Thanks twogiraffe! Foot containment (keeping your feet pulled back under your athletic center) is the key to good absorption and speed control in the moguls and it also helps you to stay in control on all kinds of terrain. I am glad that the video helped you to understand it.
Maybe his skis and outfit are outdated, but his technique is absolutely immaculate and will last forever. That is exactly how to control speed in heavy terrain. It actually helps a little to have a shorter (170 - 180 cm), softer all mountain ski (rather than an extreme carver) but what helps even more are really soft skiboots that allow you to bend your knees forward (without sitting down). So look rather for shore 70 - 80 and forget all harder boots. Try to do really short turns on the slope, moving only your legs. The upper body remains totally centered all the time - just as Chuck Martin demonstrates it. - Thanks so much Chuck.
It's July 15 and I dreaming about skiing...looking at videos from this past season...and I see mistakes in some of my mogul skiing that frustrates me. I look for answers on RU-vid and come across this. I find it to be excellent! Clear and best of all, the side view video is exactly what I was looking for. Pulling my feet underneath my hips! That's what I don't do when I get lazy or tired. Not keeping my tips on the snow as I ski down the back side of the mogul...that's it! Those things not only check your speed, they are fundamental to great mogul skiing and the difference between doing it right and well, you know. I realize this video is a few years old but I found it today and I'm glad I did. I believe the visual you have provided here will help remind me to do it right. I'm saving it for when the snow flies. Thank you Chuck Martin!
Cool, this video kind of explains what I must have learned by instinct when I was a kid. I decided to go to the toughest mogul run there was, where all the hardcore guys hung out, and there were two lines that had been skied so much they were like a line of steps. After slamming down those lines enough I kind of learned the loose and relaxed stance needed, and have never had a problem with moguls again; in fact I love doing them ,D
One time at the bottom of a mogul pitch, a tourist came up to me and asked how I keep my speed down in moguls. I looked at him and said, “I don’t know; I never tried.” and skied away. Good times.
If you are using good technique it will help you to ski the bumps with less impact. Using foot containment will help you to control your speed and it will help you to absorb with less impact on the body. Chuck
Fascinating, and thank you. Not sure I could ever ski that straight a line like you do at this age. I join @JB91710 who expressed an interest in seeing how an expert like you goes through wide turns (if you ever do). The complaints about the age and clothes style are ridiculous, but one thing that would be cool with new technology: exactly this same video with a slow-motion camera. If anyone has the full DVD set, are the images more clear than this? I see from some of the other videos that he teaches many other essentials.
This guy is Very good! Technically Correct! Describing what individual parts of the body look and feel like doesn't teach how to make them look and feel like that. There is a Key to all types of skiing that must be ingrained into a person before they can be successful. Keep these things in mind whenever you are looking for an answer. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Stupid and The most likely answer is usually the correct answer. The most important things in skiing are as follows. 1. Understanding. To succeed, you have to know what skiing is and what your skis require from you. 2. Confidence. That comes from understanding. 3. Aggressiveness. You don't think about skiing from your skis or feet up, you think about skiing from your eyes down. Thinking about your feet in moguls can destroy your run. Really! 1:10 Your focus has to be in where you point your face, hands and chest. Your entire upper body goes down the mogul slope and your feet follow. When your skis are going to the left, your upper body has to go to the right in anticipation of the next turn which will create the leg angle to roll your skis over so they can turn. If you don't, you skis will take off on their own leaving you in the back seat. You actually free fall down the hill while your skis turn behind you. 0:53 There it is, right there. It is very hard to see in fall line skiing. The vast majority of skiers do not ski the fall line like this. They make turns against the upper part of the mogul and they ski down to the next uphill side. Like walking down stairs on the step rather than the riser. It is in that type of skiing where the upper body leading is so very important.
Thanks for you detailed opinion about mogul technique. K.I.S.S. is good advice that we can all keep in mind. We can agree to disagree on some things. I don't agree with starting with a focus on the shoulders. It is important to work on an athletic body position which includes the shoulders but should more focused on the athletic center first. For most people I have worked with, this is the case. Vision is always important.
@@utubecmartin I don't think I mentioned the shoulders. Face, hands and chest. If you aren't placing them down the hill where your skis need them to be, you'll end up going straight down the hill with no turns. Athletic stance? Your boots position your lower leg and the rest you can think about like this. Think of standing on the pedals of a bicycle with your hands on the handlebars. When you make a turn you look where you want to go and then point the front tire into the turn followed by your entire upper body and the tires follow that lead. Now think about going down the moguls. You point the front tire down the valleys between the bumps and your skis follow that lead. If you don't do it that way, you won't be over the tips that are steering the skis. The tips will end up in the air too much. Do you have a video of you making wide turns in the bumps? I would look but I need to leave now.
OBTW I'm full of Sh........ ITs the other way around. Chuck is an amazing Skier and coach and I would highly recommend taking one of his mogul clinics at MJ WP...
Interesting how the brushed short swing turns Chuck Martin demos for Mogul practice are so different from the carved race turns today. RU-vid "wedeln krucki" for the revolutionary 1950s version. Compare the head-on view at :08 in the Martin video to the head-on solo skier at 1:01 in the 1950s video. Identical and ideal form to my eye. Hey Chuck is that your granddad? I seems wedeln may be the basis of modern competition mogul skiing.
Thanks Chuck, Love moguls, basically taught myself back in the late '80s at Crested Butte. I was never able to control one thing or another, primarily speed, so I would get through about 5 to 10 bumps nicely, but would get going too fast and lose control. I leaned my upper body out too far forward over the next mogul, rather than keep my feet back for the absortion. Been a while, but I can't wait to get out there and go at it again. Any tips on pounding bumps after a 20+ yrs aside from go easy?
Ive been struggling with my 188cm and 88 underfoot ... might have to invest into narrower/shorter skies or may be it's just me missing the small details? :-/
I guess you are not a mogul skier dji zzah, what does fashion have to do with skiing or any sport? And those designers who create fashion love vintage fashion also. A great technique like Chuck's will never be outdated. Learning from a master is a rare find. Chuck was the first to document Mogul skiing and you will find a train of history imitating his work. Thank you, Chuck, you are a legend!
