That’s pretty amazing, that Jason’s first real breakthrough came after a ski racing career and only after he had already become an instructor. Meanwhile the rest of us can take half a lifetime (as I did) just getting forward in the first place. The difference in natural ability is really stunning. Thank goodness for Tom Gellie ….
Learning to maintain balance even as the ski purposefully slides away from you … that’s such a good way of putting it. Tom’s steered short turns where you nail a forward pivot point with fore/aft balance and let the tails drift out under your body’s momentum (rather than push out with your legs) was my revelation of this feeling last season. Your pairing with Jason is really getting exciting!
Jason’s first experience of Club ski in the Big 3 is a wonderful validation of the Club ski program from Banff. I must have visited there round the same time and for several years afterwards, the program was with the top instructors and used the varied and vast terrain across Mt Norquay, Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and fantastic days in Kaniskas. Following Canadian visits encompassed Kicking Horse, Fernie, Panorama and a couple of trips to Whistler, but it was the club ski program at the Big 3 that advanced my confidence and ability the most. I was very lucky to have experienced the best instruction and probably the best ski conditions, from now on it looks like climate change will make everything really sketchy.
I'm going skiing tomorrow in Manchester. In the fridge! I'm taking a friend who learned on straight skis in the 80's and is afraid of carving. All the things I've got to say to them comes from Jason, despite the fact that we've never met. If you ever see this post Jason your teaching effects more people then you know. Thanks for all the advise.
Thought about you when I looked at my stinky foot beds. I got the carbon insert. I'm going to try aluminum insert from an old school ski. You can scrape it off the old Rossi ski. and put it in the foot bed.
That’s pretty amazing, that Jason’s first real breakthrough came after a ski racing career and only after he had already become an instructor.
Meanwhile the rest of us can take half a lifetime (as I did) just getting forward in the first place.
The difference in natural ability is really stunning. Thank goodness for Tom Gellie ….
Learning to maintain balance even as the ski purposefully slides away from you … that’s such a good way of putting it.
Tom’s steered short turns where you nail a forward pivot point with fore/aft balance and let the tails drift out under your body’s momentum (rather than push out with your legs) was my revelation of this feeling last season.
Your pairing with Jason is really getting exciting!
Jason’s first experience of Club ski in the Big 3 is a wonderful validation of the Club ski program from Banff. I must have visited there round the same time and for several years afterwards, the program was with the top instructors and used the varied and vast terrain across Mt Norquay, Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and fantastic days in Kaniskas. Following Canadian visits encompassed Kicking Horse, Fernie, Panorama and a couple of trips to Whistler, but it was the club ski program at the Big 3 that advanced my confidence and ability the most. I was very lucky to have experienced the best instruction and probably the best ski conditions, from now on it looks like climate change will make everything really sketchy.
I'm going skiing tomorrow in Manchester. In the fridge! I'm taking a friend who learned on straight skis in the 80's and is afraid of carving. All the things I've got to say to them comes from Jason, despite the fact that we've never met. If you ever see this post Jason your teaching effects more people then you know. Thanks for all the advise.
Ill pass this on to Jason 🙏
Thought about you when I looked at my stinky foot beds. I got the carbon insert. I'm going to try aluminum insert from an old school ski. You can scrape it off the old Rossi ski. and put it in the foot bed.