How We Think About Skiing - Ski Dad TV and Tom Gellie
From Big Picture Skiing Podcast by Tom Gellie
October 30, 2025 · 1h 33m
About this episode
Tom Gellie and Joe Dunn discuss various skiing concepts and teaching methods after skiing together.
Tom Gellie and Joe Dunn (Ski Dad TV) chat about their views on various topics taught in skiing: - The Float Phase Transition - Affordances as a concept to focus on with students - Equipment experiments. Binding ramp angle and boot canting - When do you teach technique vs skills? This was a great conversation that was sparked after Tom and Joe spent half a day skiing together in the Australian winter. Links: Ski Dad Tv Channel https://youtube.com/@skidadtv Joe reacts to Toms podcast with Phil Smith and Snow displacemnt https://youtu.be/BNrYDrUgu0A?si=k2jppvf5cbVandFT C shaped turns Suck - Joe explains why https://youtu.be/rnOQHItyts4?si=aKdRM2U5SQhjzAK4 Ramp angle testing https://youtu.be/nKiXP7NGJBQ?si=SCZrYRa7chYSZ-jU Thanks for listening. 25% off Discount code for the Big Picture Skiing learning platform for my Podcast listeners: PODCAST https://bigpictureskiing.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
People in this episode
Host: Tom Gellie
Guest: Joe Dunn
Topics covered
- skiing techniques
- equipment testing
- teaching methods
- skiing conversation
- skiing skills
Keywords
- Float Phase Transition
- Affordances
- binding ramp angle
- boot canting
- ski technique
- ski skills
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Big Picture Skiing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ski Dad TV, Big Picture Skiing, YouTube
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