Vacation is over

Ullr, the Nordic God of Skiing, and his disciple.


"Big Air" Leo
Torie coming in for a landing.
Pat's "Michael Jackson" jump is certainly original. DJ looking good. Great job this week guys. You should be proud of yourselves, after the way you skied the rock hard bumps on Avalanche you can ski almost anything. There is snow in the forcast for Thursday, so pray to Ullr for a big powder weekend.

See you Saturday.
Coach Scott

The Importance of Flats Training

Hey, Mogul Vaders! Dan DiPiro, here. Hope you're all having a good season, and I hope you'll see some bumps at Cannon this week.

I just drove by the front five and they were looking pretty flat. When the weather doesn't cooperate and everything on the mountain is groomed flat like this, remember the importance of groomed-trail (flats) training. You can, and should, work on nearly all of your mogul skiing skills on the flats. The Finnish World Cup mogul skiers value flats training so much that they do as much or more of it than actual mogul skiing! Even when there are no bumps, you can still work on your...

• poling and hand position
• body posture (upright torso, hips driving down the hill)
• narrow mogul skier's stance
• fast turns in the fall line
• vision (look down the hill, Like Coach Scott says in a previous post)

Work on this stuff on the flats and, when the bumps show up, you'll just need to add absorption and extension and you'll be ready to rip!

-Dan

Photos from 2/11

Here are the photos from last Saturday. I will try to get everyone this weekend.

Quote for the week:
Socrates said no man is ever truly free. Socrates never skied!!

See you Saturday, don't forget we are skiing every day of the coming vacation week.

Coach Scott

THINK SNOW!!!

Welcome to our Cannon Mtn Mogul-Vaders blog.

Tip for the day:
Before you start your run, pick your line. Then follow that line by looking 3-4 bumps ahead all the time.

See you on the snow. Ski fast, take chances!!

Coach Scott