You are one hell of a ski instructor! Thank you so much for the videos, I can keep watching them and each time I am reminded of something else to work on. Please keep shining your light. ...I heard some puzzling news about you, no longer ski instructor but now full time fire fighter in Big White... what?! Hope you weren't injured? will you be with CSIA interski still? Or maybe it was fake news(hope so) Keep shining, sensei.
Initiating turns by relaxing the outside leg has some nice benefits. As you near the end of a turn all that pressure is building up and you feel like your CoM is trapped because,well, it is trapped uphill from your outside ski and you need to get it to the other side. As soon as you relax the outside leg pressure is taken up by the inside ski and now your CoM is on the downhill side of the pressure and it feels almost as if your body shoots across your skis. Why make a bunch of really athletic moves to change skis when all you have to do is relax?
I do not disagree but one can also relax the inside leg to direct pressure toward the outside ski. There are many ways to develop effective skiing. Josh is a really fine skier so he has a large repertoire to draw from.
Seems almost like it's easier to find the position by rolling over the skis, always carving the inside edge. But I don't think I'm supposed to have my torso rolling side to side like that. But if I do that, how should I stop that/keep torso more upright? Hope that makes sense...
Bigdog You are correct. This exercise teaches a student nothing. It has Nothing to do with How to start a new turn. As far as your upper body rocking from side to side, when you link GS or wide turns like he was, your body Will and Has to rock side to side rather than stay in the fall line. Your body has to lean into the General Direction your skis are going. For a wide turn, it's from side to side, across the slope. For quick fall line turns, it is straight down the hill. Your upper body should stay as vertical as possible for either turn. Vertical as seen from the front, not the side. The shoulders need to stay horizontal to the horizon. In other words, a Natural position.
It's hard to answer your question without actually seeing how you are executing your turns. I think you are asking if you need more angulation between your upper and lower bodies? If so, weighting (standing) on your outside ski before turning will create proper angulation. It can be that simple.
@@gogglebro9421 Standing on the arch of your uphill/outside ski doesn't Create angulation. The amount you put your hip Back in the fall line as your skis pass under you Will do that. Read below. Everyone is missing the mark of what skiing is. Everyone is focused on what parts of the body look or feel like and say, "make them look or feel like that and you will be skiing." Sorry! That ain't it! I will break this down to it's simplest form. If you have questions, ask. 1. The skis are designed to turn. YOU, don't Make them turn. You do what They need and that's it. 2. Skiing/Turning is the ability to balance on one arch and then the other. To balance on either arch, your upper body has to be very quiet and in a vertical position. The ski under that foot will turn. 3. To make a turn from a traverse, you decide when and where you want the skis to turn. 4. You stop your upper body from going across the hill and say, "I want to go straight down the hill." You point your hands and chest down the hill. 5. As you do that you add, "get off my downhill arch and balance on my uphill arch." Just like pedaling a bike. 6. Because you are no longer balanced, your entire body will start to fall down the hill like a tree. 7. That will Instantly roll your uphill foot over onto your arch. The ski will turn as designed. 8. When the ski turns and your feet pass under you, face down the hill and get off your downhill foot. To carve, do the above but lift your cheek when you get off that downhill foot and slide it over onto the edge of a barstool. Try that at home and notice your vertical body and leg angle. There is a Brake Pedal on that hip. If you want to go slower, press your hip against that pedal. That increases the leg angle so the ski is more on it's side so it can bend more, creating a shorter radius for the skis. That's It! That's all you need. You think of these things from the Snowplow to Racing. Everything you need to know comes from this. Once you understand and have felt the results, then you can do anything you want."
@@JB91710 Reading Bigdog's question again, I may have misunderstood it. I was visualizing that he was banking his turns because of having too much weight committed to the inside ski. I may have been wrong to think so. But based on that idea, I've had good results by simply having students commit early to the new outside ski and suggested it. And that helps create the off balance position you describe in your step-by-step approach. Moreover, I'm not sure that any of this has anything to do with what Josh was highlighting in this video, which I believe to be how to crossover while maintaining flow.
