When you spend a full week with 4 professional skiers - Will Asher, Kris LaPoint, Gordon Rathbun and Todd Ristorcelli - it’s pretty easy to pick up on some of their habits and routines when they are practicing. It’s important to note that there is nothing magical about what each skier does before a set. There weren’t any special acai potions, mystic chants or special...Read more
Well, our 5th Spring Break trip to ski school is over. We had such a great time that I almost don't know where to begin. Everybody had a blast. It was the Arrighi's and Criel's first ski school experience and something tells me they'll be back. Ominous weather threatened us all week but stayed at bay during the day, never interrupting our ski sets. Water and air temps were in the high 70's all...Read more
Sorry for the lack of new front page content since our ski school trip. I haven't posted anything because: A) we haven't skied since then, and B) because for the last week or so I've been completely overcome with this crazy sinus infection/flu-ish illness. I thought I'd post a few random thoughts and resolutions for the 2009 season, since I've seen a couple of site members to the same and I think...Read more
My wife skied her first full pass yesterday. Six turns, six wake crossings, full width buoys on a 60' line. This is huge.This our 7th Spring Break spent at a ski school and this is the first time that any driver (head coach Patrice) specifically pulled for a beginner in the course. Hand-throttled, gas in the turns and no gas in the wake cross. Basically the opposite sine wave of throttle that...Read more
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