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Ron

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HH two footed release vids
« on: February 20, 2008, 09:46:14 am »
I just checked out some of HH 2 footed release vids in chopped and pushed stuff. Very similar conditions to what we have been skiing. I really enjoyed the vids and the technique. I will watch more. Thanks Lynn!

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 10:55:03 am »
Ron
Are the videos from the ABCAES books or the newer Essentials? He has added new stuff that is in the Essentials.
Good for you for checking it out!
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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2008, 12:26:52 pm »
Here's the link. Like I said, this is very close to what we have been skiing, except we have had more powder :) I will say, although it pains me, Gary skis this terrain more smoothly than HH!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxHOdUEbqAg&eurl=http://www.harbskisystems.com/hblog/hblogindex.html


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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2008, 01:28:22 pm »
:) I will say, although it pains me, Gary skis this terrain more smoothly than HH!


 ;D? ;D? ;D Ron, that shouldn't pain you at all.? Lew Alcindor also played basketball better than John Wooden,
even though Wooden was one of the better coaches ever.? ?;D? ;D? ;D

EDITED:? For you kids like Ron, John Wooden was the legendary basketball coach at UCLA that won 10 NCAA championships as a coach and is enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame separately as a player and a coach.? However, as great a coach as he was he wasn't as good as several of the players he taught, and one named Lew Alcindor (who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was among the greatest and certainly a better player than Wooden.? The point was that the mark of a good coach isn't how well he skis so much as how well he teaches (although I have certainly heard that HH is a pretty decent skier) and so it shouldn't pain you to point out a student skiing better than the teacher.  I imagine that if Harald were to watch Gary ski he would take some quiet pride in whatever part he played helping Gary grow to that level.
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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2008, 01:36:12 pm »
I think thats good? I have no idea who those guys are  ??? ;D

I started to call Gary Mr. Mercury; smooth, fluid and of course, highly toxic!  he was probably tols how smooth he was bout 5 times that last week in Steamboat by other skiers.


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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2008, 08:25:29 am »
Oh boy.....cripes all this AND an orange jacket.....

HH is and always will be the man that got me going down the road to skiing for real.

I know for me, taking what Harold taught me and fusing John Clendenon techniques has married two AWESOME instructors....that I humbly and? hardly feel I do justice. I too?like you am always working on improving my technique. When skiing, I know where my weaknesses are and knowing them keeps my appetite strong to improve.  I know I rarely give myself the Kudos received by friends because I know I personally have a long way to go to come near the levels of the masters expertise but I DO enjoy the road getting there. It's all good though cause applying what I do know and do well keeps me smiling all over the mountain.

I've never have been the BEST ball striker, the most accurate horse shoe pitcher, BUT, I love the game. For me, enjoy the game as much as possible with my friends and family and take the learing process at a pace that allows both enjoyment of the sport and gradual betterment of the game.

I'm? hoping to get back to see Harold for a private this coming season for a tune up....same with John. I think doing this every few years will keep me skiing well as long as I can still put on my boots.

I think the key is no matter what karate school you belong to, wear your colors proudly, respect other schools, share with those that ask and be with friends that enjoy the sport as much as you do. Yep....I'm a REAL fortunate guy!

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2008, 08:40:34 am »
Well put Gary.
I went skiing yesterday at Elk. Fresh snow on top of ice. By noon piles of semi moguls with ice between, even on the greens. All those nice drills and new skills from camp felt GONE!!
The new skis handled it well, but the skier needs work! Yes, a long road, always something new to learn.
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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2008, 02:29:22 pm »
Thanks Lynn...

I have to share with you one of my favorite Harb stories. After my first clinic with him, I left there and came home thinking my skiing had gone down the toilet bowl. I mean I actually felt like I skied worse than when I arrived at the clinic. The very next weekend I was at my local mountain making turns trying to impliment lift, tip, lighten, counter...etc...and I felt so out of sequence.

After an hour of hard work, I went in for a break and had a friend come up to me and ask "what have you done with your skiing"....and my response was, looks pretty crappy huh? He said no way, really looking smooth solid. Heck, I never saw that coming. 

Point is....keep working on those drills, they will settle and become a part of your every turn. You might not notice at first, but others will and we know it eventually pays off big dividends.

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2008, 10:22:58 am »
Jim, just for the record, it never really pains me :) I have a such a long way to catch up to him.

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2008, 11:23:35 am »
All should know that Ron's skiing in the past 2 seasons has vastly improved. HUGELY!!!

Why....cause he works on it...he understands the concepts...and most of all he loves to improve. He pushes himself to be a better skier. This opens so many more doors on the mountain.
Now as my wife reminds me, not everyone is cut out of the same wick away material...BUT if you got the passion, it is SOOOOO worth it!

Nice skiing Ron....Real Skier Ridge Runners Rule!

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2008, 12:00:43 pm »
Too kind mr. cassara! I have the bruises to prove it! I am learning, I just need stop injuring myself. This is my second season of skiing off-piste and i have learned a lot but have a long way to go. It's all fun though. I really prefer off-piste stuff now to groomers.

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2008, 01:06:40 pm »
Well put Gary.
I went skiing yesterday at Elk. Fresh snow on top of ice. By noon piles of semi moguls with ice between, even on the greens. All those nice drills and new skills from camp felt GONE!!
The new skis handled it well, but the skier needs work! Yes, a long road, always something new to learn.

make sure you take a few moments to compose your head at the top of the run and breath. I bang my pole against my helmet as part of my ritual. It's so easy to get knocked off your game. He really have to focus and remain calm, take each turn, one at a time. This seems to help. Remember, drills are good but there's no substitute for getting out there in "real world" conditions and just keep banging' away! You'll get it, I know you well enough to know this is just a challenge.

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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2008, 01:53:30 pm »
Ron just a thought..

Skiing groomers are a good way to work on technique that support us well in off piste adventures. Errors show up quicker on the groom runs and it's a great place to work on edge  control and release, lightening, upper body lower body separation, pole plants and a solid short turn to name a few.

Take what you learn on the groom to the edges and beyond and those ingrained drills and techniques from groomed practice smooth out everthing else.

Works for me...
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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2008, 07:03:52 pm »

Gary

That is exactly what Harald said at the camp. Practicing on easier terrain than what you usually ski and doing drills and TURNS slower than usual shows faults that exist in the skiers technique. Momentum can disguise a lot.

It amazed me that no one in the camp went to the black terrain on their own time. It seemed everyone was working on the drills &/or skiing on easier slopes to feel their "stuff".

And you guys know that I like a little tree action. Have hit a couple too.  Fortunately in slo-mo.

Whacked my left ear by an errant branch at Winter Park the day prior to the camp. Hurt like a **** for a bit. Uh, was wearing a helmet too. Thank you helmet, for the soft ear coverage.
Lynn
PS, was a pine branch and we all know pines are soft wood.
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Re: HH two footed release vids
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2008, 07:33:26 am »
Yep...it really makes sense.
Interesting no one going to the black. I feel the skier we are when we arrive at a camp gets stripped away and so we almost feel like ski neophytes. Besides, things happen so fast on the black terrain that working on drills becomes a matter of surviving the run...it skiing you and you not skiing it.

And Lynn, as far as you liking a little tree action.....hmmm.... that opens way too many environmentally safe and sound practices in forest conservation, but never the less, whether whacked or bushwhacked by a tree....really hurts....well unless you're into that kind of stuff.

Pine huh....do you have pine scent hanging from your car mirror, do your closets all smell like pine, do you use "Pine-Sol" for that relaxing bath after a romp in the pine woods?

Oh boy...I could be barking up the wrong hardwood!

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Gary