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See my blog post about this wild event:

http://justformyboys.blogspot.com/2012/04/6.html

FYI _ Jill passed away recently in Bishop. Actually, she passed in Carson City, NV, about 170 miles north of Bishop.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/LoyolaAviator

Enjoy.

What ever happened to the US Ski Coaches Association?

I went to several of their clinics put on by Harald Schoenhaar, Doug Powell, John Armstrong, Bob Harkins, et al, back in the 80's but now I...

I wrote up a little post on my blog about my first years of skiing.

http://justformyboys.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-skiing-ohio-years.html

You might find it interesting.

FYI -it's blocked by EMI.

Speaking of "death" I'm dying to find out how the story ends. Where is Chapter 18?

My "crowd" back in the day were mostly racers and what today we would call extreme skiers. We looked down on the freestylers and acrobats. I remember we called the Olin Mk IV's, "poison ivies", as...

I think Pajarito Mountain, the ski area near Los Alamos, NM, is publicly owned, or maybe it's by the local ski club. An old Ski School Director of mine was the GM, Tommy Long. I worked for him at...

I remember guys using these setups when I was getting started, but I never did.

Another odd thing people did in those days was mix and match toe and heel bindings form different companies. Look...

I started skiing in in '67 when I was 16. I remember looking at Cubco bindings in the ski shop. There was a black anodized style and I thought "Wow, if I had those on a pair of Head 360's with...

They were the best, I skied full-time on them for 24 years (two ski patrol, two coaching and 20 teaching) and never felt even a twing in any fall I ever took. Still using my last pair (purchased in...