Wow, Wow, Wow,Wow and Wow and I'm only through the first disc. Was this ever needed !! I am a ski instructor in New York at Hunter Mtn. I really got back into things a few years ago and it's been very tough to get a clear complete and detailed guide especially on disc to comprehend what for me is the "new" skiing. Even just the first disc is so fantastic, so clear so complete and comes from such depth of understanding it's really mind blowing !!

I just want to commend you on what a brilliant piece of work you have done with your DVDs!!!...I have watched through all 4 to get to see all the drills in my mind and have started doing a lot of the drills though not exactly in the order you suggest (It made sense for me that I did some in tangent with the others even though I know you recommend progressing from one set of drills to the next).

Anyway I am amazed at the immediate benefits to be gained just from understanding what is trying to be achieved via the drills, nevermind then practising them!...I have a very long way to go in practising still, but am very happy to report back that already I am a different type of skier in that my mindset has been totally changed by your DVD coaching and my basic skills have improved dramatically just from the drills I have been doing. As a friend of mine who has been skiing for many years stated out of the blue the other day "...you have been improving in leaps and bounds lately...I can see you have a whole new stance while you ski...".

So well done and keep up the great work!! I am seriously looking forward to your next 2 DVDs....

Mike, New Zealand

Hello Rick,

My DVD's arrived a couple of days ago. I have watched them a few times and they are great. I started skiing again in 2007 after many years away and I wish I had had these DVDs then. I took a series of lessons in 2007 and I reckon I have  learnt at least as much  from your DVDs as in all those expensive ! lessons.

Actually I was a bit discouraged after 2007 and haven't bothered with skiing at all since I came back to Australia. I am coming to the US again in 2010 and am now looking forward to skiing  better and enjoying it more.

Cheers Mike,

Queensland Australia

Dear Rick!

Thank you very much for your DVD! You have done really great work!

I am  so excited! Your lessons helped me a lot to improve my skills and understand the physics of skiing in very short period of time!  The Theoretical part of your DVD  is very important not just to understand a common conception of skiing but to make each single movement of each drill properly! In my case I can not repeat mechanically I have to understand. I have written a notes of your  first two DVD  and during  the seven days I practiced your drills on Hunter Mountain. As a result I has successfully completed the Hunter Mountain Snowsport School Instructor Training Course. Maybe for someone it is a piece of cake but for me it is a big deal! Because first time I put on ski boots  four years ago and all together I  have being skiing  about thirty days but seven days  with  help of your DVD ! Now I am able to improve my skills fast and easy and  ski confidently and enjoy the sensation of flying! 

Thank you very much many times!

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes!

Your Russian student Elena.

Dear Rick,

I received your complete video series for Christmas and couldn't wait to watch them.  I returned to skiing at the age of 49, after a 15 year hiatus.  By age 62 I was still floundering as an intermediate, frustrated at my inability to advance, in spite of lessons, reading, and studying ski technique.  When I received your videos I started out by viewing all six to get an overview.  What I discovered was that although I had developed a useful set of skills I couldn't figure out how to eliminate the gross upper body movements and the inefficient skidded windshield wiper turns I was making.  In your video on Angulation I discovered that when I would come down into a turn I was coming down centered over my skis and then pushing my ski tails out to the side to scrub off speed.  Your video showed me that by simply pushing my knees out to the side and then coming down into a turn my skiing improved.  After I combined that with several sessions of skiing on the inside edge of my outside ski, as shown in your Basic Balance video, I discovered that I was strong on my right foot but weak on my left.  Repeating the one footed drill corrected that problem and I improved even more.  Then, yesterday, I was skiing with some very advanced skiing friends and took on several double back diamonds.  I was amazed at the increase in edge control and at how fluid my turns started to become.  Each time I came down into my turns I could feel my edges bite into the snow with much less skidding and much more control.  I can't wait to see what happens next as I continue to experiment with the amazing collection of drills you provided in your video series. 

Prior to seeing your videos the best instructional video I had seen was Lito Flores Tijeda's "How to Get Out of the Intermediate Rut".  This was an excellent video, but your series is much more complete and offers the kind of detailed instruction available no where else.  Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to the sport of skiing. 

Joe

Pennsylvania

Hi Rick,

I just wanted to tell you how much I am enjoying your site. I have been skiing and taking lessons for years and never had as clear an explanation or as good a visualization of the mechanics/physics of what I’m trying to do as I have been getting with your building blocks DVDs. Thanks for your excellent product.

Michael  M.D.   

Florida

I wish I'd had your DVD set about 7 years ago....I'd be a WAY better skier!!   ...   Your demos are very easy to understand and the explanations and "hints" that also appear as text on the screen are very well done.  The photography is probably the best I've seen on any ski-training stuff

Not only interesting but possibly the best "explanation" of "rotary" and "steering" I've ever read.  In my estimation Rick has his head on straight and nailed the true meaning and application of our most misunderstood primary skill in PSIA's ATS

...it's all gold - master what he shows you and you will be a better skier. The progressive organisation of the drills is clearly very carefully thought out - each drill is a natural progression from the previous one and leads naturally into the next one. ... This is a great project and on the while fantastically clearly explained. The demos are all brilliantly done and it's perfectly clear what is and is not expected. ... This really is gold-dust. Unless you are an accomplished racer everyone will get something out of this. The exercises lifting the inside ski in various ways will improve almost everything about most people's skiing (...carving, ... dynamic skiing). ... And of course any trainee instructors/coaches will find this a gold-mine of exercises to inflict on their poor unsuspecting pupils. ... But the $64,000 question - does it work? YOU BETCHA! ... black moguls with no poles, and even one zipper line run when I got to the bottom and felt like I'd just floated down it. And the ultimate high - part way through the afternoon, I realised that people were stopping at the side of the slope to watch me ski it!