Hi U10s!

I cannot believe it's Friday already! Man, this week flew by!

We had a great time skiing all over the mountain yesterday. We skied every (open) tree run, and ripped it down so many trails that were all in perfect shape. I think yesterday was our top day if I were to count number of runs in a day this season.

Today was very productive, I took a moment to go over the "engineering" of the ski with everyone. Showing them how it bends, and how it pops. I think seeing this gave them some good understanding why we are always trying to get them to push the ski into the turn, and now we focused on getting it to "pop" out of the turn.

GS training this afternoon was great. Kids are doing a great job with setting their line and carving the turn. I love it when they come to the finish and know what they need to do better next run, without us telling them anything.

Tomorrow we will start with directed free skiing, then train SL in the afternoon. If you already own slalom gear, they can put it on after lunch. I will not let kids free ski with chinnies on, so please do not send your U10 out with one on before training begins.

Sunday is the U12/14 qualifier and the weather is going to be "iffy" It may be difficult to set a course, so our schedule is up in the air. Please stay tuned, and plan on simply directed free skiing that day, until I know what we can do that day.

What a wonderful week of skiing!