Ski Season is Coming!
It’s October but I’m thinking about starting skiing in December. We’re having weekly clinics – without snow, of course. I’m really looking forward to this year!
Author: Tony Herman
Tony is a Level 2 Certified PSIA Ski Instructor located at Cascade Mountain in Portage, WI. He teaches beginning and intermediate ski lessons to adults and private skiing lessons with kids. Book an appointment today.
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Colorado Ski Trip
This was my first trip to Colorado to ski. I’ve been to Utah twice. A bunch of ski instructors from Cascade and the NASTAR racers were heading out to CO to ski and it worked out that I could go. I got there on Wednesday and the whole area, including Denver, got like 13" the…
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Yooper Ski Trip 2010
Al and I took a trip up to the U.P. and it was great. We hit Granite Peak (Rib Mountain in Wausau) on the way up. It was a great way to break up the trip and we got there right at 10am. There was fresh snow waiting for us and not many other skiers….
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Harald Harb Ski Clinic
We had a skiing clinic last night at Cascade. He got in a little late due to traffic but I’m glad I stayed around for it. We had 2 hours with Harald Harb and there were just 5 of us in the clinic, which was nice. He mainly went over the movements required to make…
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Skiing in India?
Ok, I wasn’t skiing in India but got to teach of few people from Chennai how to ski. Up at Cascade, we seem to get a lot of people in from the Chicago area. I ask them where they’re from and they just say "Chicago" instead of what actual suburb they’re in since they think…
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Warm Day on the Snow
I think the threat of rain scared everyone away today. It’s usually pretty busy at Cascade but today… nope. I didn’t even get any lessons but had a fun day anyway. I took a clinic with Erika in the morning, then some free skiing with Bob and Jaime C. and then lunch up at the…
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Ski Season 2009-2010
I think the season’s going well so far. I’ve taught a bunch of lessons and have just been skiing up at Cascade Mountain. We’ve had good snow but the temps have been cooler than normal. This last week and right now we’re in a break from the cold temps, which is really nice. The snow,…
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Local Ski Lift Disaster at Devil’s Head
Yikes, you hate hearing stories like this – people getting injured using a ski lift. There was some sort of problem with the lift where people were going backwards for about 2 minutes. People were jumping off while others were somehow getting slammed into a wall or something. Three people were seriously injured and 14…
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Skiing Equipment Online Resource
Well, ski and snowboard season is what? Like 2 to 3 months away still but I’ve got skiing on my mind! In just two days, we start our dryland clinics at Cascade. Those should be fun and useful as I got for my Level 2 exam this year. We’ll talk about skiing, do presentations, do…
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Actress’ Fatal Skiing Accident
It’s sad to hear about Natasha Richardson’s ski accident. She was apparently taking a lesson: Natasha Richardson is Brain Dead After Ski Accident (www.nypost.com) The British-born Richardson, 45, fell during a private lesson at Mont Tremblant resort yesterday and allegedly told resort employees she felt fine. But an hour later, she complained of an extreme…