It's so like Odd when people do full on educational videos... in the middle of no where ontop of a mountain with perfect audio and video quality. like I for a person never having skied at a real mountain. Can we all appreciate how he uses words like "superlame" or "really boring" for painfull experiences. ;)
Haha. This may sound silly but by the time I watched myself saying that I had forgotten about ever saying it, so I had a great shame full laugh. I thought I would cut it out but luckily it stayed so you got a good laugh.
Great video as always! If you're dropping big enough to require a backslap, chances are you know what you're doing if you haven't hurt yourself already!
This was honestly very helpful. I've been trying to figure this out for a while now and this is the single best comprehensive explanation I've heard. Hopefully I can put this into practice and correct what I was doing wrong.
Thanks so much for your series. I've been watching consistently. This vid is exactly what I've been looking for. Quick question...your skis... What is your ht/wt and what length scrapper were you on? Keep up the great work on the vids...very informative and thorough
I did it with 3 snowboards just this past weekend, it was so easy for them, I can ski trees when not packed tightly or a steep slope but a combination of that makes it really hard, it’s such a blast though.
Great vid! Another helpful tip I have found is to bash the ends of your pole grips together after popping. This helps get your arms forward and therefore body in the correct position to stomp.
Last week I dropped a little rock cliff and had a neck injury. My error was that I landed on a flat powder surface, so I got stuck and absorbed the fall with my neck. Fortunately I'm alright now and I've learnt from my error.
In my opinion, you are such a funny guy. You do make me laugh and raise my spirits with your comments. On a serious note, I do agree with you on all your points about dropping... Really, great stuff.
Wish I watched this before I started dropping cliffs... I got lucky on my first few but then I landed one all the way back seat. Knees to the face, ouch! Haven’t done it in a while, but I miss it!
I love this channel and it's vibe SOOOO MUCH! I'm really inspired by you and the fact that you were self taught. The snow here in Nevada is pretty bad but I plan on getting better anyway, thanks to you. I hope you keep making videos because they help so much. The music and vibe of your videos are also great, the videos are entertaining even if I'm nowhere near advanced enough to learn a cork 3 or something. thanks so much!
Thanks once more for a great vid I have been dropping cliffs and other great stuff for years but just learn to keep my arms in from your vid makes total sense 🧐
Just dropped 5 feet the other day on accident. Came off a tree run that looked like it dropped in but I was caught by surprise when it just disappeared beneath my skis and I dropped 😂 landed it but my heart came out my mouth
Your legs and core need more conditioning. Do lots of squats and stair jumps. Pick a stairset and jump up 3-4 stairs at a time while keeping your eyes level and spot your landing with your peripheral vision. Also, make sure to always keep your hands in front of you.
Try to get very good and comfortable with small drops, then do the same thing on middle ones... its most of the time just the brain that's holding you back :)
Dropped a decent cliff yesterday and thought I was landing perfectly, staying forward as if I were skiing the slope, but I got thrown forward, right ski popped loose and ofc I proceeded to roll down the hill. The snow was like soft packed. I feel like landing a little bit on the tails is probably better than being too far forward in that scenario, no?
this is a very good video the only thing lacking is a little more explanation of what he is doing with his hands. So watch closely and you will see what he is doing. In one part he shows you how to move your hands forward down slope this is the same thing the top downhillers are doing - very good instruction
3:01 did you say it's back-mounted and good for dropping? I've also heard that center-mounted skis are good for dropping because of the long tail for landing. Which one is correct? Thanks!
I would definitely say that back mounted is better so that you can land aggressively with shin pressure without risking that the noses sink and you do a tomahawk. What you are talking about is probably going to help you if you always land backseat to stabilize bad landings but you want to land correct and well I assume so do not centre mount them for this reason. But you may want to put the binding further forwards for other reasons like skiing lots of BC booters landing and taking of switch.
I think one HUGE tip is to keep your hands in front of you and stay tucked in the air. Helps you keep your weight forward. Don’t land backseat! You absolutely will a bunch of times tho, we all did. Get used to your skis and how deep the landing is, they play a large roll in the angle you have to land at. Too deep and you’ll tomahawk from leaning forward a lot. Especially on skinnier skis. Just get out there and have no fear, if you’re centered off the lip it’s really hard to actually hurt yourself..you just yard sale!
The problem is you never know if you're going to sink or move FWD how do you place you're balance when you don't know how that particular patch of snow will react?
what poles are you using. Would you happen to know anything about the g3 via poles. I was looking to get them so i could shorten them to 38 inch for park riding and 48 for powder riding. Do know of any other good adjustable poles for this. Thanks
How about dropping in with one foot jump? Like Seth Morrison does. Since i tried that, it's my option when the take off is tricky, narrow, etc. I love it for technical step downs, i am doing it in all speeds
Im not afraid of the cliffs persay im afraid of the landing after the cliffs because im skiing tight trees with 15ft cliffs which is my favorite thing to do but just still seeing that tree in the landing still scare me and i land back seated because i shift my weight in the air but thanks for the epic content and you need to come to whitewater ski resort in nelson BC thats my local hill!!!!!!! :)
What type of ski is the best for everything, I want to buy a pair instead of renting every time, but I don’t want to spend of 1000 dollars. I want skis that do well on groomed sloped, powder/backcountry, just a ski that can do it all
so geil wemma au us dem skigebiet kunnt und ständig versuacht z erohta wo du bisch xD. hesch villicht irgend a pow line oder a route wo du gera fahrsch und wiiter empfähla würsch?
I always like your Tutorials but sadly Ich dont have enough ski days to so them all, what do you think will there be less Powder in the next years I mean climate change and last winters never been so cold anymore...
Last December I was in France and the conditions were very good. I hope we can reverse global warming though. Hopefully we can do more train travel instead of planes to reduce CO2 output
Don't drop to slow, or to fast... especially when dropping to a flat landing, you need a little bit of speed. But make sure you don't take too much, I have before, it sucks, landed straight into a mogul. Try and land on a down hill slope, but if you are dropping to a flat, or close to flat slope, make sure you don't just ski off it with no speed.