That guy sounds like Rich;
but Rich skis beautifully and doesn't whoop and holla and use words like "awesome".
Why would you want to risk injury at that age by skiing with a wide stance like that? Just crazy.
François wrote:
Now, to the point. Any video of their instructors who aren't senior citezens so we can compare apples to apples?
from looking at the video that tipping the skis and making good use of their edges is a common missing element from most of the skiing shown in the video
h.harb wrote:I know that the way they describe edging is by telling skiers, "steer your skis to an edge". Now if anyone can tell me how this is supposed to work, Bob's my Uncle.
geoffda wrote: BTW, it's not Kool-Aid that PMTS students drink, it's Hi-C.
h.harb wrote:Why can't they see that steering to an edge doesn't produce results and is hurting their skiing? The evidence is in front of their noses, in their own video. Sure you can get away with it on flat easy slopes, less gravity. But let them show us good skiing on steeps or bumps. Look at Weems skiing bumps, it is a travesty. And he is exaggerating extension, which puts him in an even more compromised situation. John Clendenin can at least demonstrate an extension with controlled lengthening and not get thrown violently into the back seat. BTW this is not Weems bashing, it's just factual evaluation. And it has nothing to do with age, it's bad technique. Clendenin is as old as Weems and he doesn't lose his balance on every turn in the bumps.
geoffda wrote:As a student, it is definitely disappointing to watch a professional ski instructor ski and wind up thinking "Really? Is that all you've got?" Maybe not everybody can be an inspirational skier on all terrain, but *somebody* should be able to carry the lantern. Who is the PSIA version of Hisaya Sato? Maybe its supposed to be the Demo team, but if so, where are they hiding? OTOH, watching the video of the Eastern Demo Teamers trying out for the national team was just painful. I just couldn't believe how universally bad the skiing was. Again, I was left going, "is that really the best you've got?" And I was also thinking, "how could you not be embarassed to publish this?" And "don't you want to ski better than that? How can you be satisfied with that level of skiing?" And more importantly, "how can you think consumers of ski instruction would want to ski like that?"
HeluvaSkier wrote:geoffda wrote:As a student, it is definitely disappointing to watch a professional ski instructor ski and wind up thinking "Really? Is that all you've got?" Maybe not everybody can be an inspirational skier on all terrain, but *somebody* should be able to carry the lantern. Who is the PSIA version of Hisaya Sato? Maybe its supposed to be the Demo team, but if so, where are they hiding? OTOH, watching the video of the Eastern Demo Teamers trying out for the national team was just painful. I just couldn't believe how universally bad the skiing was. Again, I was left going, "is that really the best you've got?" And I was also thinking, "how could you not be embarassed to publish this?" And "don't you want to ski better than that? How can you be satisfied with that level of skiing?" And more importantly, "how can you think consumers of ski instruction would want to ski like that?"
This statement is exactly the kind of thinking that led me here. When I was given examples of some of the best of the best in US (and instances outside of the US as well) ski instruction I was left thinking - that's it? I didn't want to ski like their best. I wanted to ski better.
Most consumers don't know the difference. When they are told "these guys are the pinnacle of skiing" they believe it because there is nothing to compare it to. Also they have no reason to question a professional's authority - especially if they are well below the level of the professional who is telling them this.
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