This past winter I met four skiers whose perspective about skiing will pull me through the off-season.
At a showing of the new Warren Miller Film, Bob Dunn was in the audience. Bob was the owner of Boston Hills in Andover Massachusetts from the early 60’s to the late 1980’s. He also operated...
At my camps and clinics I like to take a quick review of some basic skills and one of them is the “Kick Turn”. As a boy I learned to kick turn in my back yard. This was one of the first skills my older brothers drilled into me. Over the years I have used this valuable skill to reverse my...
big sky montana
change direction on a dime
dan egan
egan
elan
empowers you to retreat to safer ground
jackson shuffle
killington
mastering the kick turn
sandy poulsen
skiclinics
skiclinics.com
switch kicker
teton shuffle
the skill requires commitment
Most skiers think that they can slow down by edging more on the steeps, but the opposite is true. A high edge angle at the end of a turn will scoot the ski forward and often cause the skier to become out of balance. Combine this with some tension or stress and a tense downhill leg situation...
Forty inches of snow fell over the week in Big Sky Montana. Visibility is marginal and I’m looking into the abyss over Lone Peak’s Big Coulior. I’m with a group of skiers from Dan Egan’s Steep Camp, ready to test our skills on one of the gnarliest lift-serviced runs Big Sky has to offer...
big sky montana
big sky mountain resort
dan egan
dan egan’s steep camp
johnny egan
lone peak’s big couloir
skiclinics
skiclinics.com
steep skiing
the egan legacy of skiing
will egan
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