for some interesting skiing dynamics, for sure. No full passes- I think running over 4-ball with the ski was about as far as I got.I did take video, and it does not look pretty. What's amazing is that my PRIMARY thought on every pass was to keep the elbows in off the wake going into each turn, especially on the off-side...Read more
A couple weeks ago I pulled out of the driveway in my old German commuter car and headed south on I-94 like I do every other weekday morning. However, on this particular day I hurdled right past my typical tollway exit and continued south, all the way to I-55, then past Joliet, to Wilmington. The events that transpired after that would constitute one of the best single days off of work in recent...Read more
Why is it that we tend to make things more complicated than what is necessary?Especially in slalom skiing...we are often our own worst enemy, doing counter-intuitive things on even the fundamental aspects that only frustrate our desired outcome. Take standing on the ski for instance. How hard can it be? It doesn't have to be hard at all, yet we make it so.If you were playing...Read more
Picture this scenario: on the shore of a ski club in some small town, USA, a young child (let’s call him Tim) watches in fascination as club members get pulled through the slalom course, throwing up walls of spray and having a terrific time doing it. Tim comes from a middle income family who does not live on a lake and does not own a boat of any kind, yet he yearns to try out slalom and put up...Read more