@@gogglebro9421 No offense but, the biggest problem with ski teaching throughout the world is, using words like "crossover while maintaining flow." "Tipping." "Flexion." Extension." that have no meaning and teach nothing. That is the Instant giveaway that the user has no idea what skiing is and how to teach it in simple to understand words. If you notice I Never use words that don't have meaning. I'm not trying to show the student how complicated I can make skiing, I'm trying to make them understand what skiing is in one lesson or a few paragraphs. "I've had good results by simply having students commit early to the new outside ski" If they don't get off their downhill arch and balance on their uphill arch, the turn will never start in the first place. The upper body facing down hill and removing your "Balance" from your downhill arch, is what's allowing the uphill ski to make the next turn. Your skis and your car need Input from you in order to work. In your car, first you need to put your hands on the steering wheel. Then you need to turn the steering wheel. You also have the brake pedal to slow you down and stop. Putting your "Hands on the steering wheel" is balancing on your uphill arch. Turning the steering wheel and the brake pedal in skiing are the hip of the leg you got off of. By leaning your hip into the turn, it makes your legs lay over at a steep angle. No "Tipping" involved. As your feet roll over, the side of the ski shovel digs in. As the shovel is curved, it will form the beginning of the arc. That is the front tires of your car starting a turn. When the ski is on a steep edge, the narrow part under your foot is raised off the snow. With your weight going at an angle because of centrifugal force, the ski has much more room to bend than when it was flat. So the big arc is created. The harder you press the hip into the turn, the more the ski bends which slows you down and will stop you. Think of lifting that cheek and sliding it over onto the edge of a barstool. Lifting the cheek keeps your upper body vertical so it is in a position for balance no matter which foot you are on and that hip thrust puts your legs at a very steep angle for carving. No big complicated words and phrases needed to understand skiing.
Everyone is missing the mark of what skiing is. Everyone is focused on what parts of the body look or feel like and say, "make them look or feel like that and you will be skiing." Sorry! That ain't it! I will break this down to it's simplest form. If you have questions, ask. 1. The skis are designed to turn. YOU, don't Make them turn. You do what They need and that's it. 2. Skiing/Turning is the ability to balance on one arch and then the other. To balance on either arch, your upper body has to be very quiet and in a vertical position. The ski under that foot will turn. 3. To make a turn from a traverse, you decide when and where you want the skis to turn. 4. You stop your upper body from going across the hill and say, "I want to go straight down the hill." You point your hands and chest down the hill. 5. As you do that you add, "get off my downhill arch and balance on my uphill arch." Just like pedaling a bike. 6. Because you are no longer balanced, your entire body will start to fall down the hill like a tree. 7. That will Instantly roll your uphill foot over onto your arch. The ski will turn as designed. 8. When the ski turns and your feet pass under you, face down the hill and get off your downhill foot. To carve, do the above but lift your cheek when you get off that downhill foot and slide it over onto the edge of a barstool. Try that at home and notice your vertical body and leg angle. There is a Brake Pedal on that hip. If you want to go slower, press your hip against that pedal. That increases the leg angle so the ski is more on it's side so it can bend more, creating a shorter radius for the skis. That's It! That's all you need. You think of these things from the Snowplow to Racing. Everything you need to know comes from this. Once you understand and have felt the results, then you can do anything you want."
@@yujohnny3050 Your comment shows what is wrong with most humans. A Two Dimensional Reactor needs a video. You won't understand what is being said whether the words are correct or not. You will simply watch the skiing and then Mimic it the next time you ski. Problem is, if you aren't taught correctly and you don't THINK of what is being said and understand it, all the Mimicking in the world isn't going to help you when the speed picks up. You will have to do a Hockey Stop to save you. My method, which comes from a Three Dimensional Thinker, tells you how to position your body and change your weight to allow your skis to turn, in the simplest way possible. You will Know why the skis turn so you can duplicate your actions whenever you need to control your speed. You STILL have to turn your mind on a think of what I say. But when you do, you will be able to THINK your way down the hill rather than Mimic.
@@JB91710 you're patronising, a dumb ass, and the one ski video you have posted makes you look very much like an intermediate. Fuck off and give up now.
@@JB91710 All you offer is one way, the JB stool and bicycle method. Quit trolling, go out and work on your own weak skiing and try some new things. You’ll be glad you did! Highly intelligent people don’t think they know it all, are good listeners and also self aware. You’re none of these things.
I love the way Josh skis. Keep it up! I dream of skiing at Big White.
I like looking his turns look natural and smooth
You are one hell of a ski instructor! Thank you so much for the videos, I can keep watching them and each time I am reminded of something else to work on. Please keep shining your light. ...I heard some puzzling news about you, no longer ski instructor but now full time fire fighter in Big White... what?! Hope you weren't injured? will you be with CSIA interski still? Or maybe it was fake news(hope so) Keep shining, sensei.
