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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Learn to Ski: Chapter 4 – From Wedge to Parallel Skiing
We don’t typically teach turning in a wedge, but some hills do. If you’re still tuck turning in a wedge, it’s best to go parallel since it’ll take less muscle, make you more efficient and you won’t get tired so quickly.
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Learn To Ski Videos
Since I do ski instructing, I did some searching for some good videos and found them. If you’re into skiing, check these out. I think they’re done pretty well. Learn to Ski: Chapter 1 – Philosophy of Skiing Learn to Ski: Chapter 2 – The Dynamic Basic Position Learn to Ski: Chapter 3 –…
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Opening Weekend at Cascade 2007
Well, on Friday we got notice that we’d open up the next day so I got up there on Saturday morning and got to ski the 2 full runs that were open. I also got to give 2 lessons as well. The snow was ok, actually. Let’s keep these temps going so we can make…
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Passed the PSIA Level 1 Exam!
Wow, what a fun weekend and vacation. Karl and I got up there on Thursday night. We skied Friday. I demoed some skis and then went to MC Sports where they were having a huge clearance sale and I picked up some new Head 300i skis (163mm, 14.1 radius) and Salomon boots. I then “tested”…
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Ski Trip 2007
Karl and I are up here in Marquette, MI skiing at Marquette Ski Mountain. It’s pretty nice. Not as big as Indianhead, but we’re enjoying it. Today had some great skiing. I ended picking up new skis and boots today since I found a great sale at MC Sports. I got some Head, high performance…
