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by Jonny
Monday 23 January 2012, 13:41
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: EC instructors in USA in Vermont/NJ/NY/PA areas?
Replies: 17
Views: 15986

Re: EC instructors in USA in Vermont/NJ/NY/PA areas?

Killington??? Ouch! There's no way I would ever bring a carving board to K-Mart unless it were about -20° and I knew there'd be no one else around. Just no alpinism/good manners/slope awareness, or not enough anyway, and you'd spend your whole day looking way uphill during every turn just to be sure...
by Jonny
Monday 23 January 2012, 2:06
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: EC instructors in USA in Vermont/NJ/NY/PA areas?
Replies: 17
Views: 15986

Re: EC instructors in USA in Vermont/NJ/NY/PA areas?

Lots of East Coast guys CAN make EC turns, but the current Ice Coast approach places a lot more emphasis on a more erect upper body, with the shoulders much more parallel to the angle of the hill - tends to be a more reliable and less punishing technique on the nasty pseudo-snow we're on so much. Ge...