Ok, I’ll Say it Now…
I. Want. To. Ski. It’s July. I’ve made it 3 1/2 months. That’s enough. Where’s the snow? I need to downhill ski ASAP! -Tony
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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Days Are Getting Shorter Now
Well, it just turned summer and I can’t wait to get back to skiing. This is just a reminder that the days are getting shorter now. Loveland starts making snow in 3 months, too. Ski season will get here – it’s not that far away. During the summer, I’m studying skiing. I want to keep…
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2012-13 Ski Season Over
This season was a good and long season for me. It started in early November with a trip to Loveland Ski Area in Colorado and ended on April 7th at Vail, Colorado. It looks like I did 42 days of skiing this year. I had the two Colorado trips and then a trip up to…
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2013 PSIA-C Spring Rally / CO Trip
Wow, what a great trip! I flew into Denver on the 3rd from Arizona where I was visiting my parents, brother, sister in law and nephew for a few days and for Easter. I went over to Harb Ski to get some boot work done. I got some work done on my left boot to…
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My First Time Snowboarding
Here are some pictures of the first time I learned to snowboard. What a noob I was! This was back in March of 2006, so 7 years ago. This was before I was a ski instructor, even. What happened was, my buddy, Karl, and I went up to Indianhead Mountain for a ski trip. The…
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Cascade Closed for the Season
Well, Cascade closed yesterday for the season. It’s sad that ski season there is over. As always, it seems to have gone too fast. I went in on Saturday and had my last two lessons of the year. The first was a group and they were fun. The snow was pretty icy and fast that…
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Wrapping Up the Midwest Ski Season
Where has the season gone? We’re going into mid March now and the snow is starting to disappear. It’s sad. It was a fun season. February seemed to fly by. Here’s a picture of Jamie, Pete and I taken last Saturday: This might have been my last time skiing at Cascade. I may have other…
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Not Good News: Man Dies at Devil’s Head
This is just horrible. They don’t mention if he was wearing a helmet or not but it’s a good idea to wear one. Madison man dies in skiing accident (channel3000.com) Man struck a tree while downhill skiing Remember to be safe skiing – follow the rules: Your Responsibility Code (psia.org) Always stay in control. People…
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Skiing 5 of the Last 6 Days!
Last night, the powder at Cascade was amazing! I loved it. We don’t get these days too often and there were people taking advantage of it but not so many that there were any lines. I might have got 20 runs in within the 90 minutes I was out there skiing. The best run was…
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March 2013 Ski Trip
If I go tonight (which I plan to – maybe, it’s snowing good today (I did end up going) but it’s pretty wet since it’s around 30 degrees), then I will have skied 5 times in the last 6 days. Nice! Here are some pictures from our trip to the Upper Penninsula (the “U. P….
