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who we are
Advisors ~ Staff
Harb Ski Systems is...
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Harald Harb |
Diana Rogers |
| Harald Harb is President of Harb Ski Systems. Born in Austria, he moved to eastern Canada at an early age. Harald has World Cup racing experience with the Canadian National Ski Team, and later was the Overall Pro Champion on the Eastern Regional Circuit. He then started to coach racers and directed racing programs. Harald directed and coached programs that produced some of the USA's most successful National Team members and Olympic medallists. Harald achieved the highest credentails in both the USSA racing organization as a Master Coach and the PSIA Professional Ski Instructors of America as an Examiner and National Demo Team Member. After coaching for 20 years, Harald spent four years on the National Demonstration Team. Working with recreational skiers, he was convinced that current teaching systems needed improvement. Harald created the Primary Movements Teaching System™ (now known as Direct Parallel®) and the Harb Skier Alignment System™ so that skiers could learn to ski quickly and easily. | Diana Rogers is Vice-President of Harb Ski Systems. A former Aerospace Engineer specializing in airframe modifications and airflow analysis for a fleet of research aircraft, she now applies her technical expertise to producing Harb Ski Systems’ web site, camp structures and publications. She designs and lays out our books and manuals, and oversees their printing. She films the latest and upcoming videos, and is the designer and programmer of the Harb Ski Systems web site. She trains instructors at numerous ski schools in the PMTS Direct Parallel®, and has managed and operated Harb Skier Alignment Centers. As well, she is the sole partner in Harb Ski Sytems. A multi-year trainer of the Primary Movements Teaching System™ and Harb Skier Alignment System™, Diana's technical skills help bring Harb Ski Systems products to skiers around the country and world. |
Our Staff...
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Chris
Brown
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Chris Brown manages our Skier Alignment Center. Chris initially came to Harb Ski Systems as a skier and customer. His enthusiasm for skiing, and for skiing improvement, led him to become more and more involved with our programs. Chris became a Green-level accredited instructor and learned the Harb Skier Alignment System. He apprenticed with us, both in the shop and on snow. He worked with us on a part-tme basis, and then worked on his own as a Skier Alignment Specialist. After moving several times, we brought Chris back to Colorado to manage our Alignment Center. Whether your goal is comfort and control on novice slopes, tackling the powder above Timberline, or improving your times in the race course, Chris can help you choose the right equipment, and dial in your movements and alignment to ski at your best. |
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Rich Messer |
Rich Messer is currently a full-time coach with our PMTS ski camps and individual alignment and ski improvement sessions. A "Personal Skiing Consultant", he is an examiner in PMTS Direct Parallel and fully trained in the Harb Skier Alignment System. He was the Ski School Director at Silver Creek (now Solvista), Colorado, for two seasons, teaching PMTS Direct Parallel exclusively. He has a long history in ski instruction as a trainer at Stratton, Vermont, Ski School Director at Glen Ellen, Vermont, and as a PSIA-East examiner, teaching both the traditional system and GLM (Graduated Length Method). Rich, who had left the ski industry, came back with the advent of shaped skis. He is one of the earliest and most enthusiastic proponents of shaped skis, recognizing their potential for redefining the ski learning experience. Rich's dedication to improving the ski learning experience is to be admired, and every skier benefits from his presentations. |
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include... John W. Feig John Feig is a ski guru and ski biomechanics pioneer.
He is a practicing physiotherapist and foot bed designer. John understands
the dynamics of the foot in skiing as few others do. He has helped
with US World Cup athletes and, thanks to John, they have produced
outstanding results. John is instrumental in contributing to our
alignment process. A Doctor of Biomechanics, and former Director of
Research for the Steadman-Hawkins Human Performance Lab in Vail,
Colorado, Bob contributes to our biomechanical presentations, is
a co-author of the Primary Movements Teaching System™
Instructor Manual, and will be instrumental in implementing our
alignment software. Kim is in the final stages of his doctorate program
in Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. One of the
most imaginative and innovative thinkers in the field of Education,
Kim is years ahead of current thinking in ski teaching. Kim designed
Student Directed Ski Instruction™
that has now been further developed and applied by Harb Ski Systems. |
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©1999-2002 Harb Ski
Systems, Inc.
"PMTS", "Primary Movements", and "Primary Movements
Teaching System" are trademarks of Harb Ski Systems, Inc.
"Direct Parallel"
is a Registered Trademark of Harb Ski Systems, Inc.
