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Chris Fellow’s Top Ten Off- Piste Ski Runs in St. Anton, Austria   I have been entranced with St. Anton, Austria since 1988 when I first attended the PSIA National Academy in Austria. I had never seen such vast ski terrain or mountains as big. The skiing opportunities are endless and the culture is ski centric with years of history and national pride in the Tyrol region. I have made a pilgrimage to St. Anton regularly since then and have always…

Something you may want to take into consideration while you are hitting it hard in your pre-season workouts. http://www.coreperformance.com/daily/nutrition/why-you-should-drink-cold-water-during-exercise.html

Assessing technique essential to skiing success: This is an excerpt from Total Skiing by Chris Fellows. Below is the excerpt as it appears on the Human Kinetics site. http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/assessing-technique-essential-to-skiing-success  Concepts of Skiing Technique Progressing from the basic stance to precise, carved turns is a process that builds from one core-skill competency to the next. If you skip a component, you may overlook a skill, causing affectations and abnormalities that compromise your technique. However, even if you are on the path…

You need to be strong in order to ski strong.  If you want performance this winter check out one of NASTC’s dryland coaches walking us through some awesome lower body and core strengthening moves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QucizRUprlw

A campaign by one of our sponsors, ClifBar, that is inspiring and thought provoking.  Why is it we push ourselves that extra half mile, or to go a little faster, to take that technical line, risk a little more in the turn, climb up that mountain.  What generates the urge to push and test the limits within yourself.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNYzS_GhJU

Right in our backyard at Squaw Valley.  You are guaranteed to have this show every powder day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIKhbc_-jmM

A vivid moment by moment account of the tragedy at Manaslu http://www.greghill.ca/

How to Buy Goggles: What you should know about lenses, frame sizes and more September 25th, 2012 by Shay Williams Goggles are the window to the skiing world. They’re categorized as an accessory, but they are an essential piece of your kit. Since all goggles offer protection from the wind and cold, there is a litany of choices to be made when finding the right one, at the right price, for you. Spherical Lenses versus Cylindrical Lenses Goggle lenses come…