This is perfectly timed as I reflect on my challenging/inspirational day yesterday on Mt. Hood. From wind-blown ice patches in bad visibility, to fresh powder and unexpected sticky icky spots... I had to be on my toes and ready to realign as I moved down the mountain. I love the challenge. Great day. Love and healing to you all.
Marcus Caston is inspirational to me. He skis so chaotically but somehow is always in control, also always looks like hes having so much fun. I always try to emulate him in the moguls :)
I wish you a speedy recovery from the wrist surgery! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I'm doing PT for my knee surgery to repair the ACL I ruptured teaching a class of kids at Snoqualmie Summit Central in January.
Thank you so much, Deb. With your videos, I managed to I go from having skiied once in my life at the start of this season to comfortably doing double-black tree runs at my home resort by the end of it.
Great video. This should be listed as the definition as to why people ski. Love watching you free skiing. Free skiing has aways been my inspiration, especially with a friend who could and would ski almost anything and do it amazingly well. He was my inspiration for figuring out how to ski moguls, of any form. You and your brother are spot on with finding fun in the challenge. Some people I ski with don’t understand why I will seek out the crud snow at the side of a slope. The challenge and the fun of success. And my best to you and your Dad. Hang in there.
Your CZcams channel is my favorite skiing channel and I rewatch your videos often, would LOVE to have you as skiing coach, and also the mental skills playlist, every time I feel discouraged, sad and disappointed with my performance and skill improvement and feel I am letting my figure skating coach down (I have a private figure skating coach all year round, but also seek skiing coaching during ski season). Thank you SO much for all you do
GREAT collection of images in your video! Amazing shots. I'm inspired! Best to you and your family. I've appreciated your coaching this season. Thank you.
Deb, Great video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Especially, I like what Olin added. Skiers who can make difficult situations easy and skiers who can maintain the same rhythm and temp on unpredictable snow are inspirational to me.
Yes yes yes. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! I had a tough situation and got vertigo in a white out at Whistler in a bowl. I gained my control and confidence and made it down.
Great points! I love the Lemaster sequences as they need to be seen as the sum of the movement .... Even great racers may have ugly frames of form at times, but the overall strength and balance is what lets them stay upright and fast. Inspires me to attack my skiing and do some great skiing this Australian winter
Adaptability comes to my mind. Being able to face whatever comes your way. Deb, you are showing that right now. Heal quickly, and sending hugs to you and your dad.
I have been affected by layoffs recently.. not just dealing but thriving in situations is exactly the spirit I need right now. Thank you for you and your brother’s inspirational words!
Hey Deb! I LOVE your videos! As a trans skier, one thing I find inspirational in your skiing is your use of your platform to increase visibility of, and open doors for, LGBTQ+ skiers! This past year I got to ski with my other ski idol, Hank Stowers, a young trans skier out of Oregon who competes in free ride and makes ski films. I think it would be really cool if you did one of your long form interview and ski along videos with them! It would be fascinating to see how your experiences and insights align and differ! Thanks again for the great content!!
Hmm.... very interesting thoughts. To me inspirational skiing is something I not only watch and admire but also try to implement in my own skiing in order to make constant improvements. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction if I manage to do that. Hope you guys get well and get back to normal soon.
Deb, wishing you and your dad speedy recoveries. And your reaction to these challenges, creating a video about “inspiration.” Of course you did and it is wonderful. //Marshall
Thank you so much for the video, Deb!! Ski season is over here in Japan and I already miss skiing so much! I figure skate as well, so I've been going to the ice rink almost daily. Besides you, Mathilde Gremaud and Markus Eder are my idols/inspirational skiers!
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong Thank you so much for replying!! ❤ I love cold temperature environments and I also love both sports! Both sports require strong balance, body awareness, strong core, strong ankles, dorsiflexion (spelling?) etc etc and mainly I find that both sports are extremely rewarding every time you manage to perform a new element you're practicing continuously and improve your skills. In figure skating I get to integrate my ballet skills, my love for all things sparkly and girly and my love for performing with music... and in skiing I get to become one with breathtaking locations/outdoors scenery, riding the lift and skiing down the mountain challenges my strength and gives me a feeling I've conquered the mountain, it's so difficult to explain 😅
Surely an inspirational skier is one that has conquered limitation? Skiing with blindness, paralysis, age, amputee or any physical or mental constraint is, as far as I am concerned, is much more inspiring than competent skiers getting perfection. I have given this a thumbs down, not because the content is not fantastic, but because the valuation given to "inspirational" is (IMO) false.
