I'm sorry, but everytime I see one of those articles in WS mag on the subject, I have to laugh...wow guy's who spend 90 percent of the year in FL are showing technique on the snow....ha...ha. I grew up chattering the ice and breaking bamboo at Buck Hill in MN. Before you laugh, google Linsey Vaughn.....I personally think comparing the two is somewhat of a "I have nothing to write about in the off season" comparison.