I love getting tips and pointers from friends on the boat, coaches at ski school, and fellow skiers on the web. I've gotten constructive input all summer from each one of these sources and it's been very helpful. It's interesting to see what each "coach" brings to the table and notices in my skiing- usually it's something in a specific phase of the turn or wake cross- arms down, arms straight,...Read more
That's what a really broken rib bone looks like. The reason it's probably so displaced, I'm guessing, is because I did a trick set AFTER breaking it, which must have pulled it apart a bit. The pain has subsided somewhat, but all everyday movements are a challenge, especially dressing and sleeping. If the pain wasn't enough, the near-constant clicking of the bones as I breathe and...Read more
I took a little time on my memorial day weekend to take some still frames from several videos I have of me skiing. The stills can be seen in the Photos section of this site. A still from video is more powerful than a simple picture from a camera because you have exact context with the still frame. In looking at stills, you are going through the video frame by frame and you are seeing exactly...Read more
(Above: The Bellalgo Boys - Seth, Eric, Dave, Jason & Anthony - get ready to hit the road after a successful 2 day of coaching.)If you've missed my earlier posts on the Bellalago Boys Road Trip to Seth's, you can catch part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4.Seth Stisher loves technology, he has some neat ways of using it in his coaching that I will share about below. He even...Read more
