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In skiing, a “centered” stance is important because it allows all our joints to flex so we feel in balance and can use our body efficiently. Skiing requires the participant to start from a balanced and centered position, but being centered and balanced doesn’t mean that we are static or that we always have to be in the center of our stance to be balanced. We can be center-center, we can be center-forward, and we can be center-back, yet we are still balanced within a dynamic range.

Read more about what it means to have a centered stance in the article A Centrally Located Stance Is Where It’s At by Megan Harvey - a current member of the PSIA Alpine Demonstration team. The article was originally published in the PSIA magazine - The Professional Skier.

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“What ski length should I be on?” is a frequently asked question. Patrick Hunter wrote an article on this subject, and while it was written over ten years ago, the article contains some important concepts and perspectives worth considering. Hunter’s perspective: “So, how long should skis be? I believe as short as posible! Why take on any more baggage than you need?”

Read more of Hunter’s thoughts on how to choose ski length in the article Ski Length: How Long Should You Go? The article was orginally published in the Spring 1996 issue of PSIA’s magazine - The Professional Skier.

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Victor Gerdin, an instructor and trainer in the Ski & Snowboard Schools Of Aspen, and a former member of the PSIA National Alpine Demonstration Team, offers some important insights about the value of using skiboards to develop mogul skiing skills. His conclusion: skiboards really are terrific tools for teaching students to perceive ski/snow interaction, refine balance, carve arcs, control turn shape and pick a line through the bumps.

Victor’s article, Making The Switch To Skiboards In The Bumps, was originally published in the PSIA magazine - The Professional Skier. The article copyright is held by PSIA but is re-published here in its entirety because it is no longer available on the PSIA web site.

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Author and ski teacher Lito Tejada-Flores used to run the “Breakthrough On Skis” ski week program in Aspen/Snowmass. His perspective on mogul skiing: “In my own bump skiing and in my bump teaching I like to use a more relaxed foot and a looser flatter ski, letting my skis slip through the moguls rather then making the edges bite. Soft bump skiing can be a relaxing dance. Most of the time, I can’t see any advantage in trying to carve in bumps.” Read more about Lito’s thoughts on ski technique in this interesting article “To Carve, Or Not To Carve“.

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Bill Pennington is a nationally recognized travel and ski writer who currently writes a weekly winter sports column in the New York Times Sports Section. In 2004 he wrote an article about Aspen’s Bumps For Boomers mogul and powder ski instruction program which resonated so well with readers that - although the article is almost 3 years old - clients still come to our ski clinics with a copy of the article in-hand.

Take a moment and read the article - A New Way for the Over-50 Crowd to Keep Its Edge.

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The words “bump skiing” can conjure up images of skiers barreling down a slope with their feet and legs locked together, knees pumping up and down at the speed of light, and turns that seem to be mere deflections. It doesn’t have to be that way though. Any intermediate skier with the ability to switch balance from foot to foot and enough skill to tip and turn the skis can have fun in the bumps. The key lies in using a “pivot-slip” turn to control speed and change direction.

Read more about this technique in the article Slip Turns Are Pivotal In The Bumps by Rob Sogard - a former member of the PSIA Alpine Demonstration team.  The article was originally published in the PSIA magazine - The Professional Skier.

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Here is an article entitled Since The Last Time You Were In Aspen that was published in The December 13, 2004 issue of New York Magazine.  It includes a mention of both the Bumps For Boomers mogul and powder skiing program and the Bowl For Boomers program.

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Everett Potter, an internationally recognized travel writer, just published a nice article on the Aspen-based Bumps For Boomers mogul and powder ski lesson program. The article reflects his personal experience with the Aspen ski school program. Read the article on Everett Potter’s Travel Report.

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