David Glynn

Class 1 separation? Did it once; hurt like hell. Healed up fairly fast. hope you heal quickly

Here are 3 more pics from the 17th. Seb thanks again for the rider IDs

Here are some pics from the 17th's PGS. Seb thanks for the rider's ID. It was fun being so close to the action. Love it!!

Here are some more pics.

Here are some results. I was a gate keeper for both races. The riding was awesome. I did not get a results sheet and my camera battery was dead at the end of the day (both days) so I could not take a picture of the leader board. And I'm sorry that I could not remember the women's names. The women rode awesome in the finals.Tues there was a problem with one of the starting gate timers so they had to qualify as singles. We did not get off the hill till about 5. Today went off with out a hitch Tue. 15th Morrison (Canada) 1st klug 9th Jasey Jay Anderson 9th (Canada) Vic. DSQ Trap did not quallify Thu. 17th Jasey 1st His teammate( name started with an L) 2nd (also made the olympic team) Sorry that is all I can remember. A Russian woman won the woman's side I can't quite figure how to attach images. If someone can walk me through it?

This is my take on turn initiation for carving the groomed. Initiate the turn with the downhill(outside) ski, with your little toe, by trying to push it down into the snow. That move will push the ski a little forward but more importantly will pull the hips and every thing else along with it into the new turn. If you continue to focus on that little toe into the new turn you will find your weight more evenly distributed on both skies. Then it is a mater of whether you choose to keep it there. Personally I'm a big fan of the downhill ski, especially on steeper runs. I tend to use my uphill ski a lot in moguls but the dominate ski is still the downhill ski. The downhill ski will tend to move forward in the initiation and then catch up to, and then pass the new downhill ski through the turn. This is a function of biomechanics, and happens naturally. It can, of course, be reduced or exagerated for various reasons. I have an issue with that natural move being countered in some of today's instruction methods especially to lower and mid level skiers. I also like to turn my brain off when free skiing and just feel. I hate it when it gets in the way. I think it is one of those man made obstacles we are warned about on the back of our passes.

I've taught a lot of people to ski. A shorter ski is good, make sure it is from the current vintage of skies. I.E. shaped. I would not go with snow blades or that type of ski. Get some real skies. Take a lesson. Stay on the bunny hill till you can relax. Relaxation will open the door to learning. Skiing is not hard. Just to get use to your skis, move around with one ski on; after a few minutes, switch feet. Then put them both on and do the same. you will not need to spend much time with this. Learn to side step up an incline. Learn to snowplow. Without going through a whole lesson the best thing I can tell you is to look where you want to go. Your body posture will automatically get you doing the right thing. If you want to go left look left. If you want to go right look right. If you don't want to hit something quit looking at it. It really is pretty simple to get started. Laugh a lot.

I just heard today that the Olympic qualifiers for Boarded Cross and PGS are going to be held here in Telluride. Don't know what the venue for PGS will be. Milk Run would be the best venue, but I have serious doubts that it could be ready in time. Hope we have a good early winter so Milk Run can be ready.

Neil, Sorry to hear about your injury/surgery. I hope you heal fast and well. How did Tara's season go?

I got a Prior WCR Metal 183 mid winter and find it to be an awesome board in all respects. Could not be more happy with it.

My acl tears were 40 and 60%. They healed up fine. My son had an 80% acl tear and he healed up 100% in a few of months. Prolo works. Hope you are 100% soon.

Mike sorry to hear of your injury. Glade to hear that you know about prolotherapy. I've posted about it a few times here. I think every athlete should know about it. I've had it on both knees for partially torn acls and mcls. Had very good results on both knees. Hope you heal fast.

I'm with Jack, I don't see a 6* bumper in those pic's either. Is that a delam along your edge? A 6* will be almost 15/16 of an inch tall and will have 6 dimples in the top.