Beginner ski lesson down a Black Diamond 

Saved Kevin's ass, recovered his dropped glove and give him an awesome free ski lesson. What a day!

Bless you for helping out a fellow skier in need...! The world needs more people like you..! 👍🏾

It was so kind of you to notice him and take them time to assist. The fact that you also gave him a ski lesson...amazing!

I love helping people out like this on the slope. Most get dismissive after a while b/c they're embarrassed, but I love doing it for as long as they'll let me. I remember being that helpless and getting no support unless I crashed. It's a great feeling to help them get down safely and get thanks for helping.

I appreciate your passion to help...God bless you, Rick...and all the skiers on mountains..Cheers🎉

If i had a way to cancel out all background music I would. But you did a fantastic job helping him out,. Well done!

My husband always saying ‘it looks sooooo fun’ looking black diamond and this is why I have to stop him. Wish he could meet u one day on the slope though. 😅 Also reminding me all the nice ppl who stopped for me when I fell as beginner (and still now). Yes, we need more ppl like you, really respecting you. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you, as a beginner it means the world when someone helps

U R one of those that we need more of on and off the ski slopes! 💙

thank you for your kindness. you can be a best ski coach. He has been improved to be a blue track skier by your instruction. Great!

You are such an amazing person. Someone else would just laugh at him.

"I have to make it as positive as possible" Perfect approach to teaching a difficult thing in an unpleasant situation. You're so right that its a really good way to learn about your edges; of course most beginner lessons should be learning this across a more pleasant traverse, and its way more important than pizza/snowplough (less likely to career into others too). "Figuring out his inside edge" was looking good until you panned around to show what was coming; my stomach churned just sitting here in a chair.

The best value on a ski mountain is a beginner ski lesson. The next best value is an intermediate ski lesson. The funnest thing on a ski mountain is an advanced one-on-one ski lesson. But especially those beginner group lessons. It's fun being with other skiers, the instructors give beginners confidence and keep them out of danger and just make it fun. I still text back and forth with the instructor who taught me how to really ski moguls and still try to book an individual lesson once a season with him, mostly just to have someone to ski double black runs with who can help me build confidence.

Good on you for helping him out, im not the best skier yet and i know that if it was me i would've wanted someone to help me. Keep it up man

I can imagine how exhausted and frustrated he must have felt by the bottom. He did a good job continuing to take instruction, and you were tremendously patient. Kudos sir.

Well done! And love the suspenful music😅. As a PSIA L2, I believe side slipping and traversing are grossly under taught, if not ignored, in many beginner lessons.

That's great that you were able to save him! I wonder if it would been best for him to just take off the skis and walk down, as I think it would have been both faster and safe. I'm new to skiing, so I'm not knowledgeable of what's actually best when stuck in this situation.

Pretty much normal conditions over here in the east coast 🤣

i ve been on double black diamond with snowmaker on. Gave up, roll down, reattach skis, repeat. Luckily the snow was thick and soft.

Lesson learned: When you can barely snowplow, stay off the black runs. Good job getting him off the hill.

I like a challenging slope, no matter the conditions.

Good on you for helping this guy out. cool learning video too

God bless you and your kindness. 🙏🏻❤️

Super nice for you to help him. Never understand why beginners try to take on a black.

The suspense!!! Thank you! Black Diamonds here I come!!!

People didn't lie about how the skiing community is so friendly!

I was an out of practice Intermediate skier when I was caught on an Orange Slope with a black beginning section of just 40m followed by very steep zig-zag icy orange to the bottom...weird ski resort in Azerbaijan. The initial path was just 6m wide with a sharp U turn, very steep. The ridge was a massive drop into exposed sharp rocks (snow had melted) and the mountain side was also missing snow. The snow was melted below the catch fence. It was my first run in 7 years. I had to learn all these tips by trial and error. I couldn't take long turns as there was exposed cliff on one side. I was out of shape so my core was burning after forcing quick turns on the ice. I had to take rest after each turn as my stomach was burning - also, on an empty stomach. It got better when I realised to put weight on outside ski instead of inside. Tookn an hour to get down. Got so hyped after reaching bottom, I went up again and did it all over again 😂 . Good to see the technical terms for what I was attempting, now I can practice these. I just wish I wasn't the only one there and people like you could stop and help

I remember that green feeling :) specially steep blue!

