The skier that ski at 1:43 and 4:00 isreally strong, the best in the clip I thing. I really like how he take the time to align is self on the outside ski at the start of the turn and how he take the time to glide with the ski a cross the mountain, some of the other person some time are enter to quick inside with there hip joint, but still good skiing in general. Good work.
When I was a collegiate ski racer the most cogent advice my coach gave me was- "Remember that your turn is a direction change, first, then a speed control, second, so minimize the latter." I see beautiful turns and very aggressive speed controls through the end of the turn. 2 polite questions - ?how about videos' of these skiers on slightly less steep trails and maximizing their speed? ?how about slow motion of the same skiers rather than these as you have shown? btw, white helmet, green goggles is demonstrating avalement at the end of his turns when his skis come off the snow. Excellent videos and Thank You! for the posting.
+Allison Nguyen You sound a lot like my daughter even the matching name. I have to admit that it was tiring to produce this video. We had to finish the whole production in one day and I was exhausted from changing in and out of different ski gears. :D
Very much like you ski, I watch this video almost every day. I just started skiing more than a year, so I have a question to ask you, does the need to force down the inner legs?？
I am not an expert like the skiers in the video. IMHO, at the begging of the turn one should stand on the outside ski more (80-20 weight distribution) while pushing down the toe will put pressure on the inside edge and cause it to engage the snow and begin to turn. Hopefully someone could chime in with some tips. Thanks for your comment.
Well to be able to ski like this you have to master skiing on both legs. That means when doing a left turn you could do it on just inner ski or the outer ski (the other one in the air). It's not about forcing your legs somewhere you have to find the right balance and right force as you ride. First start learning carving on just outer ski 100% weight on it. Then when you master that try to add the inner ski (much harder). In this video they use 50/50 weight distribution. They don't force the inner leg to be where it is. To ski on the inner leg is the best feeling you can have on skiis. Hopefully I answered your question. Best is to go to some carving course or something.
To carve you must realize the turn starts way before you face downhill. The turn is initiated as you are traversing . Carving is really understanding that skiing this technique is skiing ONE LEGGED. the ski on the outside of the turn is the ski in control and the other ski is just along for the ride (in fact, you may practice by picking the inside ski up a bit from the snow. The carved turn then becomes effortless and beautiful. This method can be taught quickly and learned in half an hour. As you perfect the technique your control will improve drastically and while they say it's for well grommed slopes it is just as important when bump skiing. If you want to ski with stlye (close or "nailed" ) skiing, this is how it's done.
I indeed like the audio/soundtrack but I disagree with "Allison Nguyen" if thats how you say it. I believe that the soundtrack suits the video and is in sync with it. Overall good video and post more!
My humble opinion is that natural sound of ski edges cutting into the snow would be much sexier than any musical soundtrack. Otherwise the video is perfect and the skiers' skill is awesome
+Kooch E Koo Good observation. I think in carving with high speed pole planting plays less of a role. I often see racers use poles though they're not planting them when they are at their top speed. I believe it's more important for steep, deep or bumpy hills. When I am on the hills, I myself still have a lot to learn in pole planting technique. Currently I use poles mainly to block people from pushing pass me when I am in lift queues :D
+wyzman88 I'm sorry I was being facetious. So many youtube videos show the experts or advanced skiers carving extreme turns like yours and not use a single pole plant. In being taught to teach skiing, pole planting plays a major role in your timing and rhythm. In race training, pole plants aren't as essential, as you use the gate pole as a reference for the turn. With this aside, the skiing presented on this video is very very impressive, very technically sound, well executed and very beautiful to watch. Again sorry for the sarcastic comment. Thanks for the reply. I just wished the ski season around here was longer. EK
+Kooch E Koo No worries. I didn't think it was a sarcastic comment. Like I said it was a good observation since I didn't realize it until you pointed it out. I guess being a ski instructor pointing out bad technique is part of your job. :) Thanks for spending the time to write a very nice and positive comment.
You certainly don't need a pole "plant" at that speed, a pole "touch" would be more desirable and is in fact exactly what you do: the tip of the pole comes forward and towards the snow perfectly as it should, hard to see if it touches the snow each time but no matter whether it does or doesn't because at this level and type of skiing it certainly isn't mandatory. You certainly demonstrate a very high level of skiing, thanks for sharing, it is great to see. By the way, I am an Austrian Ski Instructor.
Good vids, great skiers, edit those toonz my friend. Zep, rush, something not so high pitched and repetitive. Joe Bonnamassa, Jeff Beck, Highway jam. not Ray Raynor, thanks.
Okay but the movement in that first skier is so slow! That person literally has to flex, stand up on their skis, and flex again. That kind of thing works alright on hero snow at mellow speeds and casual grades only. Pretty nonetheless!
To zadne wyzwanie jechac w ten sposób na tak przygotowanym i pustym stoku...Sprobujcie tak wieczorkiem gdzies na jakiejs trudnej trasie ktora przez caly dzien masakrowaly rodzinki z dziecmi i nastolatki...
Victor seriously!! You would like this guy to skid and ski slow because safety first to many peoples... there is no body on the ski slop they are skiing on. And there are ski resort that have less peoples on ski slope! And when they are more people just comment sense, just pass further from them to not scare them....
