Product Details

• Directors: Lito Tejada-Flores
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Western Eye
• DVD Release Date: October 1, 1995
• Run Time: 63 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006H656K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,258 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars breakthrough on bumps too!!!, August 2, 2000

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eal (los altos, ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breakthrough On Skis II, Bumps & Powder Simplified [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is a great expansion on how to ski the bumps. Lito is a gifted instructor and the video actually shows you how to ski the bumps, as opposed to most ski instructors who just tell you to "do what I do" when you can't tell the subtle things they are doing to be successful.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars decent for bumps, better for powder, overall disappointing, August 20, 2006

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fields "music fan" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breakthrough on Skis II: Bumps & Powder Simplified (DVD)

Lito's has a very "friendly" teaching style, but I have several major complaints about this DVD:

1. I don't think Lito's that good of a bump skier. If you're looking for a video to help with visualization, this is not the one for you. He has a minute or two of footage from other (excellent) bump skiers, but most of the skiing is from him, and he's an average bump skiier. As he says in the DVD, he's had an ACL repaired, and he's over 50 years old, so it's you're looking for the fast, tight, balanced technique of pro mogul skiers (as I was hoping), look elsewhere.
2. There are numerous ways to ski the bumps. Lito primarily only covers two of them: in the trough, and over the shoulder. He covers both of these in relation to speed control and picking a line.
3. Lito touches only briefly about "picking a line" when bump skiing, and he doesn't give any tips for this crucial step. This is one technique that is difficult to master, and I would've liked more tips.

There were some nice parts of this DVD:
1. The content & instruction was well organized.
2. Discussion of anticipation, and some drills for how to do anticipated turns
3. Powder tips: extension of legs into the snow to complete the turn; also use of arm lifting "trick" to equalize weight in heavy powder.
4. Some beautiful powder skiing pictures.
5. Lito has a very friendly, well-paced teaching style.

Oh, well off to look elsewhere for a more ultimate bump/mogul DVD. I would really love to find a Sybervision video for bumps/moguls.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsurpassed Attention to detail, March 24, 2001

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Vincent Valentine (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Breakthrough On Skis II, Bumps & Powder Simplified [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have watched many videos focused on moguls. I have never seen such a detailed analysis of skiing bumps. Because of that, this video is not only suitible for the intermediate bump skiing. Even expert bump skiers will gain a new perspective on how to tackle moguls.

However, even though Lito goes into more detail about mogul skiing then almost all other instructional videos on moguls, I don't even consider that to be the greatest strength of the video. I have seen many instructors go into detail about the bumps, but will almost immediately lose the skier with too much detail or complex terminology. Not so for Lito, he is the only person I have seen who can explain each detail with such simplicity and yet not foresaking any of the complexities. Many have tried to explain the bumps, but Lito is one of the few who knows how to make it comprehensible to all skiers