The Path to Better
Skiing Passes Directly Through Money. The
Question is How Much?
Written by: Stephen Phipps, Coach, Competitor,
and Sponsored Extreme Skier (back in the day!)
Here
at the Weekend Warrior's we are very thankful to
the ski industry for spending an inordinate
amount of time and money, year to year, on
improving our equipment. Yet, for us, the
manufacturers' promises seem a little empty, as
every year comes with the Proclamation of Ski
Grandeur - The promise that this year's latest
and greatest pair of skis and/or boots will make
you a better skier - EASILY. Is that a fact, or
is there more to the story?
Consider this: Skis do not teach. New skis cannot improve your
technique. Skis do not give
you simple drills that improve your skiing. Skis
do not talk to you about your bad habits. Skis
do not show you videos of correct technique.
Yet, skis do make you better if you know what to
do with them.
The
new breed of skis will get you on edge with less effort,
give you more float in powder, and help you bust
through crud more easily. But, you will still be carrying
with you all the bad habits that limit you and
deny you the joy of skiing the powder all day
long, or the crud all day long, or the steeps
all day long. Why? Because, if one is skiing
without proper technique, then one expends much
more energy to go the same distance as a
talented skier. Therefore, the less accomplished
skier gets out of the fun stuff after just a
short foray into skiing bliss or they accept
their fate and rarely leave the groomed runs.
Let us not forget that with improved technique
even the groomed runs become a-whole-lot-more
fun.
New equipment may release you from being a "Prisoner
of the Groomed", but it is only a work release
program, not a ticket to skiing freedom. Add our
simple teaching tools and you can be permanently
set free to ski wherever you desire. With this
combination, new skis become the "greatest thing
since the Internet" or sliced bread
depending.....
What
will you feel at the end of the day if you have
skied everywhere on the Mountain with ease, or
not? If you have escaped the "or not" category,
with beer in hand, you will probably be saying
about the same thing you always do, except you
will be saying it with a true sense of inner joy
and, finally, you will feel a good amount of
accomplishment and satisfaction. You will no
longer secretly be questioning your abilities on
the hill and limiting your climb up the
fun meter. You will be a confident skier. So,
how do you get to these feelings?
To
get there, we "dream of" and "lust after" the
easy fix. If I just had new skis, I would be
the king of the hill. I can see myself shredding
any slope, any condition - If I just had new
skis, this would be the year. Unfortunately, for
most of us, this is only a dream unless we
improve our technique.
Spend a $1000 on new skis and
instantly we
"shall not" be better. Don't get me wrong,
as I said previously, the new
equipment is great (some going back 6 years).
However, to utilize it to full potential you need a
complete understanding of ski technique and how
to practice and apply it. With our instructional
tools you can become the envy of all your skiing
buddies, and it is less expensive and easier
than ever before.
We encourage you to spend
$50 or less with us before you plop down a $1000
for new ski equipment, unless this is the year
you need to replace your worn out old
boards or boots.
To
this point, I have many friends that are
high-level expert skiers still using their 3-6
year old skis, paired with boots that go back as
far as 10 years. Note that these skiers have
more than one pair of skis in their quiver.
Having great equipment is important, but not
essential to being an expert skier. Three
things are important: good technique, boots
that fit correctly ( from a professional boot
fitter) and skis that are
shop-tuned several times a year (between tunes
you should do a stone and wax every day before
hitting the slopes).
Don't wait, you can begin your journey toward
expert all mountain skiing by spending only
$6.95 on the purchase of our Powder E-Ski
Booklet. This will start you down the low cost
path to becoming a more advanced skier. Your
$6.95 purchase will consist of an email
containing our 32 page E-Ski booklet that
reveals all our powder skiing secrets in an easy
to understand format. A great deal at ten times
the price, but that is not all you get. We also
include links to our instructional videos that
further explain and demonstrate our clever
techniques for skiing Powder. The tips and
techniques revealed in this E-Ski booklet make
it very easy to become a better powder skier
quickly, or learn how to ski powder from the
beginning. The following link takes you to a
short video revealing two of our tips for skiing
powder. However, this only scratches the surface
and these two tips alone will not make you a
great powder skier. For that experience go to
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Early in my ski career I was frustrated by an
inability to ski in control everywhere on the
mountain. I wanted to be like the expert skiers we all know. I
wanted to look like them and be able to ski
effortlessly all over the mountain, with pretty
much the same style, no matter what the
conditions.
The problem I faced was
having no money for ski lessons and I skied so
poorly I felt I needed to get better before I
could even benefit from a lesson (probably not a
very accurate thought process at the time, but I
went with it).
In
spite of this, I was able to come up with a solution.
I decided to watch every video available about
skiing and read
every magazine, book, or pamphlet ever published
on the subject. This solution worked and I
learned to be a competent all mountain skier and
successful competitor.
Now,
3 decades later I have finally had the
opportunity to talk with other skiers about
making the jump from
intermediate to expert. I ask them all the same
question; what three things made you a great skier?
At first I was a bit stunned
- as the answer everyone gave me was the same!
The three things that helped them the most were
(and I am paraphrasing):
1. Read everything thing
you can on ski technique and watch every
instructional video you can find. Combining
these two mediums will give you a more complete
learning experience.
2. Practice with a
purpose. Get into a routine that includes a
specific warm-up on groomed runs, every
time you go skiing. This helps remind your
body how to ski correctly. In addition, always
practice drills on and off snow to create an
awareness of what it is you should be doing.
Never stop learning.
3. Get yourself on video
and analyze it. Being able to see how you
ski creates awareness, enabling you to correct
flaws in technique. Your perception of your
skiing style is rarely like the video reality.
Do you get what I mean here? You rarely
(actually never) look like you think you look.
So, what have I learned? The
key take-away from all my years of skiing, and
talking with skiers, is
that the best learning tool you can get is one
that both explains and demonstrates the
principles of correct skiing technique. From
that epiphany I have created our E-Ski Booklets,
available right here on our website. I feel they
are the best learning value available, combining
video demonstrations (via links) with simple explanations of
ski technique. This is accomplished in a short
32 page Electronic Booklet, for a very low
price, that comes to you via email.
From there, if you want to
take it to the next level, you can combine
our book on becoming
an expert skier with our real moguls DVD. They
compliment each other, and together give you the
tools to ski crud, powder, steeps,
and moguls. All of our books and DVDs are
supported by our ongoing forum,
Ask the Expert,
and the ever changing content of this website.
Lastly, if you are really serious about becoming
a better skier this year, purchase our book
right now, read it cover to cover, do the dry
land drills in your living room, and then go
take a ski lesson this season. Our book will
create awareness of what you should be doing and
what
you should be thinking about, creating a much
more valuable ski lesson. The book uses
special techniques to effectively train your
body to move like an expert skier. You will
benefit by having this knowledge before you hit
the slopes the next time.
Remember, without
awareness of correct ski technique, there can be
no correct skiing. Get our simple solutions and
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Article Written by: S. Phipps
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