DISCLAIMER . . . & CLAIMER
It is not my intention to deny anyone or any group of people . . . of activities they feel are rightfully theirs--it's a free country. I do, however, intend to help as many skiers as I possibly can. . . to reach their full poten-tial--millions. This book doesn't claim to be for everybody, just those people who feel . . . neglected, misunderstood, accidentally abused, even discouraged, disempowered, or disenfranchised . . . by the dysfunctional pecking-order status-quo; but, hey, that's a lot of people out there--millions. Who knows?--maybe we can win a few converts . . . from dysfunctional snow-boarding . . . to the more practical tried-n-true downhill skiing--there's no need to be hobbled with a snow-board when a pair of skis is always available.
Let's face it: the Ski Schools haven't gotten the job done for a couple of decades now. At best, they've been half-right--that's one reason why snow-boarding has taken off like wild-fire . . . or maybe more like a herd of sheep. The Ski Schools generally haven't done the Skiing Public justice, and they haven't done all the instructors justice: it's been politics as usual with too much factional-n-individual scheming for power, with too few guys at the top . . . living off the high turnover at the instructor entry level--that high turnover is perpetuated by the greedy few at the top, and it helps them keep the general populace ignorant.
Every now and then, an individual ski instructor shines above the rest, . . . only to be stifled or even totally shut down because he's a threat to the comfy status-quo. Everything we think, feel, and do . . . matters; we create our own destiny--if you don't understand that yet, you are missing the boat . . . or at least the last chair-lift ride to a more celestial place. This book is more for leaders, not followers, ski-it-yourselfers who are willing to take responsibility for their own turns in life--as responsibility means freedom; . . . but we must follow something for awhile . . . until we learn how to lead. Yet great leaders are wise enough to turn to others when they could use help. . . . Enjoy what you learn here up on the mountain, kindly giving attribution; . . . and you're welcome to transfer what you learn here . . . to another walk of life---but this niche is taken (as well as some of my other topics, like WESTERN SWING).
As usual, don't get sidetracked by a few typos--in fact, try to savor some of the more-intentional ones. The message is here--that's what counts. It ain't easy being one of the only lonely ones brave enough to point out that the emperor is not wearing any clothes.
Don't thank me now. Read the book first, . . . and maybe a few others that have a common thread. There are some obvious clues in this book, some a bit less obvious, candles along the way for those who look for them, . . . that will help you climb out of the morass . . . or help your friends climb out. You can't climb out shackled to a snowboard.
--GARY HEINS SWINGIN' G BOOKS
"Political Correctness by the early 1990s
is largely to blame for the rise of Snow-Boarding.
And I find it interesting that
Snow-Boarding got into the Olympics
about the same time the AmericanDisabilitiesAct was passed.
The funny thing is:
Snow-Boarders aren't disabled or handicapped
. . . until they put their snow-board on their feet.
SnowBoarding is Dysfunctional,
and Dysfunctionality has become the norm
in too many Walks of Life."
--GARY HEINS
U.S. SKI TEACHER
"The Question now is:
Who do we thank for Political Correctness?"
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"Anyone who says
'This or That can't be taught, It can only be learned,'
hasn't stopped to think.
Anything that can be learned . . . can be taught,
subliminally or unintentionally maybe,
but it definitely is taught,
even if by the slope or the snow or the student himself.
It's just common sense:
teaching and learning are
opposite sides
of the same equation."
--GARY 'HEINSTEIN'
Teacher & Learner
(not leecher-n-turner)
"Take that, MW."