We've talked at length in the past about barriers to entry and growing the sport. Those are great topics to talk about but in this post I just want to focus on how "cool" waterskiing is/has become based on my observations over the past 10 or so years. There are a number of people, organizations, and corporations who are injecting incredibly POSITIVE and FRESH mojo into the...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
Note from site author: I've asked a few pros who have expressed interest in writing something for the site to put a little something together for us whenever they got a chance. Seth was the first to send me something, so here it is. -Joel
Get on your feet (not foot):
After 27 years of skiing and 14 years of coaching I still have 3-4 things that I see causing problems for skiers of all levels. One...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
