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Planet Ski International started years ago when several existing full time programs got together to combine their strengths and take advantage of their economies of scale to create the absolute best in summer training for athletes who are serious about their athletic progress.

Is Planet Ski International a fun camp? - You bet it is - but it is also 100% focused on making athletes into the best competitors they can be. Our mission is to create the best training experience possible for athletes who are striving to improve.

We start with our prices - if you've shopped around you know that we charge much less than our competition. Our goal is to provide the best training camp for the athletes at a fair price. It just doesn'n work if up and coming skiers can't afford to get the training they need and making sure they get that training is our priority. Our website is ok, but we don't waste thousands of dollars on it - and we don't waste thousands on glossy ads in expensive magazines! Who do you think ultimately pays for that? 95% of our athletes come to us from word of mouth and our reputation in the ski industry. We are the real pros when it comes to coaching. We are in the business because we love it and we are committed to the athletes - not because we want to be rich.

Next is our choice of coaches - big name pros are great to watch on videos or TV, but unless they are also great coaches they aren't much help to young athletes. Some camps sell *magic dust* - meaning hang around some pros and they will throw magic dust on you and make you good. We've been around this game for a long time and can tell you there is no such thing as majic dust. We know that being a great coach requires knowledge of the sport, the ability to teach, lots of experience and that athlete centered attitude that puts it all together. We choose our professional coaches based on those factors, and the big name pros we do have working with us share those qualities as well. Our coaches have already put at least 3 athletes in the Winter X-Games and another 8 onto the U.S. Ski Team - our staff is professional and unmatched - anywhere!

Finally, the training environment. That means everything from our terrain on the glacier to our accommodations in the village. Our Whistler mogul lane is carefully prepared with lines and jumps for both top level athletes and young skiers at their first training camp. The freeride features are the best on the glacier and we build them so all our athletes can use them and develop their skills. Other camps spend tens of thousands to build features only the pros will use - that might be "cool," but who do you think pays for those features? Yup - the athletes who never use them. Can you see the pattern yet?

The Lake Placid water ramps are the very best place to train for off axis and inverted jumps period. For those high level athletes ready for the winter training in Australia and New Zealand - again, World Class. The other features of the camp are described in more detail elsewhere, but rest assured that it is all organized with the athlete in mind.