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Post by albertatele on Feb 27, 2021 14:21:19 GMT
People new to skiing powder or any unsettled snow tend to panic a bit as they feel the skis sinking in some. Often they try to ski in deeper ungroomed just as they have learned to ski groomers, but on groomers the base is always right there against the skis and you have to let the skis settle on powder and the like to find a base to rebound and turn on. It takes ptactice and patience. skinnier skis underfoot are going to sink further down than fatter skis but skis are skis and all things being equal, the method is the same: do not fight the sinking, work with it. Do not try to turn without something to rebound off, and stay straighter to the hill and carry some speed. Those last 2 videos show how to learn and practice skiing powder and other deeper ungroomed snow.
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Post by mark on Feb 27, 2021 15:33:19 GMT
Powder and deeper 101 ( "Elongate"? Sure, and land on your face!) You want to almost feel like you are sitting on the back ski, though you won't be. Shuffle!
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Mar 4, 2021 22:31:37 GMT
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Post by cunningstunts on Mar 5, 2021 15:19:51 GMT
Hmm... probably the best video I've seen of progression from snowplow turns to telemark on XCD equipment, like ever...
Not sure what those skis are, but I'd bet they aren't very cambered. It's really hard to smear cambered skis like that as they just want to catch and grab at the tips and tails. I'm also betting he detunes the tips and tails quite a bit.
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Post by practicalturnguy on Mar 5, 2021 22:17:24 GMT
Wow, great video on transitioning from snowplow to p and t turns. Super smooth and well shot too. Thanks for posting, I've been trying to explain to my kid how to graduate from the snowplow, watching this with him will help bigly!
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Post by cunningstunts on Mar 6, 2021 0:07:48 GMT
^^^^^^ Mike not sure about that....We really don't have any problem smearing a turn at a ski area....In the bush unless good corn smearing isn't in....As far as looking at the video's which are almost always at a ski area....why bother? One good one in the bush is equal to a thousand at a ski area....Opinion is like a......., everyone has one...Arc on Mike...TM I'll try to say this kindly, but no you don't. The best of your crew can maybe ski to half of that ability, no matter what you're on. There's plenty of videos of him skiing just as well in "the bush" and doing carved turns (on piste and off). So take from that what you will. You could look at it and learn something, or pretend you already know everything and flail your own way. We all know the direction you choose. Also if you use wide skis you can easily smear turns on any snow.
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Post by cunningstunts on Mar 6, 2021 2:12:17 GMT
And regarding the smearing: More camber seems to have an effect of locking the skis down more, at least from what I can recollect. The comparison I recall is my Tuas He and S98s, which are very similar in dimension, but much different in other ways, one of the foremost being the camber. The Tua is a tad wider in the waist, but not enough to write home about. At any rate, those skis smear very easily on piste and can smear a bit in 3D snow when you get some speed up. The S98s were very much different. They were horribly unpredictable and grabby on hard(er) snow. In 3D snows they would easily turn, but never smeared, not even skiing them a bit faster.
Take from that what you will, but camber seems to fight you in every sense ski-for-ski.
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Post by albertatele on Mar 6, 2021 14:36:50 GMT
Wow, great video on transitioning from snowplow to p and t turns. Super smooth and well shot too. Thanks for posting, I've been trying to explain to my kid how to graduate from the snowplow, watching this with him will help bigly! Telehiro is a very talented skier and teacher. He has his own style of Telemark for sure and I admire his lack of religion in his skiing technique and gear selection.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Mar 6, 2021 15:07:42 GMT
Hmm... probably the best video I've seen of progression from snowplow turns to telemark on XCD equipment, like ever... Not sure what those skis are, but I'd bet they aren't very cambered. It's really hard to smear cambered skis like that as they just want to catch and grab at the tips and tails. I'm also betting he detunes the tips and tails quite a bit. He has packed a LOT of good stuff into this short video. Notice at this time in the vid, he shows very clearly a type of Monomark i.e. he initiates the turn without changing leads. Granted it is a pivot with little actual edge change but if he were to put the skis on edge more, it would be Monomarking or the "Mono Tele" initiation --in the sense that 99.9% of Telemark skiers use the term.( Off and on, he is also showing how to move to a very simple parallel turn on XCD gear.)
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Mar 10, 2021 16:00:02 GMT
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Post by albertatele on Mar 12, 2021 14:11:22 GMT
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Mar 22, 2021 16:53:30 GMT
What works in the bumps..
Can work in a narrow chute.. or on miserable icy patches too.. ( Does anyone really want to crawl all that way up to just sideslip back down ? Really I don't see the big attraction..)
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Post by albertatele on Mar 22, 2021 21:26:16 GMT
Quick pivots and sideslipped turns, well you better have mastered those or your game is far from complete. I would add that if the snow is REALLY icy, you really do not want to go low and put a lot of pressure on your edges - be ready to ski and stay light and stay taller! I do find that second video amusing though that is far from my dream skiing situation.
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Post by LoveRonnyRavenSC! on Mar 28, 2021 13:58:47 GMT
Definitely amusing. Pretty much my version of XCD gear (3PC!) and terrain. 174 is my preference!
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Post by albertatele on Mar 29, 2021 19:09:29 GMT
Oh Canada! This is some stupid and funny shit. Why people want to straight-line between cliffs is beyond me. Is this really skiing?
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