I have never seen better instructor. She not only tells the directions and sensations, but also demonstrates with unusual intensity every single move. Congratulation. I will translate the video into Spanish for my wife.
Thank you for such fantastic instruction videos. I have found them incredibly informative and can't wait to try some of it out when I hit the slopes in a few days.Please keep up the good work :-)
Love your explanation. U make me a good skier! Thanks. Someone practicing a few years (without progression) for level I reached only a three month(one winter only).
Hi Deb! Thanks very much for the videos! I would like to ask you if it is the movemnt of going forward should be done at the end of the traverse (after the turn) ? for short turns, should we use the same technique to go forward at the end of the traverse ? Thank you! happy new year!
fair enough. many ways to accomplish a task. Personally I don't "pull" my feet back becasue I am moving forward aggressively. I like to have my body and feet in position so that I don't have to pull back but that is just me. I know many people like to do what you say. like I said, many ways to accomplish balance. thanks for your comment.
gosh, that Patagonia jacket was waterproof on the outside and down in the inside. It was great. Maybe the Primo or something like that. not sure if they making it any longer.
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong Thank's for your reply! I've got to say your videos have been pretty instrumental in my ski development. Thanks for doing what you do!
Not sure I’ll get a response to this, but I could really use one. I’m very confused about proper upper/lower body separation vs. over countering. When I think of shoulders facing down the hill, I take that quite literally where my shoulders are directly perpendicular to the fall line. However, when I watch experts ski, it appears that their upper bodies do in fact turn, just not as far as their skis do. Can anyone tell me how to tell how much shoulder turn is acceptable because I think I excessively counter on longer turns in an effort to keep my shoulders perfectly perpendicular to the fall line? Thanks! PS: Deb, your videos are awesome, though they have really made me realize how little I know about proper ski technique.
Shoulders down the fall line is for steep shoots, small radius turns. Larger turns not necessary and not structurally sound, not stacked, aligned but too twisty
Retraction works for sure but the skier must begin with proper ankle flexion and balance. At that point, from balance, retraction is a quick and effective more for changing edges and applying tip pressure.
I call this the ‘superman’ move (flying); what really helps a novice is turning the head (heaviest part of the body) in the direction of the turn. As for the comment on retraction, that’s for more advanced terrain (steeps and moguls) and not for lower intermediate skiers.
In a Japanese style they put more weight on the opposite leg which is the original outside leg when they release and change the weight to the new outside ski rather than the former inside one. Is it wrong or different style or actually should use both of them?
To carve more precisely into the fall line, at turn entry, one must begin to build edge and pressure with the new outside foot. This is the foot that is still the uphill foot as it is becoming the new outside ski.
The earlier you can move to a new outside ski the better. It develops a working edge sooner and is more reliable The body is prepared to take this two footed lunge forward change edges and proceed DH what better time to go overboard and get your legs fully stretched out horizontal and carve with an incredibly well tipped ski as your guide. I didn't follow the AFT part until the second video Your body absolutely has to lead this process and it feels as though your legs feet skis are slightly behind you " AFT" though out the turn. Deb did I get that part right ?
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong Thanks a lot. I watched a lot of your video and all of them are great. Like they reminded me so many little things to make my ski skill perfect. But the problem i facing last season was about the edge angle. When I carving (at least I felt I was carving), i did feel the edge bite into the snow but my whole body just couldnt get low. So why is that and how can i improve this. And the second thing is for the short radius turn does the ski will eventually skid a little bit at the end of every turn? Thanks for answering my question.
@@s055001 in short radius turns steer occures. And yes, the ski tip passes inside the path of the ski tail through the turn. This can be called many things like a skid. As for angulation and body angles necessary for carving, that is a good queation. I call seperation of body parts. Have yiu watched my video on separation? Watch that video and then get back to me. Thanks.
