ski lessons

I was out to dinner with a friend when I mentioned that I wanted to hit the slopes this weekend. Her daughter stated she wanted to go because she had never gone and mom doesn't ski at all. To make a long story short, I agreed to take her. But here's the catch.. She doesn't want to take a...

Although not ideal from a lesson perspective my wife and my self will be do a road trip style holiday next month with some friends. We're flying into Salt Lake from Australia and are on the Mountain Collective so we'll be doing a couple of days each at Alta, Snowbird, Jackson and Big Sky before...

I am interested in enrolling in a mogul clinic this upcoming season. Have many Pugskiers attended mogul clinics and if so what are your thoughts? I read Dan DiPiro’s book on mogul skiing, have had a great time in the bumps, and am ready to advance to the next level. I had signed up for a clinic...

Kachina Peak at Taos Ski Valley Last season we had what I'm hoping will be the first annual PugSki Taos Mini-Gathering.... ~25 PugSkiers and friends spent a week taking lessons, skiing bumps and steeps, enjoying food and drink, and generally having a great time. So I wanted to get a thread...

A question for experienced instructors. Is there one thing that you teach to almost all your students? Something that is very basic to effective skiing but for one reason or another is not displayed by the recreational skiers that come to us for lessons. A missing ingredient that causes skiers...

What do we think of this. Don't really see the process. 3 days from zero to "black diamond". After the first 15 sec or so, skip to 1:45 to avoid the Greyhound schill. @Ron , this was at Steamboat.

I am curious to hear what people (skiers and instructors alike) have experienced in their best/favorite lessons and their worst/nightmare lessons. I know there must be some amazing stories out there if people are willing to share. Are there common threads for what makes really good lessons and...

I was wondering, why it is always so difficult to find a good ski instructor for a given area (e.g. the Colorado recommendation topic). When going to a new area I often try to look-up who teaches there and usually there is no information, except for maybe a topic or two on a ski forum where...

Following up on @Mendieta's post https://www.pugski.com/threads/so-you’ve-never-skied-before.3287/ I've decided to write a followup guide. You've gone to the slopes perhaps 1 to 10 times; perhaps even taking a few lessons and and realize you really like this sliding thing. Where do you go...

In another thread I read this and it's something I've heard in various iterations over and over: "As for me, I've had one lesson in my life, when I was 12, and after 37 years from that first day I still keep telling myself one of these days I'll take another. I can get down most trails pretty...

I ask for opinions on this, because I have my doubts, based even on the theoretically superior format of instructor training programs. Sure, group lessons will get beginners sliding, and can address the needs that intermediate skiers commonly have, to give them the fundamental building blocks...

Wondering what the instructors on here are planning for the upcoming season. Teach a little or a lot, any goals for your own skiing besides sucking less, where you gonna ski, at home or get out more, etc? This is my 30th year at my home resort and I have moved to part time to have more time to...

I’m (finally) returning to skiing after 25 years. I’m 48 now, and took my only lesson at age 12. From there was self taught. At the point I stopped skiing (thanks to a move to Texas, as well as a couple of kids), I could ski just about anything in Southern California. So basically, a Colorado...

Greetings all. I'll be heading to Whitefish MT in early January. I've never been before and am wondering about the ski school. I think it would be a great early(ish) season opportunity to get some bump instruction. Any recommendations? Thanx in advance. Cheers.

Does this phrase resonate with you? Do you ever think about these two things as you ski? Does your teaching ever reflect anything embedded in this phrase? If you take lessons or take part in training sessions, do your coaches ever refer to this phrase? If yes, what does it mean to you and how to...

I have two kinds of questions about the "rocking horse" movement pattern. The first is historical. --Has the "rocking horse" movement pattern (actively moving under-ski pressure from tip to waist to tail through the turn) ever been openly and publicly promoted by PSIA? By this I mean did PSIA...

Hi there, plenty of time here in the Northeast before skiing, yet looking for advise before hand. I am approaching 62 and want to ski again, depending on $$$. When and if I do, I want to go for 3 nights, 2 days skiing, taking a 1/2 day private lesson. Here's my plan: the first day I arrive, I...

Hopefully it ok to ask for this and I have asked in the right area. I will be in Park City in February 2018 . I was hoping the ski school would have a multi day lesson program happening then but unfortunately not so. In fact the ski school doesnt offer group lessons above a fairly low level...