Brrrrrr!

Today was a cold day for skiing today (about 1F at 11am) but that didn't stop us. We worked on poling technique and learned how to get more power out of each pole plant.

Despite the cold, I managed to take a few videos. Unfortunately, I tilted the camera sideways to snap them and haven't figured out how to rotate the video on my computer or on blogger. Argh!

Next time I'll keep the camera upright. In the meantime, here are the sideways videos...

Sunshine and Smiles

Skis, Not Skirts kicked off in style today with a lively group of six skiers.

Ruthie provided the entertainment with a recounting of her previous day's adventure finishing the Winterstart classic race with just a single pole. We're still not exactly sure how she managed to lose the other one during the race, but we gave her an A+ for effort.

Annie won the gold star of the day for her unbelievable transformation into a skating goddess after a single technique drill. (Keep your hip over your ski when you transfer from one ski to the other. It really was that easy!)

But all of us made big improvements. And S, if you're reading this, thanks for your (inadvertent) technique tip! We hope you'll join us next time (Sunday 12/21, 11am at Skyway).

Homework for next time: ski, ski, ski!

--Christie


photo: Kim and Ruthie