New Skate, Spew Skate! As our masters coach told us a week ago, there is
really nothing new in the new skate. The best skiers have been doing it
for years, long before "New Skate" was coined. Coach was skiing and
teaching new skate long before it was "New."

I'm inclined to reject the contention that the best ski the new skate
because they are stronger than the rest of us. The best ski the way they
do because it is the fastest, most efficient. It would be the fastest,
most efficient for the rest of us if we could just break out of our
ingrained muscle-memory way of skating. If we could just train ourselves,
our muscle memory to ski the "new" way, we would ski the same speed with
less effort or faster with the same effort.

Ski Exuberantly,

Hank

Mammoth Lakes, Calif.