The Prohibition of Snow Boarding by Gary Heins - HTML preview

THE PROHIBITION OF SNOW-BOARDING

by GH--USST

Meeting In the Eggs Aisle, Arizona

The Great Terrain Robbery

Boarder Rustlers & Fun-Guiders at the Not-OK Corral

--Greed, Political Correctness, Sore Feet, No Poles

Why SnowBoarding Is a Crime

Border Patrol+ Fun Control --At Svrl Major Ski Areas

--Hazards, Snow Trouble, TP Mentality, Dangers

How SnowBoarders Have Infected Skiers

Terrain Park 'N-Trax' & 'D-Trax'--& the Skier Marshal

+ costly damage, Hydraulic Skiing, fire dangers The Neophyte FUBAR--& Turn-Marshal Corruption

--paradox, aggravation, setback (no poles) The 'Ox-Bow' Incidents--& the Skate Police --skidometers, lateral-feet citations Smoke-n-Mirrors in Ski Technology

The Ski Industry's Reformation& MissInformation

'Shaped Skis' vs 'Straight Skis'
'Straight Skis' always had Shape
--Rounded Ski Tips mean 'Shorter Skis'
Pointed Tips mean 'Longer Skis'
--Beveled Edges don't mean 'Longer Skis'
'Amount of Tread' Matters
The 'Forward Moving' Myth & Sonny Bono Tragedy
'Turning slows us down' Half-Truth
'Across-the-Mtn vs Down' Dilemma
Uphill Christies mean Head-On Collisions
'Weight-On-the-Downhill Ski' Half-Truth
'RailRoad-Track Turn' Lie---(no pole work)
The Sorry Absence of Short-Swing Turns
The Unnecessary 'White-Pass Turn'
The Men Who Taught Puberty Balance
And Why SnowBoarding's Less Interesting

The Enforcement Of True Downhill Skiing

By GARY HEINS--U.S. SKI TEACHER
Overview:Why Skiing Needs Law & Order--HMB
--skid/carve, wedge/'parallel,' ski-pole issues
--Declarations & The Clarification of 'Experience'

Beginners' Needs

Long-Enough Skis, Not Too Short Wedges For Control Armed with Poles For Balance Parallel Understanding, No Real Carving

Intermediates' Needs

Side-Slipping Exercises Pole Plants Before Turns Green Carving Introduction Some Green Powder Orientation

Advanced Skiers' Needs

Linked Side-Slips for Steep One Prized 'Secret' Pole Plant & Short-Swing Intermediate Powder Orientation Carving Restricted to Green n Easy Blue

Experts' Needs---Maslow's Hierarchy

Teachers Who Know What They Need
A Small Word About Teaching Kids
Too Much Wedge, Pole Issue, Mild Powder
Preschoolers & Kindergarteners
one-on-one, harness option

More Turns Of the New Millennium

If PROHIBITION Doesn't Work, ABOLITION!
'But I expect snow-boarding to just fizzle out'
swivel war, immobility, no self-respect
The New GARY HEINS-- SKI-TURNER -At-LAW 201
--'Why the Hell Not?!'
Nobody tried harder
Anybody can 'join' PSIA
General Public sees Ski School as a Joke
--so does Ski Patrol
Let's Keep 'Em Honest