Improving methods...

It's been at least 38 years since I haven't taught an adult beginner skiing, and it was quite refreshing yesterday to shoot a video showing a morning private lesson with a young adult who had never skied before.

I was amazed how both the equipment and also decades of accumulated best practices and thoughtful ideas have shortened the learning curve and allowed a rank beginner to go from zero to independence on snow in less than three hours.

Is the method that I saw used by all instructors in Deer Valley Resort? Is the PSIA ahead of the French ENSA in terms of teaching methodology? I don't have the answer to either question, but I'd love to know...