Good on you for helping him out. He could have wrecked himself badly.

Great you stepped up and helped. That guy was in dire straits.

This is exactly why I love this culture. So kind!!!

If that was a diamond black in USA I'm amazed. from what was visible in the film I doubt it would have made red in Austria.

When in doubt, get an instructor. Don’t go on a Black Diamond just because you think you can! Black Diamond runs are meant for advanced skiers for a reason. Before hitting black diamonds, it’s a good idea to ski hard blues with bumps and see how well you can handle that. Overshooting your ability is one of the most common reasons why ski accidents happen.

I tell my kids all the time don’t mess with your gear on the lift. This poor fellow has zero business being on a blue let alone a black under the chair. Hopefully he gets some lessons. Really nice of you to help out.

You da Man!! Looks like east coast perfection

The mountain brings out the best in us

Beautiful! 🎉🎉

Great job

What a nice guy!

I wish if you can re upload the video where the background score is reduced while you are giving instructions. It will be helpful for others (me) to hear and learn.

You are really a very nice person 👍

A living legend

Sorry dude. That's not frozen. But it's so nice that you were able to help the person struggling. ♥

This snow/terrain combo is no fun for anyone, you did well.

Well done man👍

Bless ü!!! We need more like you

It is very nice of you!!!

Well they got side slipping down now.

I'm glad you were there to help! I'd like to hear what you are saying if you could eliminate the music. I'm sure I could pick up a few tips from you but all I can hear is music.

I wish I had anybody, especially you last week when I accidentally went down Rusutsu's West Mt. "Tiger" last week replete with moguls. That was a disaster and had to walk down 20 minutes or so.

Some conditions mean it takes all Ur surviving skills. Not skiing now, jus surviving!!! Lol!

I helped a new skier down a blue run that normally takes 3 minutes to ski but took him 1.5 hours to get down.

"Yeah, I can ski black runs"

Call ski patrol and get them a snow mobile ride down.

Wow, you’re an angel! How can I get a ski lesson? 😉

Saved his life!

what a brave soul

This must be the west. These are prime conditions on the east coast.

One of the biggest mistake i see is beginners looking in the wrong direction. Imagine the bottom of the slope is at 6 o'clock. These guys look at either 4 or 8 o'clock. So they end up going to the edge of the piste, then running out of piste!! Scrapping down sideways to lose height to gain confidence is the way forward in my view.

Hero

OMG! Great job! I cannot imagine if he were not found by anybody what will happen to him. He might die during midnight ……😮

Don’t know if he was brave or stupid or both to risk this for a glove. Well he got a free ski lesson, on the job training.

I'm Toby.

Yeah I was an instructor at Meadows after having raced there several times growing up ski racing out of Stevens Pass. This is because Meadows is one of the worst run school ski schools I've ever witnessed and based on what other people have said its been this way a LONG time. Couldn't even teach students how to properly bail out and self arrest because its all about the "experience" and trying to act like a destination resort without actually being one. Some of the friends I made with the ski school commented they are good skiers at Meadows but are pretty mediocre on other mountains. Several students hadn't gotten off the magic carpet on ballroom in 4 years! Its a darn shame. Great mountain but the way everything is run is an absolute joke. Kid fell off a chair and the director mentioned they didn't have the red plastic lines at the loading point on the chairs that every single other ski area has after I brought it up. They would always ask for suggestions but never listen or follow through on a single one lol. The face isn't that bad but considering its almost as difficult as it gets at Meadows they really need to have signage.

The camera never does it proper justice. The slope doesn’t look too bad, but I’m sure it was.

What's a beginner doing that high up

Men often think they can handle conditions like this, and they can’t. Note how light his bindings are set; set for a never-ever level skier. I have done this same thing countless times, sometimes with guys who bring their girlfriend into suspect terrain. Often they get mad at me, and yet later I will see the sled taking her down.

No need to say “black diamond” run. It’s a “black” run, or a “double black” run. Do we say “green circle” run? No. Do we say “blue square” run? No.

B+ for acting.

If I comment I violate a non disclosure agreement... I said too much again 2/22/22

he should have taken his skis off is the best advice...sorry.