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Under good conditions, when the snow is good, it’s not really too bad, but when conditions are bad and there is ice, it is can be very dangerous, even to practised skiers. It’s always tempting to suggest that it’s really just another tough mogul slope, but it isn’t, and as any skier knows, it is possible to break ones neck on even a very moderate slope!
Cerro Catedral, Bariloche. Slopes with varied conditions and difficulty.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2HOU-MkJkoE.htmlsi=dG4nHFBO2jyZZSXq
Good point 👍🏻. It’s because you gotta crawl before you can walk before you can run. For beginner/intermediates - just focus on not leaning back. For advanced/expert - then you can think about fore aft intricacies ⛷️
All good, however, on steeper terrain and for those of us who are less strong and flexible - ok, let's just say older - there is the technique of driving the uphill, kicking ski tail beneath the middle (under the foot of) the downhill, platform ski, and continuing to rotate the uphill ski as far as possible across the fall line. The two feet are then closer together, making it easier to transfer weight onto the uphill ski and lift the downhill ski off the buried tail of the uphill ski and to bring it around. Sounds odd but works well and lots of people do it this way.
I’ve watched these mogul tips ad naseum, always with the same question: what do you do after? The turn doesn’t start and end on top of the bump…there is a technique to be had between but you never see that on these tutorials
This was incredibly helpful!! I'm heading out tomorrow and I'm going to be more intentional about facing downhill with short turns and facing where I'm going with long turns. Thanks for a great video!
After a longish layoff from skiing, i've spent the past 3 years relearning how to ski bumps (i'm still working on it) While many of the available video's (like this one) do a good job of the basic mechanics. there are several other things that are essential to skiing the bumps, especially if your home mountain doesn't have perfectly spaced bumps. 1st is the correct ski, this will vary per users, I've tried the bumps in skinny skis (70mm) , med(80mm) Xmed(94mm) and super fat(for me 114mm) The 114's were good on a fresh powder day but I'm thinking would be much more work on harder packed snow. The 94's (my "regular) Nordica Enforcer's) are "ok" but perhaps a bit long at 186cm. the 80's that I've just skied 2 days on were Stockli Montero AX's. so far they are the best FOR ME of all the skis I've used for skiing bumps. Lastly I skied a pair of Stockli Laser SX's at 70mm underfoot. I was able to force them through the bumps but it wasn't fun. So if possible, rent / demo as many ski brands and widths as you can to help with your mogul progression. 2nd is boots, with my Enforcer's I've been using a pair of Skarpa Freedom 120's Not knowing any better I thought they were fine. I recently went in to have those adjusted for new bone spurs and the boot fitter thought the Skarpa's might not be stiff enough to properly drive the enforcers and got me into a pair of Rossignol Hi-Speed Pro 130's. MAN, are they tight! But talk about control of my skis, stiff boots make a HUGE difference for precise control in the bumps. 3rd and lastly, and almost MOST important, have strong quads and lots of endurance. Another part of my problems in the bumps is my weight, at 6' I'm hovering in the 235lb range and that's a lot of weight to be jumping around with. Yesterday was day 22 on the slopes for me and especially because I was focused on the steeps / moguls, I was done within 4 hours but had 2 great runs, the longer run I made it 2/3 of the way down before I managed to backseat myself, the other I made it all the way down (first time this season) linking mogul turns all the way. As always take all unsolicited advice with a grain of whatever white stuff you want and enjoy the snow!
I really appreciate your videos! These are some great advice on actual problems that skiers face ... Your Rotationl seperation video bought me to your channel and i regularly follow it .. A video on jump turns to come out of tricky situations or moguls would be great !!
That’s like saying someone else talks ‘wrong’ because they speak a different language to you. There’s many different ways to ski bumps, suited to different levels, different conditions etc
Great advice...just had a grandson get pushed into the trees last week by a newbie skier. Iwas just a few skiers behind..didn't break his leg but deep bone bruise.. going to take a long time to heal..
How is this new? Every skier knows it's easier to turn on the tops of moguls. In the old days it worked with skis almost 2m long and with almost no waist.
