Speaking of Karpy, check out this page of his on mogul skiing.
http://bumpbusters.com/bb-packet.html
http://bumpbusters.com/bb-packet.html
so then why do the knees being together have to do with ski performance?
Speaking of Karpy, check out this page of his on mogul skiing.
http://bumpbusters.com/bb-packet.html
Speaking of Karpy, check out this page of his on mogul skiing.
http://bumpbusters.com/bb-packet.html
^ Standby for how that's not really mogul skiing...
Nope, but it might have taught them how to teach and coach.As pointed out by @Noodler, Plake and Carmicheal establish their skill before joining PSIA, Stephen Karp was a competitive mogul skier in another place and time.
"Karpy has skied competitive moguls on the USSA Eastern & Far West Mogul Tour for four years, going to Nationals twice, and on the "World Pro Mogul Tour", "Toyota Mogul Tour", Budweiser Mogul Tour", "Red Bull Mogul Tour", over a nine year run. Working his way into the upper rankings. Now as an Certified Instructor at Copper Mountain Ski & Ride School high in the Colorado Rockies, and the founder and Head Instructor/Coach of "Bump Busters Mogul Camps" "
As with all three, its safe to say going thru the PSIA cert training did not get them the skills and techniques to ski a direct line.
Speaking of Karpy, check out this page of his on mogul skiing.
http://bumpbusters.com/bb-packet.html
Nope, but it might have taught them how to teach and coach.
As pointed out by @Noodler, Plake and Carmicheal establish their skill before joining PSIA, Stephen Karp was a competitive mogul skier in another place and time.
"Karpy has skied competitive moguls on the USSA Eastern & Far West Mogul Tour for four years, going to Nationals twice, and on the "World Pro Mogul Tour", "Toyota Mogul Tour", Budweiser Mogul Tour", "Red Bull Mogul Tour", over a nine year run. Working his way into the upper rankings. Now as an Certified Instructor at Copper Mountain Ski & Ride School high in the Colorado Rockies, and the founder and Head Instructor/Coach of "Bump Busters Mogul Camps" "
As with all three, its safe to say going thru the PSIA cert training did not get them the skills and techniques to ski a direct line.
Wow, it's basically a free book on skiing bumps!
Not sure the point of that example. So, "direct line", (if that's what we're calling when skis are at 90 deg to fall line), no matter how bad is better than anything else?Ok, to head off any claim of bias I'll post this.
Here's an example of folk with less than stellar athletic abilities skiing a direct line.
As skiers we can get off the development path anywhere between this and Micheal Kingsbury, depending on our desires and latent physical abilities. It won't get us down every bump field - need room for the ski tails - but I expect it can be applied many places.
1) What ages are at the camp? I am XX yrs old and wondering if this camp is mostly for young kids and/or olympic hopefuls...
All ages were present at the camp from 22 yr olds up to 60 yr olds. I wouldn't use age as any determination for whether its a good camp for you. The main question should be: "Do I ski moguls the way I really want to AND am I really open to setting aside my ego and own ideas to go learn from olympic-caliber mogul skiers to begin to ski much better on the moguls than I do now?". If the answer is yes...then momentum is for you.
2) Is the camp on competition/manufactured bumps or natural moguls?
In the summertime, the camp was on manufactured bumps, however, they were manufactured not by machine, but by the coaches digging and shaping the course into moguls that were good enough to teach what they wanted to teach.
3) Was the camp fun? Would you do it again knowing what you do now?
It was incredible!! I learned so much and advanced my skiing (not just mogul skiing) light years. I am so much further along now after having learned the concepts from those amazing instructors. I should have taken it 20 yrs ago..that's my only regret. I understand how to ski well so much better than I did before.
4) For skis - does it really matter what you have? Are all mountain skis OK or should I rent something specific?
I skied on all mountain skis when I was there like many other students. Many students had mogul skis. You can rent mogul skis at many of the shops in the village and my recommendation would be to rent mogul skis if you can to maximize the work in the bumps. If for some reason you can't or you find them difficult to find, use your narrowest all mountain skis and don't get deluded into thinking the skis are the main thing holding you back. For all of us...its our own skills and ability that hold us back in the bumps.
5) Is the instruction quality good? Is it similar/better than a typical advanced group lesson at Whistler?
The instruction is WAY better then any lesson I've ever had anywhere. They break down the fundamentals of strong skiing--in the moguls and elsewhere--so that you understand the "why" behind the "what". No one had ever done that before to me in a way that made sense. I received mostly of a collection of tips from other ski instructors instead of an entire APPROACH to skiing the bumps that I got at momentum. The only bad part is that 2 days won't be nearly enough time to really work on what you learn.
6) Have you done the Extremely Canadian camp at Whistler? Did you like it more/less compared to Momentum Mogul?
See above. I'm sure extremely Canadian is great...but I wanted to learn to ski bumps which is a specific skill. While I'm still not a great mogul skier, I am MUCH better than I was before. the only thing holding me back no is not getting enough repetitions.
Bottom line:
This was the single best investment I have ever made in my skiing. My skill and confident level are significantly higher than they ever would have been AND I now know how to keep working on my skiing. I would definitely go again but time, family commitments and distance have made it harder for me to go back in recent years. I highly encourage you to go and I'd love to hear what you think.
Keep me posted!
Cost of the Momentum Camp is reasonable:
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Not sure the point of that example. So, "direct line", (if that's what we're calling when skis are at 90 deg to fall line), no matter how bad is better than anything else?
Serious question. Some of those people are just getting worse trying to ski that line.That was very good. Written without so much as a smiley. Almost fell for it.