Just to let you know, the Royal Christie is actually more accurately called the Reuel Christie turn. This from the website http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com:
” The ballet event was born in 1929, when Dr Fritz Reuel conceived of a form of skiing similar to figure skating and developed the Reuel Christie and other spinning manoeuvres for skiers. Doug Pfeiffer’s School of Exotic Skiing (1956-62) expanded Dr Reuel’s premise by teaching new tricks such as the mambo, the Charleston, spinners, tip rolls and crossovers, and was the first evidence that on-hill instruction was being provided for the skiing public.”
Christie, of course, is short for Christiania (I believe of Austrian origin, but I could be wrong there…)
My two cents. Thanks for the great website!

Bruce

Here is a bit of my point. The vast majority of ski films are best described as porn, providing the viewer with a progression of fantastic foreign images to lust for. The good ski movies are more self aware, and with a more personal touch help the viewers to contemplate their own experiences by recreating them in a new form, i.e. fresh perspective. Rather then watching porn the viewer feels as if it’s peaking through the window, watching something maybe not meant to be public.

The best are a combination of the two, where you feel like your witnessing the most epic ski season imaginable but it all seems very familiar, with the same emotions as the previous season at your local hill. Sorry if I got too philosophical.