| Teaches: | Ski - Alpine, Adaptive |
|---|---|
| Home Mountain: | Blue Mountain (PA), Palmerton, PA |
| Gender: | Male |
| Certifications: | |
| Years Teaching: | 47.1 |
| Years at Blue Mountain (PA): | 47.1 |
About
My reward is to see the smile that occurs when someone enjoys the sport as much as I do. Having taught over a period of 40 years, I have become re-energized over the excitement that the innovative designs have generated. It is amazing to see the confidence that students gain so readily from all the ski innovations that have occurred over the last decade. Truly, skis have finally been designed to permit a first-timer to ski comfortably making their first turns and the experienced skier learn what it is to actually “carve” a turn.
As for my experience teaching adaptive skiing, I am most proud of my 13-year old partially blind and autistic student whose mother indicated “…I don’t expect much success, but we are a skiing family and I would love to just see him enjoy skiing the teaching hill….”. Two years of patiently guiding him to begin skiing blue trails, the family moved back to England. The following season, I received a postcard, addressed from the Alps, with the Mom writing, “…amazed that her son was keeping up with the family…!”. That is why I teach.
About
My reward is to see the smile that occurs when someone enjoys the sport as much as I do. Having taught over a period of 40 years, I have become re-energized over the excitement that the innovative designs have generated. It is amazing to see the confidence that students gain so readily from all the ski innovations that have occurred over the last decade. Truly, skis have finally been designed to permit a first-timer to ski comfortably making their first turns and the experienced skier learn what it is to actually “carve” a turn.
As for my experience teaching adaptive skiing, I am most proud of my 13-year old partially blind and autistic student whose mother indicated “…I don’t expect much success, but we are a skiing family and I would love to just see him enjoy skiing the teaching hill….”. Two years of patiently guiding him to begin skiing blue trails, the family moved back to England. The following season, I received a postcard, addressed from the Alps, with the Mom writing, “…amazed that her son was keeping up with the family…!”. That is why I teach.