I just started skiing last week on my new pair of 165cm Atomic Redster S9. What a great ski for carving groomers. I was skiing a pair of Atomic SL11 before that, these new skis almost turn themselves. Thanks for all the ski tips
Thank you for your kind words, hopefully next winter, the world will be a little easier and we can ski again. keep up the good work, at least we can watch skiing and learn a little with your wonderful video's.
How nice of you to write a comment like this. I hope we all and particularly YOU will have a great skiing season next year. We are heading for lock down over here and sadly all resorts will close down shortly. Thanks for watching and see you out on the slopes in 2022 :)
Thank you for another really informative video on carving,they great. Yes normally my son and I fly from New Zealand to Colorado to ski ,about a month on the slopes,but unfortunately it’s not happening this year.Great you are still able to hit the slopes 😎 in Finland
Nice idea. For controlling the body and speed I've used skiing with poles connected to the snow and without pulling them up. It help to set the body position. This one should be helpful too I guess:)
Great tip. Have you watched my 3 Levels of Carving video? There you can find the drill you are referring to. At Level 3 I think. I was actually planning on releasing it as a stand alone drill as it is one of the best drills for calming down the upper body, leveled shoulders, angulation, for aft balance etc. Combining the pole drag and GoogleSki would make a perfect combo. Thanks for watching and keep them good ideas coming in :)
Thanks Tom! Google view training next time out. I spent a week in BC working on staying low in transitions, in and out of gates.............thank you thank you kiitos!
Thx for the tip :) Very nice and quite very...basic. In france we say that from transition you have to "move away" your feet from center of mass (CM). It is about "dissociation" since there are 2 distinct trajectories the CM (going straight at the end of the turn) and your skis (keeping on turning). And as you said that allows you to be more forward entering new turn. You explain very well and very well illutrated by Chris here @6:00 I am writing a new text about fore/aft for Chris :)
Thanks TE for checking my video and leaving a comment. Always appreciate it. Yes, getting your skis away from underneath your CoM is the key issue. Hahaa... please share the fore/aft text :)
@@Triggerboy62 LOL. Here it is ! What is fore-aft all about? It is not only about balance, it is foremost about where exactly you want to load your foot in relation to your center of mass. You want to start to push your hips forward at the end of the turn. You do it from the ground because you need some base, standing against in the tonic phase. This is in relation to weight transfer: from foot to foot. If you start to go forward later on from transition, then it is too late since you are there already in the ballistic (floating) and relaxed phase. Even if you must do some retraction (knees up) in transition because of rebound, the fact you started to push forward early from the ground will prepare you to go forward easily entering the next turn as you got your skis away from your COM. It is about timing. In practice for Chris the 3 main points are: 1/ hips forward from the load on his external foot at the end of the turn, 2/ exaggerate the tonic/relax phases so that the coach can notice it, 3/ proprioception : keep in mind the main goal, loading your foot at apex in relation to your center of mass (forward). I am not a pro. It is my 2 cents...
You're welcome! I think this is one of my best tips ever. I used it myself today. Actually I use it all the time. I have a new video in the works where I have a good demo of the change it brought to my own skiing.
This is exactly what I see when watch my gopro footage, my skis doesn't cross all the way to the side to make controlled turn. Awesome video! Tom, I love carving but I also love going in to powder on my wide skies, could you please make a video on how to translate carving in to powder skiing? Thanks
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. Funny thing is that I never owned a gopro. Or actually sad. Never had the extra money to spend on it as this sport and other hobbies are costly enough as they are and time is also limited. But yes, a gopro footage will do the trick as well. Watched lots of Ted Ligety and other WC gopro footage prior to making this video and they all told the same story. Yes, powder is great. I like both country AND western :)
I see no difference on basic carv tech on powder, certainly need to adjust speed/tightness of turns/pressure to apply according to snow. In powder no edges used/felt rather the whole ski width.
On the powder skis you have to make the same movements that you make on the carving skis. Start the turn (or at least try) from the tip and then transfer your weight to the waist to finish the turn. The thing is that carving is not always applicable on the wide skis. Most of the time you have to skid the tail of the ski to control the speed depending on terrain. Like on moguls. But I'm not the great expert here:)
I understand that following this tip I would be able to make the new outside ski weighted and have a better and more effective first 1/3 of the turn, so the new turn is always with better control. However I have a question that confuses me recently. During transition into a new turn, I know I should weight on my new outside ski as early as possible. But, how early? I have heard two different opinions, the first one is to keep your weight on the old outside ski until after you cross over the binding then by shortening the old outside leg, weight transfers to the new outside ski natually, like doing a white pass turn just not that exaggerated. The second opinion is to start weight transfer to the old INSIDE ski (on the outside edge that is) at the end of the last turn before the cross over/under into the new turn happens, then as soon as you flip into the new turn, the new outside ski is properly weighted and start to cut into the snow. I don't know which is the right approach.
Both are valid transitions. The first one we call ILE and the other OLF. Extend the inside leg or flex the outside leg. Or a combination of both. ILE is good for staying balanced during the transition, great for cruising or skiing very fast and big turns. The other is great for short slalom turns. Check out my How to carve low video. Cheers, T
Hahaa... this is the original music that came with the intro. I initially liked the country music I used before better but kind of wanted a change. I think this music is kind of engaging in an other sence. Isnt this the second time I use it? Loosing count LOL. Thanks for watching BTW :)
Thank you for your great tips - also in the video Improve your CARVING with PATIENCE. This is exactly my problem - so I will try again! One question: how long is your ski compared to your body-length? What do you recommend?
I am 6foot2 (190cm) and I use 165cm skis. Im around 100kg. I dont have a formula for ski lengths vs own length. Because SL skis only come in 155 and 165 lengths. Zenhaeusern 202 uses 165 skis as well as Popov 164. And yes, try to use patience at the start of the turn. Also, try to learn how to skid the top part of the turn. That is something that will totally change your skiing. Skid and carve. Cheers, T
Triggerboy62 I see ,yes!! Next day Set up to 86º-0,25º in SL and go hard! Yesterday see this vídeo of freeski Korea racer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L8WG9iPuXbs.html
Today Iv tried your trick with ski tips in my goggles and it worked! I understood that my transitions were too early. And you video from the link above Iv seen already before. But ski tip trick just put everything together. Thanks for your videos. They all worked for me, and Im better skier because of you grate videos.
Here is what skiing looks like at the moment in France : two hours to go up (climbing skins), five/seven minutes to go down... I'll try your secret later !
Wow, still you get to ski. I have heard of resorts not allowing skinning up. Hope things turn out for the better soon. All the best to you in France :)
Wow, thats great Pavel. You beat me, my score was 145. So glad you tested my Google method. Its actually totally awesome. Must be one of my best videos. The recent video PATIENCE is the same thing. But this video is better. I think I explained it better. What do you think?
@@Triggerboy62 I think your last video is more about the fall line. You know how skier’s brain try to catch to many things during the run. And you can remember just few of them on the slope. So I will watch your last video again and again before next session. Last three ski days I was really focused on carv tips like “fall over your boots like there is water in them, some pressure and release hints worked fantastic for me. I was amazed at some points how it worked out. I think this is the future of ski coaching.
Hahaa.... but seriously, snowboarders are really putting themselves at risk by sitting on the slope. Some times many. Or suddenly tripping over for no apparent reason. I always keep a watch out for people in front, except when I ski backwards :)
Yes we do: triggerboy62 (TDK Ski Instruction and Race Coaching) Its mainly Chris managing our IG. I manage our YT channel and email tdk.skiracing@gmail.com Cheers, Tom