I state in the beginning of my video that inspiring is subjective and that I was going to clearly define my view. I offered photos of many situations in skiing that can be inspiring to folks. It was a supreme oversight, and certainly sheds light on my blind spot , in not offering a photo of adaptive skiers. This was a miss for sure. I still stand by my video and my viewpoint because this video is exactly that, my view ion what inspirational skiing is. This being said, my opinion, bias and viewpoint can not be false as you state😉
What you mention is inspirational skiing, but only one aspect and a worthy one. That said inspirational skiing is a big tent and includes Debbie’s take as well which in my view is on the technical side of things. Yours? It is about overcoming adversity. As I said, worthy but not the only way to view “ inspirational skiing”.
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Hope your father gets better. Recover well Deb. You’re an inspiration to me, not only as a skier but as a kind hearted, passionate content creator
Thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I love the ole Wayne Wong K2 USA pic
Fun video. Inspirational !
Thanks Deb! Hope you and your family heal fast and completely!❤
Thank you
Hope your wrist heals well and your dad is ok :)
Youre my inspiration skier.
Fluidity from one turn to the next in different conditions- flow!
Best wishes for your dad’s quick recovery
And then there is inspirational instruction and coaching. You demonstrated all three in this video. Thanks.
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Thank you😉
Sent you a DM.
This is perfectly timed as I reflect on my challenging/inspirational day yesterday on Mt. Hood. From wind-blown ice patches in bad visibility, to fresh powder and unexpected sticky icky spots... I had to be on my toes and ready to realign as I moved down the mountain. I love the challenge. Great day. Love and healing to you all.
Deb you are an inspiration still! Keep rolling!
Marcus Caston is inspirational to me. He skis so chaotically but somehow is always in control, also always looks like hes having so much fun. I always try to emulate him in the moguls :)
I wish you a speedy recovery from the wrist surgery! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I'm doing PT for my knee surgery to repair the ACL I ruptured teaching a class of kids at Snoqualmie Summit Central in January.
Good luck with your knee💪💪💪💪💪
Thank you for this! You're definitely my skiing inspiration!
Thank you so much, Deb.
With your videos, I managed to I go from having skiied once in my life at the start of this season to comfortably doing double-black tree runs at my home resort by the end of it.
Great video. This should be listed as the definition as to why people ski.
Love watching you free skiing. Free skiing has aways been my inspiration, especially with a friend who could and would ski almost anything and do it amazingly well. He was my inspiration for figuring out how to ski moguls, of any form. You and your brother are spot on with finding fun in the challenge. Some people I ski with don’t understand why I will seek out the crud snow at the side of a slope. The challenge and the fun of success.
And my best to you and your Dad. Hang in there.
So true. I have always said, keep your feet under you. It sounds so simple, but alas, not so. Thanks for highlighting this, Deb.
Your CZcams channel is my favorite skiing channel and I rewatch your videos often, would LOVE to have you as skiing coach, and also the mental skills playlist, every time I feel discouraged, sad and disappointed with my performance and skill improvement and feel I am letting my figure skating coach down (I have a private figure skating coach all year round, but also seek skiing coaching during ski season). Thank you SO much for all you do
Thank you!!!! Maybe we will ski together one day😉
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong I will definitely contact you when I go to the US during ski season!!
GREAT collection of images in your video! Amazing shots. I'm inspired! Best to you and your family. I've appreciated your coaching this season. Thank you.
Deb, Great video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Especially, I like what Olin added. Skiers who can make difficult situations easy and skiers who can maintain the same rhythm and temp on unpredictable snow are inspirational to me.
