Federica Brignone, What can I say? Her second run was amazing! Federica has such a unique style/technique that has been great to analyze and she truly has some interesting tactics and movements that traditionally are not exactly text book, but in certain conditions and situations they are working in her favor. In this second run she was displaying a very classic Ted Ligetyiesque line. Much rounder and nearly the whole run was carved with minimal skidding compared to her compe

Very interesting race! This race was so close, but so many great aspects made it very interesting. I wanted to talk about how the two best slalom skiers in the world are so different, but with nearly the same time. Hirscher and Kristofferson were so close in this race and it definitely could have gone either way. What fascinates me about these two is the complete difference in how they stand on their skis. Their stances are very different, but showing similar times and result

What skiers inspire me? I thought I would make a series on who my favorite skiers are and what aspects of their skiing inspire me. Last season doing the WC analysis I was also asked to analyze the WC mogul skiing. I have been thinking about it, but I never consistently watch modern WC mogul skiing. When I was a kid I used to love watching the mogul skiing on TV and actually it is still the type of skiing I prefer watching to this day, but, in my opinion, modern WC mogul skiin

Tessa Worley! Wow what an incredible performance in terrible conditions. The conditions did make many of the athletes look very bad, but in Tessa’s case she wore the bumps and skied it like it was meant to be skied. Congratulations! This was a very interesting race because I was eager to see who performed best on the second run in the later stages as the course deteriorated. That is where I think it separated the best skiers. When the going gets tough the best skiers shine an

Make skiing sexy again! I always talk about whether skiing is becoming more popular and what are the popular trends in skiing. As a ski school owner it is important to know what people want to do on their ski holidays. When I was a kid I remember watching ski movies and being so pumped to go skiing. The lifestyle, the cool moves, the extreme clothing and the fun (perceived fun). I remember watching the movie “ski school” and thinking, “I will be a ski instructor, that looks l