Great balance on the inside ski..just as important for 'confidence' boosting as the outside ski.
Hey Josh, great vid and good tips. Thanks
Is this the White Pass turn?
It's looks like a great way to get the lead change drilled into muscle memory.
Initiating turns by relaxing the outside leg has some nice benefits. As you near the end of a turn all that pressure is building up and you feel like your CoM is trapped because,well, it is trapped uphill from your outside ski and you need to get it to the other side. As soon as you relax the outside leg pressure is taken up by the inside ski and now your CoM is on the downhill side of the pressure and it feels almost as if your body shoots across your skis. Why make a bunch of really athletic moves to change skis when all you have to do is relax?
I do not disagree but one can also relax the inside leg to direct pressure toward the outside ski. There are many ways to develop effective skiing. Josh is a really fine skier so he has a large repertoire to draw from.
Thank you very much. Great videos and great tips.
Why this bull learns to ride on the inside leg
It offers no positive result and does not teach the all important weight change or start of the new turn.
With you on this Josh...
Seems almost like it's easier to find the position by rolling over the skis, always carving the inside edge. But I don't think I'm supposed to have my torso rolling side to side like that. But if I do that, how should I stop that/keep torso more upright? Hope that makes sense...
Bigdog You are correct. This exercise teaches a student nothing. It has Nothing to do with How to start a new turn. As far as your upper body rocking from side to side, when you link GS or wide turns like he was, your body Will and Has to rock side to side rather than stay in the fall line. Your body has to lean into the General Direction your skis are going. For a wide turn, it's from side to side, across the slope. For quick fall line turns, it is straight down the hill.
Your upper body should stay as vertical as possible for either turn. Vertical as seen from the front, not the side. The shoulders need to stay horizontal to the horizon. In other words, a Natural position.
It's hard to answer your question without actually seeing how you are executing your turns. I think you are asking if you need more angulation between your upper and lower bodies? If so, weighting (standing) on your outside ski before turning will create proper angulation. It can be that simple.
@@gogglebro9421 Standing on the arch of your uphill/outside ski doesn't Create angulation. The amount you put your hip Back in the fall line as your skis pass under you Will do that. Read below.
Everyone is missing the mark of what skiing is. Everyone is focused on what parts of the body look or feel like and say, "make them look or feel like that and you will be skiing." Sorry! That ain't it! I will break this down to it's simplest form. If you have questions, ask.
1. The skis are designed to turn. YOU, don't Make them turn. You do what They need and that's it.
2. Skiing/Turning is the ability to balance on one arch and then the other. To balance on either arch, your upper body has to be very quiet and in a vertical position. The ski under that foot will turn.
3. To make a turn from a traverse, you decide when and where you want the skis to turn.
4. You stop your upper body from going across the hill and say, "I want to go straight down the hill." You point your hands and chest down the hill.
5. As you do that you add, "get off my downhill arch and balance on my uphill arch." Just like pedaling a bike.
6. Because you are no longer balanced, your entire body will start to fall down the hill like a tree.
7. That will Instantly roll your uphill foot over onto your arch. The ski will turn as designed.
8. When the ski turns and your feet pass under you, face down the hill and get off your downhill foot.
To carve, do the above but lift your cheek when you get off that downhill foot and slide it over onto the edge of a barstool. Try that at home and notice your vertical body and leg angle. There is a Brake Pedal on that hip. If you want to go slower, press your hip against that pedal. That increases the leg angle so the ski is more on it's side so it can bend more, creating a shorter radius for the skis.
That's It! That's all you need. You think of these things from the Snowplow to Racing. Everything you need to know comes from this. Once you understand and have felt the results, then you can do anything you want."
@@JB91710 Reading Bigdog's question again, I may have misunderstood it. I was visualizing that he was banking his turns because of having too much weight committed to the inside ski. I may have been wrong to think so. But based on that idea, I've had good results by simply having students commit early to the new outside ski and suggested it. And that helps create the off balance position you describe in your step-by-step approach. Moreover, I'm not sure that any of this has anything to do with what Josh was highlighting in this video, which I believe to be how to crossover while maintaining flow.
