Thinking of teaching your S.O. or spouse to ski or snowboard? In the words of an experienced Alta ski instructor, “DON’T!” Connie Knab says, “The problem is that there may be emotional issues. Both parties have expectations of each other that would be different from a student/teacher or coach/player relationship.”
Coincidentally, Connie is married to a long time snowboard instructor at Brighton. Tim Knab advises, “Get them in a lesson first, then you can ride or ski while they’re in class, so you won’t be wishing you were out there instead of standing around while they try to learn, getting frustrated because they don’t learn faster.”
But if you still insist on trying to teach ’em yourself, here are some tips:…Â Details
Inawashiro, Japan – The Canadian team finished on a triumphant note at the FIS Freestyle World Championships Sunday in Japan, as Alex Bilodeau, 21, of Rosemere, Que., bounced back from a disappointing eighth place in Saturday’s single moguls final to capture the gold medal in men’s dual moguls. Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) took bronze for the U.S. team.
Japan took the gold and silver for the women’s dual moguls with Aiko Uemura winning and Miki Ito in second. In the men’s dual moguls Japanese skier Nobuyuki Nishi took second and Tapio Luusua of Finland finished in third…Â Details
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The annual Bud Light ReggaeFest, featuring live bands all weekend and two popular events on the ski slopes, is coming to Mount Snow in southern Vermont, March 27–29. Five bands will be performing at two different locations all weekend.
The Sink or Skim pond skimming competition, a notoriously crowd-pleasing event that dares costumed skiers and riders to skim across a frigid 150-foot manmade pond, will start…Â Details
Lindsey Vonn gets her chance Wednesday to become the first American woman to capture two World Cup overall titles.
She enters the downhill in this week’s season finals leading Maria Riesch by 369 points with four races left and 400 points at stake. She needs to finish sixth or better—or ahead of the German—to capture her second straight overall crown.
Tamara McKinney was the only previous U.S. woman to take the overall, in 1983. Vonn has surpassed McKinney’s World Cup victory total and now holds the women’s U.S. record with 20…. Details
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