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Spring Tele Tips From Dano Cruz

Introduction It's April and spring has arrived, bringing with it long lazy days on the snow and in the sun. Whether you are still getting turns at a favorite ski area or hiking for vertical in the backcountry, this is a great time to work on skills to take with you going into next season. With this in mind here is Dano Cruz welcoming us into Spring 2004, first presenting more than a dozen "ten second tips" from friends and just folks we met on the mountain one day earlier this month, then D. Cruz follows up with 3 of his unique video tip segments below.

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Part One A solid stance and a strong core--- that's what Dano seems to be addressing here in this 2 minute part 1 of his 2004 Spring Tips Series, but of course DC explains these important fundamentals in the familiar D. Cruz style. We wouldn't have it any other way.	12mb Windows Media 1mb Windows Media 20mb Mpeg
Part Two The power of the pinky--- Dano Cruz says, "It's important to really focus on pressuring the little toe of your uphill ski...a lot of the power in the telemark turn is in the rear ski, in order to get that energy out of the back ski be thinking about pressuring your pinky toe of your uphill ski."	10mb Windows Media 1mb Windows Media 15mb Mpeg
Part Three On being dynamic throughout the turn- "It's about always being in motion, down and up, down and up, don't let yourself freeze in one position. You'll find that's when your skis start chattering and bad things begin to happen..."	16mb Windows Media 2mb Windows Media 23mb Mpeg

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