After I got into skiing at a very young age I did not prefer poles. I still do not. For whatever reason maybe with my light bodyweight I have always gotten by with skiing on my feet. A big thing is working your skis like ice skates to move around, and just being familiar with your abilities to get thru more difficult challenges. I would say if your two feet are not bound together like a snowboarder and you have a helmet on, go ham and try out the tricks even if you fall. Falling off of your skis is actually a big technique in skiing sports like slalom, learn to work that to your advantage. And don't catch yourself on your hands, ride into the slide, and don't break a bone. I have wiped out 30mph skating down a road like this and my instincts did not make me land on my head so I am fine today,
Skate skiing requires like 160 HR or Zone 3 effort just to go. Until you're highly conditioned. But: if you put that same effort into classic, you can place near the top in races.
Why so hard? Because its damn exhausting! It's interval-level effort just to maintain glide. Really gotta hold back the pace early in sessions, because it feels good to go fast but you'll fry your legs in 10 minutes.
Сьем ноги с толчка проходит не до конца, и руки я бы поднял локти в локтевом суставе угол 90градусов и от туловища почти 75-90градусов толчек рук до бедра
I have started the transition from the old to the new offset and I noticed a drastic reduction in my speed . By having a wider stand in my offset I cannot push as long with each legs. Now i just realized that the weight transfer from one ski to the other become a big source of propulsion when skiing with a wider stance. Thank you for clearing that up. In short in the new off-set you skate and glid uphill and not walk up-hill. Why should I beleive you versus what is currently thought by CANSI? who decides what is the rigth offset to use?
xc is so slippery and hard. idk how you did that fast downhill turn that looks terrifying lol. downhill skiier my whole life and this is like rocket science to me
Hello! Can you write more specifically about the length of ski poles for skating, how does their length affect the promotion and technique and speed of movement? Thank you so much for your channel!
To say old V1 technique involves landing on a flat ski is not completely the truth. Since the 80's racers would use jump skate V1 for quick accelerations. When jump skating you land on the inside edge, like the 'new' technique. So in a way, the new V1 is a toned-down application of V1 jump skating.
As a roller skater and blader for 30 years and downhill skiier for nearly the same I've always been interested in trying this but never had the opportunity given a lack of snowfall and/or time constrains. After watching this I'm surprised how many of the techniques are shared that I've been unknowingly using since they just feel natural depending on the terrain. I'll finally have a chance to give this a try when I'm in Colorado next month and have a free day with a nordic center and groomed trails right nearby. Your video has sold me on the idea, that you for posting!
thanks for your great videos ! How would you describe your arm movement and especially your pole guiding/hands opening vs not when reaching hip level ? I do not mean V3 (what we in Europe call active armswing) but V2 at a relatively high frequence where lots of power is transfered through bending the upper buddy/arms/elbows using abdominal muscles. Thanks !!
In our ski club we have been coaching the wider stance this year. My only issue is in soft sugar snow conditions the wider stance can be much harder on my bad knee. I am not a high level skier having switched to skate skiing 4 years ago after being a NASTAR alpine racer for almost 20 years.
best investment in learning to Nordic Ski. I have experimented with the lessons above and have had some success.... just more practice now. One very happy customer!
I think you need to adjust your tempo and range of motion. It took a lot of practice, but now I can climb steep hills with much less exertion. The trick is taking smaller steps, only as quick as needed to keep the skis running. Do more no poles climbing on a gentle hill to learn to control heart rate, then build from there. Let me know if it helps, please.
I just attended a skate ski class here in 🇳🇴 - for V1 (Norwegian “padling”) we were taught not to rotate the hips, maintain a wide stance, and keep the center of mass in the middle of the stance (i.e. no excessive weight shift). This was rather beginner level, so advance xc skiers may have more advanced methods, I don’t know. But what your skier in this “old” video does seems to be the hip rotation (due to narrow stance) we’re trying to avoid.
I do NOT agree. There's a time and place for both techniques. I grew up racing in the 80's, and as I continued to race I found that the wider stance was indeed good for the hills, especially the steeper ones, but the flatter terrain and the slight downward grades were the places you wanted to get as long a glide as you could. That means coming down as flat as you can, lined up toe-knee-nose.
But what is the kick? Is the set ski the kick ski , or is the glide ski that is driving forward the kick? After skiing over forty years and ski with some of the best Norwegian coaches I never heard them say kick .
I made this video because I found the term "kick" so confusing when I was getting started. I'd be happy if no one had ever told me to "kick" the ski. The word refers to the leg push action. If it propels you forward, it's the kick.
That’s a good question. Don’t look at the tops of the skis. Generally the torso is angled forward slightly and the head matches that lean. On the flats you end up looking about 15 feet up the trail but that varies
