Excellent video on how to ski very steep slopes. Double pole jump turns with a lot of skidding to control speed especially if it's a no fall zone like chamonix.
If you have the room to turn like he had there, you can also do exaggerated carved turns meaning, throw your upper body down the hill as the skis pass under you, get off your downhill foot and the skis will instantly roll over and the tips, which are heavily weighted, will dig in, bend and carve the turn. When your skis are going one way, your upper body should be going the other way to anticipate the next turn and get your legs to Snap over from one side to the other for the instant edge change..
I know this is kind of late really nice video helped me a lot just had a question, what did you mean by don’t force a turn and is there anyway to counter that problem
Forcing a turn will generally lead to over-rotation of the upper body; turning the upper body in to the slope. This can result in losing edge control more easily, especially if on steep ground, which can in turn lead to a fall of course!
Awesome instruction. Thanks for that. Lots of technique issues that many of us newbies forget when hitting the deep and steep
Thanks Tommy! Glad you could take something from it.
Excellent video on how to ski very steep slopes. Double pole jump turns with a lot of skidding to control speed especially if it's a no fall zone like chamonix.
incredibly helpful, thanks!
I like em steep, but dang that is steep.
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Wow, well done. That is arguably more impressive than the skiing here!
If you have the room to turn like he had there, you can also do exaggerated carved turns meaning, throw your upper body down the hill as the skis pass under you, get off your downhill foot and the skis will instantly roll over and the tips, which are heavily weighted, will dig in, bend and carve the turn. When your skis are going one way, your upper body should be going the other way to anticipate the next turn and get your legs to Snap over from one side to the other for the instant edge change..
I know this is kind of late really nice video helped me a lot just had a question, what did you mean by don’t force a turn and is there anyway to counter that problem
Forcing a turn will generally lead to over-rotation of the upper body; turning the upper body in to the slope. This can result in losing edge control more easily, especially if on steep ground, which can in turn lead to a fall of course!
70 degrees and no freakin helmet like a mad boss hahahaha