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ROAD TRIP WORTH TAKING: GET YOUR CROSS COUNTRY SKI ON!
Every professional ski and snowboard instructor has taken a road trip to ride another mountain – whether for powder, legendary steeps, or to check out a new terrain park. But how many have hit the road to skate some superbly groomed trails or to kick and glide through an endless forest? Make this the year you take your free-heel act on the road to see and ski some new terrain. And thanks to a Top 10 list of “Best Cross Country Ski Resorts” from USA Today, here are a few suggestions: 1. Trapp Family Lodge - Stowe, VT. 2. American Birkebeiner Trail - Hayward, WI 3. Tahoe Donner - Truckee, CA 4. Devil’s Tumb Ranch - Tabernash, CO 5. SilverStar Mountain Resort - Vernon, British Columbia 6. Lone Mountain Ranch - Big Sky, MT. 7. Craftsbury Outdoor Center - Craftsbury Common, VT 8. Royal Gorge Cross Country Resort - Soda Springs, CA 9. Jackson Ski Touring Center - Jackson, NH 10. Mount Bachelor Nordic Center - Bend, OR
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DESCRIBE YOUR FIRST SKI OR SNOWBOARD SETUP.
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Bright red Atomic thin pointy skis and Atomic boots, hand-me-downs from a Ski Team friend, V VZDJ EOXH flXff\ RQH piece ski suit.
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Völkl Aura 163 Big Mountain Ski (super versatile), Marker *ULffRQ ELQGLQJV
Dalbello Kyra boots (feel like slippers), and Leki poles
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Snowboard Level I, Alpine Level I, Children’s Specialist 1
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Used ski boots, a pair of used racing skis (one of three pairs we bought for $10).
Learn their names, show the drills, given them a chance to explore, with limited explanations. Always focus on their feet, and on safety.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN INSTRUCTOR?
As a tennis pro from CA, I’ve always loved seeing my students excel. Now that I live in the Rockies I’m excited to share my other passion of skiing, too.
WHAT ARE YOUR TEACHING GOALS?
To continue helping people learn new skills and receiving positive feedback from my students and their parents.
I needed a job and was “too educated” to get one using my degrees.
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Safety straps around my ankles and rental gear that I could upgrade as I progressed!
Elan skis, Dalbello boots, POC helmet/goggles
It was a great holiday job when I was in university, which took me to
Europe and exposed me to travel and living the dream!
Orange and white Rossignol junior skis with blue/gray rear-entry boots. No helmet, no poles, and no goggles. Times have changed!
To help instructors make this their lifelong profession with
retirement opportunities and access to all this LQGXVWU\ KDV WR RffHU
Depends on the day! For groomers it’s the Elan Amphibio 16; for powder and crud the Elan 88Xti Fusion.
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