In the off season I have been mountain bike trail riding in the forest since 1989. Lots of crossover skills are developed by trail riding. You learn to pick a line, momentum is your friend and look at where you want to go not at what you are trying to avoid. Biking develops balance and reactions necessary when skiing in trees.
Tree skiing the great. I particularly like it on stormy days. But one thing to be aware of when skiing trees is to avoid deep tree wells. Like you said, look at where you want to go and when the snow is deep think about turning around/after the tree to avoid falling into the well and suffocating. Another reason to ride with a buddy. BCA has a pretty good video on tree well and snow immersion safety.
Hi I loved this video because I helped me overcome my trauma with trees a couple years back I got stuck in a tree well and got a hour later and I be been scared ever since but now I’m back in the trees and having fun🎉
Really glad to see CARV being used for something other than carving the groomers! My ski:IQ really goes to pot the minute I go off-piste, so I am really going to put these tips to use! Hope you do a video on bump skiing!
You talked a little bit about using the bumps in the trees, but I would STRONGLY recommend getting comfortable handling bumps outside of trees before going into any gladed area.
Agreed. I’ve been trying to get better at both bumps/moguls and tree skiing. I can never seem to get the timing right (poor decision making maybe) and end up making a turn on top of a bump only to be sent into the upside of another. Worse, I end up bridging bumps, trying to check my speed. I love the trees but everywhere I ski, its like moguls with trees interspersed. I have to ski one bump, one turn at a time. After five or so turns I take a break to look at what’s ahead only to be passed by a couple of dudes “whooping” through, speed unchecked as if the bumps and trees didn’t exist. 😢😅 Some day, maybe I’ll be that guy. Maybe?
@@Radioactive_Slime took me a while to get past that stage. Just gotta ski less steep/smaller bumps with more flow and work your way up. Lots of days on skis and you’ll get there!
@@Radioactive_Slime It takes awhile for the brain to absorb what it’s seeing. One approach is to go very slow the first time through, then once you’re familiar with what’s ahead, you can speed up. It’s a no brainer that you can’t be too careful in trees. Another thing is don’t ski trees when you’re tired, because you’re muscles may not respond to what your brain is saying to do.
Just finished watching your tree ski video. Very well produced and paced. Your teaching style is very friendly and accomodating. Well done. I have watched quite a few Instructional ski videos and yours is at the top.
I absolutely loved your video on skiing through trees! Your tips on finding your flow with Carv were so helpful and will definitely improve my tree skiing skills. Your passion for the sport really shines through in your teaching, and I appreciate all the hard work you put into creating such a valuable resource. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
@@tombeach8417 Hi Tom. I loved being at Eldora for 10 years. But, honestly, I am much better off at Winter Park. Are we not blessed to coach/teach skiing?
Thanks to Winter Park, adaptive skier programs for the disability flourishes. I have a question, why don't ski resorts give discounted Lift tickets to disabled skiers.
I like skiing in the trees bc it takes longer. As much fun as it is to do laps, ski down, get on the chair, ski down, get on the chair, ski down, get on the chair, that gets boring .. the trees take more time and you gotta think about it
''when you look at expert skiers, its effortless'' Unless they are pushing their limit, I like to analyze the terrain spot epic tracks and jumps to be able to ride faster and faster, jump higher and further. Sure aint effortless for me hahaha (I dont look at myself so maybe it does look effortless) Also a thing I really like about skiing the trees is, if its a really cold day, first you'll be sheltered from the wind in there. Second is its harder to ski in there so you will produce more heat, finally you'll be going much slower so less less cold draft for your face ! I often bring the kids I coach in the trees on cold days.
My whole family loves skiing in the trees. I feel the correct mindset is very important when skiing in the trees, don't think about stopping all the time, think about finding next turn all the time. In some black run glades, there is no time or no room to stop, you just have to keep going even when you feel you are going fast, if you try to stop at a awkward place, then you will hit a tree instead.
Add a line of text to safety calling out tree wells. Maybe in deciduous landscapes it isn’t the threat, but no one should go in deep snow, big tree territory without an understanding of tree well danger.
Hi - I am on a 68 mm ski under foot. It is narrow. I would recommend something in the 80-90mm range for the beginner or intro to trees. A wider ski will float a little better in the powder or variable snow. I prefer a narrow ski and it has taken me years to get used to it in the powder.
When I started skiing 30 years ago I was taught to avoid tree areas. Not because of any dangers to the skier but because of damage to the environment, eg. the ski edges chopping off new growth trees.
Like the lesson but you missed the key elements of riding in trees #1 always cut the low side of trees, this is vital so you don't ride into tree wells #2 always look where you want to go not at what you want to miss. #3 If you ride in actual glades (trees that have shoulder width openings or less) always ride toward the light😉
Go towards the light? I haven’t heard that before. I think of going where there’s tracks or bumps, because you know someone’s gone there before. The idea of going towards the light is that’s where the clearing is?
@@ewallt ya, if you can see light through loose shrub it generally means a clearing or it might mean a drop but just do a quick tree top check to figure that out Here's a link to my last video and half of it is riding through real dense bush ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eEQA6Mx_qOY.html
@@Snow-Journal Enjoyed watching this, not so much the shots down at your feet, but the other shots looking frontwards were terrific. These trees are much tighter than what I ski. I might do a small section like that, to get somewhere else, if I knew it. Thanks for sharing!
Oh dear god. This is not how you ski trees. This is not how you TEACH trees. You're going to get people hurt. Hockey stops as drills or a technique to avoid danger? An expert tree skier spends as little time as possible on edge. The drills to prep for trees are pivot slips and side slipping. Then work up to side slipping while on your uphill ski only. Slip the whole hill on your uphill ski. Then do a snowflake 360° on one ski. Then do a series of them. Skiing trees is about being playful - surfing, pivoting and sliding. It's WRC vs. F1.
This is one of the goofiest ski videos I’ve seen in a long time. Seriously!? How to go through random field trees on a 15 to 20 degree slope?! People can’t figure this out on their own?? Hockey stops!? What!? That’s like basic skiing!! As a skier of 60+ years I find this sort of “lesson video” completely ridiculous! And then you tell them to look at “turn shape metrics”!! Oh please, make it stop! Is this just an Ad for Carv?
Why do all these people want to do treelines?? "ohhh, I feel so free! .... to destroy environment." Ski-edges are very sharp and cause seriuos damage to the (smaller) trees. Trees are precious, they protect from major avalanges. Just stay out of those trees and keep to the groomers.
