Body part separation, tipping edges, leading inside ski, blocking pole plants on steeps to articulate short radius turns-- pop, pop, pop-- all such solid, fundamental lessons/ skills. You're a great teacher!
I took my son skiing at 4 and he took 3 years of a season long program at Kirkwood. Now at 12, he is a very good skier, and can do almost everything with style. I didn't want him to have to learn as an adult.
Yeah Allen i never had the opportunity to ski as much as my heart desired.But down hill mountain biking and motocross helped that void.It all runs together as some point.🤙
The old Navy saying is that you don't rise to the occasion, you sink to the level of your training. The same is true when skiing the more technical/scary terrain. You don't suddenly become a better skier on top of that double diamond. You see it all the time when skiers who look great on the groomed runs suddenly become something else altogether when it's steep, low visibility, deep snow, etc. That's why you should always continue working and improving the basics. Great video.
Hi, Deb. I took your racing camp eons ago and cut 1.25 seconds from my times during the week. Subsequently, I went to the NASTAR Championships eight times and won two silvers and two bronzes. Nobody better than you. I subscribed and look forward to more lessons. The ones in this session will be put to work during my next ski trip. Thanks. Jim.
Amazing ! I know your an Olympian but that separation and skill was amazing to watch. As for your young student - you lead it 🤣🤣 brilliant - glad he did it
I love your focus on control and using your feet to steer. The side slip drill in the corridor is a nice one, followed by the falling leaf. I am practice these skills each time I go out now.
A fantastic teacher and instructor. Motivates skiers from all over from beginners intermediate to advance . Good job! DAKINE. Never missed a beat.lol congratulations on the Olympic win back in the 90s! A true champion on board ack those days., My idle!
Deb, you hit the nail on the head! You are the first person to ever to understand this that I know. I use every different part of my foot to ski and can feel how those movements translate to tiny movements in my skis. I noticed this a number of years back when I started skiing switch and doing a lot of surface spins with wide twin tip skis on the East Coast hard pack. I literally smacked my hands together, jumped up out of my chair and said finally someone gets it! You ROCK and I love your videos, I am going to share this with my ski buddies.
I’m a person who rarely subscribes to channels.. I watched about 4 minutes of one of your videos and subscribed. I can feel your passion for skiing through a simple RU-vid video! Keep up the awesome work!
This is so useful. Living in Chile is super hard to find snow and trees together, usually there are no forest near ski resorts (except for Patagonia) so every time we go skiing in Europe is like “whut are this children doing to don’t crash!”
Amazing how I just started this morning with a couple of runs just trying to constantly make round short turns and keep a consistent speed down a groomed black run just for fun. Then I find your new video 👍 I am a big fan of your teaching. As an old high school tennis coach coach I always tell my players “you got to do the drills to build the the skills “ and “practice the way you want to play “. If you remember the movie The Karate Kid these drills are like the Wax On Wax Off drill that the old karate master made his student do.
Your videos get me excited to LEARN to be a better skier. Great tips. I can't wait to practice this next time out. I met you in line for Chet's at Loveland earlier this year and it was an honor. Great video!
Thanks Deb! I just found one of your videos tonight and then watched over 10 of them in row! Gonna take your advice to the slopes here in Switzerland very soon. All best for 2022!
These videos with the kids are the best. They are so willing to work with you and their responses to your questions are great! You do really well with them. A few videos ago included a person who talked about “the top of the turn” and the “the bottom of the turn”, and how the emphasis in skiing has switched from the bottom being important to the top being important. Could you do a video explaining the difference between the two and the skiing techniques associated with both? I have a sneaking suspicion this is something I need to understand in order to make better turns on steeps like you are skiing in this video, but on the polished powder we so often ski here in the NE. At any rate... Thanks for the great post.
Still remember a video you post with 2 kids in the steeps in Taos. "Keep turning and reach down with your ploes" The words are so simple but they are powerful.
Omg that little girl at the end! I wish. Barely hitting blue trails with a little more confidence after a couple years of learning to skii. Don't live near a mountain so it's been only a couple times a year for me for the last 3 years. Hoping to hit the slopes for spring skiing this year in May a couple times to make this a good practice year and encourage me to get a season pass for next year. :) If your'e starting as an adult, consider dropping the $$ for a couple days of lessons, I wish I would have! had to make a lot of mistakes and learn the hard way, I feel like it woulda taken maybe 3 days of skiing to get the hang of it more had I taken lessons at first. :)
Deb, добрый день! Я тоже Ваш ученик, только чуть постарше (60+). Не зная языка, мне почти всё понятно. Осваиваем вообще уроки на пару с женой! Огромное спасибо! Алексей, Россия
Deb, these videos are amazing. They're making us want to schedule some private lessons with you. How can we reach you to schedule something like a full day with you?
