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"SKIING IS A SLIDING SPORT"
--a skiing web manual
by Bill Jones, Ski Instructor
Certified Professional Ski Instructor (Registration #110478), Level III
How To Reserve Private Ski Lessons with Bill Jones

"With their kinesthetic beauty and fluidity, well-executed turns can be as pleasing to watch as they are to perform.
 In fact, when power and grace are combined, skiing is an art form."
  --Jean Louis Poirot in The Professional Skier, Spring 2004, p. 30

 Skiing Web Manual Contents

The first-time skier appeared nervous and asked that the instructor ski beside her and hold her arm as she moved at snails-pace down the gently inclined snow surface. At the end of the short descent, however, she turned to her instructor and said, "You know, it's the sliding part I don't like." Thus came the title for this skiiingmanual.

Why read this skiing web manual
That First Skiing Lesson
A Little Skiing History
Motion in Skiing
Conventional Skiing Wisdoms (CSWs)
Skier Excuses
Fear in Skiing
Conditioning for Skiing.
Equipment and Technique (they go together)
Skiing Equipment--skis, boots, poles, more
How Skis Work (and how balance makes skis work)
How to Develop Balance on Skis
A Skiing Turn Simplified (sort of)--including photo montages of ski turns
The final skiing skill: pressure management
*Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures--and Racing 
(groomed, hard, powder, cold/warm, new/old, spring, moguls, trees, trails, steeps, gates)--links below
Skiing Tips and Tales--a potpourri of gems, kernels, ideas, training drills
Exercises for Developing Skiing Skills
Children and Skiing
Age and Skiing
Gender and Skiing
Culture and Skiing
Skiing Ethics and Slope Survival
Slope Safety
Skiing Environment
Videos & Apps for  Advancing and Advanced Skiers
Glossary
Acknowledgements

*Tactics for Terrains and Snow Textures--and RacingSkiing Hard Snow/Ice
    Skiing Among Trees
    Skiing Narrow trails
    Skiing Moguls (Bumps)
    Skiing Powder Snow
    Skiing Cold Snow-Warm Snow/New Snow-Old Snow
    Skiing "Spring" Snow
    Skiing Steeps
    Skiing Gates/Racing

Serious skiers (all ski instructors) getting more serious to ski even better--using the hands to simulate ski position; this session is being led by a national demonstration team member at Breckenridge, 2016. Jim, in the orange parka, teaches skiing at Copper Mountain.

From Kahlil Gibran: "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind."

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phone: 970/468-7673
postal mail: 637 Blue Ridge Road, Silverthorne, CO 80498