You really get it watching these videos. The guy has rhythm and flow in all movements which makes so much more sense to me. For example, I have never been able to do Dolphin drills well. I am 68 now and it puts too much stress on my knees learning to do it. After watching this I will have another go at it, as it is more like skiing instead of some odd unwieldy drill. By the way, since I have been doing drills seriously (last three years) my skiing has dramatically improved and I continue to improve season to season even as my physical capacity stays the same or diminishes. I ski 80% off piste. These little punchy movements have me skiing straight down the fall line in steep trees instead of making bigger turns and getting blocked.
sorry to be so off topic but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would love any tricks you can offer me.
@Harlem Reginald thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
I learned to ski in USA, i loved the first lessons with the very good instrutor they have .I stop on level five.I skied in long john pist in vail colorado.was very nice.
That slip and carving part was very cool. I’ve been thinking how to do that. His turns at the transition were wayyyy faster than I was thinking of doing it, but it makes sense in steep terrain what he’s doing, limiting the time you’re sliding, just enough to brush off some speed.
Epic Pass holder in Summit County, Colorado - this video gives me joy........thank you for post and keep up globally where you can! NA will catch up with vid next year when this thing is over!
Where ski passes are affordable and the food on piste is divine , and asshole corporations have not taken over...EUROPE!…in my backyard, St Anton is 4 hours from Lake Como, and enroute I can ski more World Cup resorts than anyplace in the World!. My local resorts sell 1/2 day Passes for €22…my on mountain lunch will run €12 “with wine” and the chef is the Mom of a real ski family.
God I wish, I wish, I wish I had access to a ski place with snow conditions like that. I ski in southern Ontario Canada. Do you guys know what it’s like ?? Ok, imagine hard packed granular ice, with sheet ice and protruding rocks underneath. It’s fu&$/:ing NASTY like that all season.
Playing hours or working hours....both requires practice, videos. more practice and having this results with such a clean and elegant style. Don't you think?
I watch all those videos with perfect transitions and the problem is, no matter how many I watch and analyse, I'm simply unable to replicate that. This video is great as it focuses on one important thing - agility/flexibility and I think it is a key to the success
They are very nice turns BUT It looks like he was doing some skidding (taking off speed) on the longer carving turns. I suspect the turns are not clean carved lines (railway tracks) throughout the turns.
Regular skiers use a pivot to initiate the turn to avoid the fall line, thereby controlling speed. Racers use a pivot to initiate on steeper terrain to help with direction change and maintain a high line, where carving alone wouldn't be enough. Here's an example - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_0BogcH1gss.html
Are you kidding? This is worst long turns I've ever seen. Why did he "activate" ankles if he does not use them to make a turn? Just hop, skidding, repeat type of skiing.
In America we call this a Stivot at the top of the turn. Steering/pivoting and then using finely controlled pressure and edging skills to work the ski into a carve. . This is a very useful tactic on both the race course and for free skiing versatility. Nicely demonstrated by this master instructor.
@@TahoeRick Stivot is different thing. It is when skier (ski racer) drifts and/or pivots top of the turn being light on feet, with minimal pressure, adjusting the line and creating angles so in right moment he or she can increase angles even more, having correctly set body position and finish the turn with clean carving. On this video we see different mechanics: landing on skis with serious weight and attempt to get grip as quickly as possible, such an abrupt move leads to loosing edge grip until energy creating this pressure calms down, i.e. after significant loaded drift.
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