Another good video with a great kid as the subject Deb! I just had a lot of fun @ Whitefish but discovered that skiing the steep bumps through the trees on Connies Coulee tested my skill/equipment my limit. Doing this with a pair of 2019 Blizzard Bonafide 187cm skis which were, yep, too long and stiff for that type of terrain so you may want to educate the public on the appropriate gear because no matter the skillset, if you have the wrong skis for the assignment, your going to struggle While it WAS a LOT of work, I was still able to hang with the young guns but reality of approaching 60 mens that its time for me to reduce the length and weight of my powder-ish skis. Currently shopping for replacements that I can use easier in the steep bumps.
@@hammervonjammer1279 The 187cm isn't bad for me as a 225lbs and 5'10 guy who still races some club stuff but that length in the trees and chuttes was a lot of work. In the off season I was fortunate to pick up a pair of Head KORE 105's in the 177cm length for a January trip to Jackson Hole.
Deb, your wonderful instructional videos have become an important - and valuable - component in my quest for Continuing Improvement! Now, please put a PayPal option on your "Thanks" page and I will gladly donate. I will NOT enter the CCV to my credit card, as asked a minute ago - what am I, nuts??
From 0:57-1:33 I was cracking up laughing. The parent pulling/pushing their kid along the cat track was just perfect. I'm getting started with this right now with my kids and it really is just like that the first few times. Advice? Splurge for the lessons.
If you prompt kids for a reply, they usually give you back something you didn’t quite expect. So what is important in the steeps? If you fall get your skis below you! A, yes, but what else!
What I really want to know is how to approach steeper terrain. How do you know you are ready to ski a steep slope after practicing on easier stuff? It terrifies me to think I would be at the top of a run and realize that the only way down is a steep area that I'm not confident that I can ski. BUT, you have to try harder terrain to become good at it. It is a conundrum. I am trying easy blues now and working up to harder blues. Do you just keep practicing what you find scary until it isn't scary anymore? Thanks for these videos. They are truly inspiring.
pretty much. you do have to push yourself, but not too much. One way to progress is to ski with someone who knows the mountain well, like an instructor in a lesson, and you can explore new terrain that way. Other than that, you really do have to try the scary terrain to get better at that terrain. I would suggest trying a variety of groomed blue runs, and really work on controlling your speed. Take your time on those groomed runs, and especially on the steeper groomed runs, control your speed and take your time.
Large and hard moguls between the trees are a bit too much! Powder in the trees is easiest but powdery moguls are ok too! The brain works two or three turns ahead and the body follows the plan.
What I find in steeps is not smooth trails. Often people have stopped short and a lot of snow is piled into these soft big loose bumps going down the hill, where I find my knees pushed up to my chest and leaning very forward to keep my balance, with heavy use of uphill ski edge. How do you recommend negotiating those dumplings?
Mind elaborating a bit more on why it's important to get your feet under you if you fall in the steeps? Is this to prevent momentum buildup and reduce chance of the downhill "tomahawking", or some other reason? Thanks for these videos, just found your channel and I am learning so much and so impressed by these young shredders' technical knowledge.
If your feet are downward, you have a better chance of stopping sans injury. On steeps, you could end up on your back despite a skis release and accelerate into a tree. With your feet downwards, you can use your leg muscles to slow your body to a stop. Momentum build up injures and could possibly be fatal.
Hi Deb. Thank you for coaching me in basically my first ski season (had 5hours last season). I hear your tips and advice in the back of my head trying bigger moguls and steeper terrain and it really got me comfortable to the point I want to try my first diamond run. My biggest concern is my feet that go numb during runs. If I loosen the straps a bit to wake them up, I loose accuracy in my control. Unfortunately I have high bridge feet and it even happens during jogging. Any advice would be great. I have been boot fitted and got a larger volume boot that was heat molded. My other concern is that most of my loss of control happen on flatter faster terrain, ski outs etc. When I try and straigtline it is like I get a speed wobble and that's only at 30km/h ( 20mph). What should I focus on for more control on those flatter straights to hit higher speeds safely? Thank you again for all the advice, tips and drills
Deb! Are you able to give out any information on how we can book ski lessons with you? I have been taking numerous private lessons expecting them to be similar to how you teach and they unfortunately are nothing close.. I would love a lesson from you!
I was sort of hoping for pointers regarding navigating ungroomed terrain. I'm still progressing on groomers, learning to carve, I can safely ski down almost any pitch as long as it's groomed. but the moment I'm on ungroomed snow, it feels like the skis have a mind of their own, the shape of the mountain wants to steer my skis without my consent (or keep my skis from turning when I want them to). So it sort of drives me nuts watching ski videos where skiiers just ski how they want to on ungroomed terrain, I don't get why when I try it my skis don't listen to me. I can't turn down the fall line for fear my skis won't continue to turn into a skid and keep me safe.
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong SF Bay area, so we ski the Tahoe resorts. I'll drop you a note to your website with a video of him skiing. His wants to become a ski instructor in a few years - he loves teaching, including me :-)
