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Alan Schönberger's SkiStudio365, in Park City, Utah, features three elements that have been joined to work collectively as a ski training system; the largest most technically advanced ski simulator of its kind, a world champion skier and a progressive ski technique.

Ski Simulator

Alan Schönberger's SkiStudio365 developed iSkiBed™, a super wide ski simulator that permits the skier to achieve ski maneuvers with no limitations, an infinite bed of skiing. It features a control system that directs the ski surface to adjust to key attitudes and speeds needed for precise ski training and learning. This becomes the ideal learning environment for any level of skier. For example, if you have never experienced skiing, the simulator can be set to a gentle pitch with the carpet rotating slowly under the skis. This allows the first-time skier to discover the delicate nuances of balance and edging in a comfortable environment. Or our simulator can be set to moderate pitches and speeds for fine-tuning technique, developing new skills, while building strength, balance and endurance. For the advance skier or racer, steeper pitches and higher speeds can be set, replicating a more aggressive ski environment.

While skiing on the simulator, the athlete wears a comfortable safety harness attached to a point above, preventing the skier from falling in the event of a miss-step. The environment of the studio is comfortable, warm in the winter and cool in the summer; sessions are private, and tailored to fit each individual’s needs.

Training System

Alan Schönberger's SkiStudio365 also developed iDirectCarve™. iDirectCarve is a simulator training method based on the award-winning, best-selling book and video, Skiing and the Art of Carving that ignited the carving revolution in ski education, by Ellen Post Foster and Alan Schoenberger. On the simulator, there is a strong focus on developing pure carve skills as the foundation for ski technique.

For new skiers this is important for a number of reasons. Most importantly, learning to clean carve creates a less complicated and far more fun skiing experience and it creates a solid foundation to build an entire technique from. Also, pure carved turns promote a more natural, effective, stance immediately. With this approach, new skiers can be enjoying their skiing experience in the first minute of their session. Then, after many practice miles, the more traditional, time-honored speed management techniques are applied. This is a transformation in ski education thinking. This new coaching paradigm accelerates the learning curve for all abilities and focuses on unlocking the true value of today's shaped skis.

For the advanced skier and for racers, the ski simulator is essential. Quick turns focusing on rapid edge-to-edge skills can be repeated continually and wider pure carve radiuses can executed over extended periods, all while developing strength and stamina.

Currently there are over 70 alpine athletes training at SkiStudio365 in Park City.We train alpine clients of all ages, juniors through olympic and paralympic athletes who have won gold, world cup titles and IMD Championships. It is clear that athletes who train at SkiStudio365 finish better. We recognize that their results are the combined efforts of the on-the-hill team coaches working closely with us at SkiStudio365.

Special Note: I am extremely proud to announce that one of my hardest working clients, Morgan Gowen of Park City, achieved an awesome personal goal at the end of her 2006-07 ski season. She won first place at the Snowbasin IMD J4 Championships in Slalom, and the very next day finished second in the GS. With her combined results, Morgan was awarded the 2007 IMD J4 Ladies Championship honor. Of interest, when I first opened the studio during the summer of 2004, Morgan was our very first client (her parents gave her a session for her birthday). Morgan has continued to train diligently at my studio since her 10th birthday, mostly on a weekly basis ten months per year. We are very proud of Morgan's work ethic, her commitment to alpine racing and to her Park City Ski Team coaches.

Regardless of your experience level, the entire SkiStudio365 experience is designed to maximize fun and performance on the snow.

Trainer

The principle personal trainer and creator of the SkiStudio365 is world ski champion Alan Schoenberger. He is a gifted, adept, and caring coach, with an extensive technical background in ski technique as it relates to modern ski design.

Sessions

Private 25-minute ski sessions are reserved and more than one session can be reserved back to back for a total of 55 minutes. Up to 17 miles of perfect terrain can be accomplished in a 25-minute session. One hour on iSkiBed equals approximately a half-day of conventional skiing and includes more than an equivelent of 5 hours of instruction and physical exertion on the mountain.