Channel Title: Deb Armstrong Channel Description: This channel is a culmination of my life's work. I am an athlete, an educator, and a ski enthusiast to my core. As America's only Olympic gold medalist and PSIA national alpine team member, I am proud to share my knowledge and experiences with you. If you want to learn how to ski or become a better skier in all situations my channel exists to serve you. My videos cover the mental side of sport, ski culture, fitness for skiing and a general all around appreciation for the outdoors. SkiStrong stands for life long learning, mental and physical exploration, the power of encouragement, passionate effort, precision skiing, informed skiing, inclusiveness, gender equality and challenging the status quo. <video> Adversity training for ski racing, what the old days can teach us Description: Want to train instinct, balance, touch, athleticism, agility, toughness for skiing? This 40 seconds shows you how. </video> <video> Managing forces, the #1 fundamental Description: Video #2 of Receiving Pressure with Jonathan Ballou. Why the most fundamental thing we do in skiing is manage forces and pressure Do you subscribe to my channel? Link to my PSIA article will be added soon. Sorry for the delay </video> <video> Nordic Combined, the coolest sport you never knew about Description: Meet Alexa Brabec, Nordic Combined Two time Junior World Silver Medalist. We discuss the amazingness of this legacy sport and the challenges Nordic Combined faces moving forward. https://www.nordiccombinedusa.org/ </video> <video> Building Strength with U16 Alpine Athlete Description: 15 year old Wilson Walker shows us what goes into a strength workout for alpine ski racing </video> <video> Receiving Pressure with Jonathan Ballou Description: Pressure and skiing, new footage, vintage footage, teaching cues, equipment talk and much more </video> <video> Mogul skiing: tactics, pole plants, edging, rotary, teaching focus points Description: Nuggets of content here for the instructor, the avid mogul skier or someone needing new focus points to improve their mogul skiing </video> <video> The "half and half" turn, basic parallel and carve, video #3 of 3 Description: A clinic covering inside leg activity blending a basic parallel and high edge angle carving. "The Taos Way" with Alain Veth Technical Director of the Taos Ski Valley Snowsports School </video> <video> Changing understanding and mechanics for skiing Description: Changing up how we train and practice skiing mechanics. Embrace the World Cup A alpine turn as it relates to a wedge turn. </video> <video> Understanding Rotary and Basic Parallel for the Professional, video #1 of 3 Description: A clinic covering inside leg activity, stance, falling leaf, simultaneous release, etc, "The Taos Way" with Alain Veth Technical Director of the Taos Ski Valley Snowsports School </video> <video> The benefits of BFR for YOU Description: How and why blood flow restriction is a game changer. </video> <video> Trailblazing backcountry, Battle Abbey 1979 Description: Rocking it in the backcountry with legendary Hans Gmoser. Between 1972 and 1979 my parents took six trips. This video highlights one of those trips </video> <video> Carving skills: railroad tracks and skating drills, a clinic with JEDI Outdoors Description: Why railroad tracks, why skating drills? This video and clinic covers it. The clinic group is JEDI Outdoors. A powerful initiative that centers advanced alpine training for Black, Brown, Indigenous, Women of Color (BIWOC) who are PSIA Level 1 or 2 certified instructors to take their Level 2 or Level 3 exams. While there has been a recent spot light within PSIA-AASI based on the seminal work of Ann Schorling on “Increasing Gender Equity in Snowsports Instruction” and the launch of Women of Winter program in certifying Level 1 BIWOC PSIA-AASI instructors, there is a gap for specifically for BIWOC women advancing in their snowsports education. </video> <video> Understanding Carving, video #2 of 3 Description: A clinic covering inside leg activity for carving, stance, stacking, ski design, drills etc, "The Taos Way" with Alain Veth Technical Director of the Taos Ski Valley Snowsports School </video> <video> Early season Mogul prep Description: Early season tips from the best, Olympian and Olympic coach, Bobby Aldighieri </video> <video> Skiing Legends Lindsey Vonn, Tamara McKinney behind the scenes Description: Legends Lindsey Vonn, Steven Nyman, Ester Ledecka, Tamara McKinney and more laugh in the finish area of the women's Birds of Prey </video>

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This channel is a culmination of my life's work. I am an athlete, an educator, and a ski enthusiast to my core. As America's only Olympic gold medalist and PSIA national alpine team member, I am proud to share my knowledge and experiences with you.

If you want to learn how to ski or become a better skier in all situations my channel exists to serve you. My videos cover the mental side of sport, ski culture, fitness for skiing and a general all around appreciation for the outdoors.

SkiStrong stands for life long learning, mental and physical exploration, the power of encouragement, passionate effort, precision skiing, informed skiing, inclusiveness, gender equality and challenging the status quo.

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