As a young ski racer, no one ever taught me the basic eye technique Bode talks about. I was taught to look at the gate. Free skiing, I looked great...but in the gates...I got later and later till I yard-saled it, or scrubbed off all my speed. My coaches just sucked, and I was too boneheaded to figure it out myself.
Helps with focus too. For me at least my best skiing comes when I'm not thinking about how I'm skiing; looking outside gives me something to think about instead
This communication is perhaps the most important for everyone who wants to ski well especially the young racers and young free skiers. Beautiful skiing happens when we switch to both downhill edges before the skis are pointed downhill or in the fall line. A lot of the time we don't carve because of conditions but linking, rhythm, and turn shape become amazing for all ages when we switch(tip) to our downhill edges before the fall line. I teach skiing as switch to switch and never panel to panel. If you teach the transition edge angles are easy and grip is easy at the gate. I'm glad Bode's posting up because people will listen. There are so many small details but in kid speak, stay small, stay compact, and tip to the downhill edges at the switch.
What you described is what your feet look like, not what to do with your upper body and a very specific weight change from your downhill foot to your uphill foot that will make your feet look like that. You ski from your eyes down, not from your feet up. The Last thing to happen is the rolling over of your skis. Your body has to be facing and leaning down the hill and your weight has to be on the uphill ski. Your falling body is what makes your legs lean over which makes you skis roll over.
Being able to do something and teach it, are two completely different things. As you are going by a gate, you Have to look at the next gate so you can create a Line for you to allow your skis to travel to create the straightest line around the gate and keep you high for the next gate. You find the gate location and in your peripheral vision crate an arch that starts above the gate and will allow you to go by the gate so your skis will finish the arch with you heading above the next gate. It's kind of like a Quarterback throwing a pass to a receiver that is running laterally. He has to see the receiver but throws the pass ahead of him so it will arrive where the receiver is Going to be, not where they are when it is thrown. You look at the gate and have your skis keep turning across the hill so when you throw your body down the hill and get off your downhill foot, the outside ski will create the straightest line possible and end up with the skis heading above the next gate. Your eyes, mind and upper body have to be anticipating what is coming and where you are going to be, not where you are now. He's saying that you focus on where your skis are going and only look at the gate when your skis are completing the turn and you are brushing by it. You concentrate on where that gate is so you can allow your skis to get on the line that will take you past the gate. Then you immediately focus on the next gate and stay focused on it until your skis are completing the next arch. Your eyes have to be down the hill ahead of you so you can plan for the line you want your skis to take when they get there. The quarterback focuses on the receiver and throws the ball ahead of him. The line of the ball is the arch of the skis which will meet up with the gate. When they do meet up, the quarterback has to look down the field for the next receiver. Boy, that was a great metaphor.
2:15 he is not skiing down the hill by thinking about his feet or skis. He is creating these turns by where he is looking for the next turn and positioning his face, chest and pelvis in that direction with no thought of his legs and feet. While his skis are completing a turn, the repositioning of his entire upper body down the hill and into the next turn is what creates the new leg angle that rolls the skis over for the new turn. Watch his upper body stop crossing the slope and his ski shoot out from under him. Watch the angle of his legs change.
As a young ski racer, no one ever taught me the basic eye technique Bode talks about. I was taught to look at the gate. Free skiing, I looked great...but in the gates...I got later and later till I yard-saled it, or scrubbed off all my speed. My coaches just sucked, and I was too boneheaded to figure it out myself.
Helps with focus too. For me at least my best skiing comes when I'm not thinking about how I'm skiing; looking outside gives me something to think about instead
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@@JB91710no thanks. I’d rather listen to DJT collected speeches.
Boost the sound levels on his audio & we're golden!
Awesome content from the best. Killer boots mannnnn
This communication is perhaps the most important for everyone who wants to ski well especially the young racers and young free skiers. Beautiful skiing happens when we switch to both downhill edges before the skis are pointed downhill or in the fall line. A lot of the time we don't carve because of conditions but linking, rhythm, and turn shape become amazing for all ages when we switch(tip) to our downhill edges before the fall line. I teach skiing as switch to switch and never panel to panel. If you teach the transition edge angles are easy and grip is easy at the gate. I'm glad Bode's posting up because people will listen. There are so many small details but in kid speak, stay small, stay compact, and tip to the downhill edges at the switch.
What you described is what your feet look like, not what to do with your upper body and a very specific weight change from your downhill foot to your uphill foot that will make your feet look like that. You ski from your eyes down, not from your feet up. The Last thing to happen is the rolling over of your skis. Your body has to be facing and leaning down the hill and your weight has to be on the uphill ski. Your falling body is what makes your legs lean over which makes you skis roll over.
I love these tips! The sound levels on the vid were poorly adjusted...
1. Be a ski genius. 2. Think about it. 3. Train. 4. Trust the force. 5. Be a ski genius.
Music is loud af while you can barely hear Miller
Love the fact that he was wearing FT boots here.
This is good. Eye accuracy where to open and close the turn. Point away and tip both skis towards.
Bode is a god
And look there is JB90710 telling another World Cup skier that he doesn’t know skiing.
Being able to do something and teach it, are two completely different things.
As you are going by a gate, you Have to look at the next gate so you can create a Line for you to allow your skis to travel to create the straightest line around the gate and keep you high for the next gate. You find the gate location and in your peripheral vision crate an arch that starts above the gate and will allow you to go by the gate so your skis will finish the arch with you heading above the next gate.
It's kind of like a Quarterback throwing a pass to a receiver that is running laterally. He has to see the receiver but throws the pass ahead of him so it will arrive where the receiver is Going to be, not where they are when it is thrown. You look at the gate and have your skis keep turning across the hill so when you throw your body down the hill and get off your downhill foot, the outside ski will create the straightest line possible and end up with the skis heading above the next gate.
Your eyes, mind and upper body have to be anticipating what is coming and where you are going to be, not where you are now. He's saying that you focus on where your skis are going and only look at the gate when your skis are completing the turn and you are brushing by it. You concentrate on where that gate is so you can allow your skis to get on the line that will take you past the gate. Then you immediately focus on the next gate and stay focused on it until your skis are completing the next arch.
Your eyes have to be down the hill ahead of you so you can plan for the line you want your skis to take when they get there. The quarterback focuses on the receiver and throws the ball ahead of him. The line of the ball is the arch of the skis which will meet up with the gate. When they do meet up, the quarterback has to look down the field for the next receiver. Boy, that was a great metaphor.
Tips
#1 dont crash
#2 dont crash
#3 dont crash
#4 dont crash
#5 dont crash
riding full tilts😮
2:15 he is not skiing down the hill by thinking about his feet or skis. He is creating these turns by where he is looking for the next turn and positioning his face, chest and pelvis in that direction with no thought of his legs and feet. While his skis are completing a turn, the repositioning of his entire upper body down the hill and into the next turn is what creates the new leg angle that rolls the skis over for the new turn. Watch his upper body stop crossing the slope and his ski shoot out from under him. Watch the angle of his legs change.
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Five tips? I can hardly hear one. If the sound is that poor, include subtitles.