You’ve got a lot on your plate. Take care good luck. Thanks for the video and thoughts
Yes yes yes. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger! I had a tough situation and got vertigo in a white out at Whistler in a bowl. I gained my control and confidence and made it down.
Great points! I love the Lemaster sequences as they need to be seen as the sum of the movement .... Even great racers may have ugly frames of form at times, but the overall strength and balance is what lets them stay upright and fast. Inspires me to attack my skiing and do some great skiing this Australian winter
Thanks again for your work, awesome pictures get well,I'll make some turns for you at Mammoth!!
Used to ski Olins! Ski racers are adaptable and calm, they exhibit equanimity and flexibility!
Good video. The ability to maintain flow, comes to mind in my skiing.
Adaptability comes to my mind. Being able to face whatever comes your way. Deb, you are showing that right now. Heal quickly, and sending hugs to you and your dad.
Thank you
Nice Deb! This recentering made me think of how a good NBA player will, while flying contorted through the air, square up to the basket for the shot.
Ya!!!!!
I have been affected by layoffs recently.. not just dealing but thriving in situations is exactly the spirit I need right now. Thank you for you and your brother’s inspirational words!
Good luck! Thrive💪
Hey Deb! I LOVE your videos! As a trans skier, one thing I find inspirational in your skiing is your use of your platform to increase visibility of, and open doors for, LGBTQ+ skiers! This past year I got to ski with my other ski idol, Hank Stowers, a young trans skier out of Oregon who competes in free ride and makes ski films. I think it would be really cool if you did one of your long form interview and ski along videos with them! It would be fascinating to see how your experiences and insights align and differ! Thanks again for the great content!!
Love it!!!!! Thanks for the comment
Hmm.... very interesting thoughts. To me inspirational skiing is something I not only watch and admire but also try to implement in my own skiing in order to make constant improvements. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction if I manage to do that.
Hope you guys get well and get back to normal soon.
You are an inspiration.
Thank you!!!
Positive vibes to you Deb.
Deb, wishing you and your dad speedy recoveries. And your reaction to these challenges, creating a video about “inspiration.” Of course you did and it is wonderful. //Marshall
Thank you
Thank you so much for the video, Deb!! Ski season is over here in Japan and I already miss skiing so much! I figure skate as well, so I've been going to the ice rink almost daily. Besides you, Mathilde Gremaud and Markus Eder are my idols/inspirational skiers!
I love it!!! Great cross training, ice skating😉
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong Thank you so much for replying!! ❤ I love cold temperature environments and I also love both sports! Both sports require strong balance, body awareness, strong core, strong ankles, dorsiflexion (spelling?) etc etc and mainly I find that both sports are extremely rewarding every time you manage to perform a new element you're practicing continuously and improve your skills. In figure skating I get to integrate my ballet skills, my love for all things sparkly and girly and my love for performing with music... and in skiing I get to become one with breathtaking locations/outdoors scenery, riding the lift and skiing down the mountain challenges my strength and gives me a feeling I've conquered the mountain, it's so difficult to explain 😅
This so great! Guess it includes spring skiing in slush that throws you off balance easily. 😂
Yes!!
Surely an inspirational skier is one that has conquered limitation?
Skiing with blindness, paralysis, age, amputee or any physical or mental constraint is, as far as I am concerned, is much more inspiring than competent skiers getting perfection. I have given this a thumbs down, not because the content is not fantastic, but because the valuation given to "inspirational" is (IMO) false.
I state in the beginning of my video that inspiring is subjective and that I was going to clearly define my view. I offered photos of many situations in skiing that can be inspiring to folks. It was a supreme oversight, and certainly sheds light on my blind spot , in not offering a photo of adaptive skiers. This was a miss for sure. I still stand by my video and my viewpoint because this video is exactly that, my view ion what inspirational skiing is. This being said, my opinion, bias and viewpoint can not be false as you state😉
What you mention is inspirational skiing, but only one aspect and a worthy one. That said inspirational skiing is a big tent and includes Debbie’s take as well which in my view is on the technical side of things. Yours? It is about overcoming adversity. As I said, worthy but not the only way to view “ inspirational skiing”.