@@gogglebro9421 No offense but, the biggest problem with ski teaching throughout the world is, using words like "crossover while maintaining flow." "Tipping." "Flexion." Extension." that have no meaning and teach nothing. That is the Instant giveaway that the user has no idea what skiing is and how to teach it in simple to understand words. If you notice I Never use words that don't have meaning. I'm not trying to show the student how complicated I can make skiing, I'm trying to make them understand what skiing is in one lesson or a few paragraphs.
"I've had good results by simply having students commit early to the new outside ski" If they don't get off their downhill arch and balance on their uphill arch, the turn will never start in the first place. The upper body facing down hill and removing your "Balance" from your downhill arch, is what's allowing the uphill ski to make the next turn.
Your skis and your car need Input from you in order to work. In your car, first you need to put your hands on the steering wheel. Then you need to turn the steering wheel. You also have the brake pedal to slow you down and stop. Putting your "Hands on the steering wheel" is balancing on your uphill arch. Turning the steering wheel and the brake pedal in skiing are the hip of the leg you got off of. By leaning your hip into the turn, it makes your legs lay over at a steep angle. No "Tipping" involved. As your feet roll over, the side of the ski shovel digs in. As the shovel is curved, it will form the beginning of the arc. That is the front tires of your car starting a turn. When the ski is on a steep edge, the narrow part under your foot is raised off the snow. With your weight going at an angle because of centrifugal force, the ski has much more room to bend than when it was flat. So the big arc is created.
The harder you press the hip into the turn, the more the ski bends which slows you down and will stop you. Think of lifting that cheek and sliding it over onto the edge of a barstool. Lifting the cheek keeps your upper body vertical so it is in a position for balance no matter which foot you are on and that hip thrust puts your legs at a very steep angle for carving. No big complicated words and phrases needed to understand skiing.
Everyone is missing the mark of what skiing is. Everyone is focused on what parts of the body look or feel like and say, "make them look or feel like that and you will be skiing." Sorry! That ain't it! I will break this down to it's simplest form. If you have questions, ask.
1. The skis are designed to turn. YOU, don't Make them turn. You do what They need and that's it.
2. Skiing/Turning is the ability to balance on one arch and then the other. To balance on either arch, your upper body has to be very quiet and in a vertical position. The ski under that foot will turn.
3. To make a turn from a traverse, you decide when and where you want the skis to turn.
4. You stop your upper body from going across the hill and say, "I want to go straight down the hill." You point your hands and chest down the hill.
5. As you do that you add, "get off my downhill arch and balance on my uphill arch." Just like pedaling a bike.
6. Because you are no longer balanced, your entire body will start to fall down the hill like a tree.
7. That will Instantly roll your uphill foot over onto your arch. The ski will turn as designed.
8. When the ski turns and your feet pass under you, face down the hill and get off your downhill foot.
To carve, do the above but lift your cheek when you get off that downhill foot and slide it over onto the edge of a barstool. Try that at home and notice your vertical body and leg angle. There is a Brake Pedal on that hip. If you want to go slower, press your hip against that pedal. That increases the leg angle so the ski is more on it's side so it can bend more, creating a shorter radius for the skis.
That's It! That's all you need. You think of these things from the Snowplow to Racing. Everything you need to know comes from this. Once you understand and have felt the results, then you can do anything you want."
Why don't post your skiing video and let ppl to select
@@yujohnny3050 Your comment shows what is wrong with most humans. A Two Dimensional Reactor needs a video. You won't understand what is being said whether the words are correct or not. You will simply watch the skiing and then Mimic it the next time you ski. Problem is, if you aren't taught correctly and you don't THINK of what is being said and understand it, all the Mimicking in the world isn't going to help you when the speed picks up. You will have to do a Hockey Stop to save you.
My method, which comes from a Three Dimensional Thinker, tells you how to position your body and change your weight to allow your skis to turn, in the simplest way possible. You will Know why the skis turn so you can duplicate your actions whenever you need to control your speed. You STILL have to turn your mind on a think of what I say. But when you do, you will be able to THINK your way down the hill rather than Mimic.
@@JB91710 you're patronising, a dumb ass, and the one ski video you have posted makes you look very much like an intermediate. Fuck off and give up now.
Everyone but you huh, JB? You need to develop some self awareness as almost everyone on RUclips thinks you're a troll .
@@JB91710 All you offer is one way, the JB stool and bicycle method. Quit trolling, go out and work on your own weak skiing and try some new things. You’ll be glad you did! Highly intelligent people don’t think they know it all, are good listeners and also self aware. You’re none of these things.