Peanut Butter

Rule number three in my class. IF anyone falls down, we yell, "PEANUT BUTTER" and stop, help that person get back on their feet and ski on! Snow can be sticky like peanut butter...

More Bombers Week 6

Skiing with these kids has been such fun - can you see that HUGE smile on the cameraman???

Bombers Week 6

Can you believe this weather? Sunny and warm - not a cloud in sight. We have ramped up the pace for bombers this week with some hard core black runs on Mustang and Appaloosa on the south side of Peak 10. We also hit the NASTAR race course with several kids winning silver and gold medals. The day finished off exploring terrain off 6 chair.



Having Fun in the Sun!

Bombers Week 4

Another beautiful day on the slopes. I have many many pictures but it has been a crazy busy week at my other gig, so I am only including two pictures of the group clowning around. I Will try and get the sideshow put together soon.

During this stage in our skiing adventure, we starting adding some flexing and extending moves to our technique. We want to extend, or get TALL at the start of our turns, and flex, or get a little smaller in the bottom of the turn to absorb the pressure. The amount of our movement will depend on speed and terrain.

More Bombers Week 3 Pictures

Too much fun, that's all I can say:

Bomber Week 3 Pow Pow Day

A Powder Day! Talk about fun fun fun! We had fresh snow to explore. We continued combining the lessons learned from the first two weeks and applying the techniques in new and exciting terrain. Don't you just love the new snow on the trees?




We had the pleasure of observing the Breck Ski Patrol Avalanche dogs in action:



More fun in the Snow:

Bombers Week 2

Another wonderful day last Saturday at Breckenridge! We explored new terrain on Peak 9 in the morning while continuing to practice our body movements. We added an understanding of 'tipping' our skis, primarily using our legs and ski boots to tip the skis on edge. We further explored differing amounts of tipping and what that does to our turns: small, smedium, medium, and large!

Bombers Week 1

What a surprise! A sunny day to kick off 2009 bombers at Breckenridge. I have a talented crew of 6-8 year old awesome kids. Week one had the usual hiccups in organization and getting kids into the correct class by ability, age, enthusiasm, etc, but my class did great in going with the flow. After all, that's what skiing is all about.

Overall - a FUN day!



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