Great to see a ski RUclipsr who can actually ski. It’s super clear that you used to race. Ex-racers just have that something that the ski instructor RUclipsrs don’t. Can’t put my finger on exactly what that ‘it’ is, but I know it when I see it! Nice turns mate.
RUclips ski instructors. Deb Armstrong won a GS Gold in 84 and Harold Harb raced the WC circuit for Canada. Two examples of RUclips instructors that raced.However you probably have not watched Reilly McGlashan or JF Beaulieu if you don’t think there are instructors that are getting high edge angles. Both these skiers can tip a ski on edge.
@@thomasmedeiros5722I know Deb raced WC back in the day and I think what’s she’s doing on YT these days is amazing, absolutely love it. Riley M is a great example of what I’m talking about though, he’s obviously a superb skier with amazing edge angles and perfect technique, but maybe he’s too perfect? To me he feels very controlled in the transitions whereas SkiDad gets after it a bit. (and I like that more aggressive type of skiing)
@@cantstoptommy7077Agree, there’s something ”robotic” with Reilly and a few other RUclips skiers, skilled yes but not a style I would endorse. Looks more like bump skiing on a perfect, hero snow pitch.
Ouch ... that's a pretty harsh generalization of ski instructors. Not to take away from Ski Dad, but there are plenty of Level III instructors that can make those turns.
What’s your mindset on a trail like Big Stick when it gets very scraped off & firm toward the middle/end of the day? I’m a strong skier but firm conditions always ding my confidence. Thanks for the good content.
I changed the approach the next day. I was keeping my feet underneath me because of a lunch convo I had just had with a co worker. So I went out and shot this run so I could make this video. I’m already more or less “up to speed” and on non video or teaching runs I’m letting it rip
I do enjoy the notion of keeping the feet underneath you, but in all these turns you are engaging the skis around the fall line and bending them to point to the direction you want to point them. In some of the "bad" examples you are engaging them before the fall line, but in none of the turns do you drift into a stivot or something past the fall line, to skip the fall line and engage "across"... also about "rolling the ankles"... i know it's jargon but at no point do you stop rolling the ankles! Just looking at the actual ankles and feet, they tip the skis from one edge to the other edge, without ever stopping tipping and rolling. What truly is different is the rate of tipping and the timing of the extension, relative to the fall line, resulting in a rollerblade or a skidded/redirected/exotic top of the turn, keeping the feet underneath or leaving them behind or letting them get ahead/side. It's probably just me, a little adjusting of the terminology to match the actual movements and concepts, will make this drive deeper understanding for me? Cheers! Truly enjoying your videos, even I it may sound a bit ctitical at times. Any critique is "on the margin and not of substance.
So fluid! I notice you bring your lead hand forward just before the pole tip touch. Are you consciously countering with this, to aid with maintaining pressure on the ski in the last part of the turn?
@@toddmulligan2609 sure have a helmet and the slope on does not let you ski without one! Had healside edge catch trying out snowboarding. Could not imagine not having helmet. Just did another 20 days skiing. Can’t get enough of it!!!
It really, in the transition you go though the “float”, hop, “less than body weight pressure”. It takes the same effort it takes to get in that position under water. So it feels natural while you are going
Do you need speed to achieve high edge angle? In other words, on green terrain, do we need to push the skis more to gain speed/more rebound force vs balancing the rebound force/speed generated by blue/black terrain?
I have a problem with the idea of telling ppl to "stay compact" as it's the exact opposite we are told in french clubs. What he shows is what we call "avalement/déploiement" and is solely used to swallow a whoops and keep ski-snow contact to be in time for the next gate after the whoop, or to save a bad timing by throwing the feet to the other side. Otherwise, we want the exact contrary, which is to keep a high attitude (not to confound with angle : you can go very low by the angle and keep a high attitude of the bust) instead of shriveling inbetween every turn which brings your butt backwards as very well displayed on the thumbnail. The guy in the video here have a very decent skiing and you can see he gets centered against very fast with shin pressure after shriveling in the turn but this is certainly not a technique I would recommend to build a reliable base on, as it's situational and can lead you to end backwards with no control at all And backwards means no pressure on the outside foot. Gwenn, a french ski instructor and ex-racer as well (as every french mountain kid once was)
Up and down get mixed up a lot when forces under foot give us feedback contrary to what our eyes tell us is up or down. No easy solution and words to describe the condition...Dynamic Counterbary iare unknown to every person in the world .but once you understand manipulations of gravitic forces you know how ski design effects differential time dilations provide you with barycentric control... this makes upness and downness your own personal local frame of reference... Special Relativity-- Inertial frame of reference- rectilinear motion... Einsteins happiest idea.
@@steveshea8827 and if you can't handle a safety grab without compromising control, hate to break it to you but your not as good of a skier as you think you t
Pure Gold!
Great to see a ski RUclipsr who can actually ski. It’s super clear that you used to race. Ex-racers just have that something that the ski instructor RUclipsrs don’t. Can’t put my finger on exactly what that ‘it’ is, but I know it when I see it! Nice turns mate.
Edge angle
RUclips ski instructors. Deb Armstrong won a GS Gold in 84 and Harold Harb raced the WC circuit for Canada. Two examples of RUclips instructors that raced.However you probably have not watched Reilly McGlashan or JF Beaulieu if you don’t think there are instructors that are getting high edge angles. Both these skiers can tip a ski on edge.
@@thomasmedeiros5722I know Deb raced WC back in the day and I think what’s she’s doing on YT these days is amazing, absolutely love it. Riley M is a great example of what I’m talking about though, he’s obviously a superb skier with amazing edge angles and perfect technique, but maybe he’s too perfect? To me he feels very controlled in the transitions whereas SkiDad gets after it a bit. (and I like that more aggressive type of skiing)
@@cantstoptommy7077Agree, there’s something ”robotic” with Reilly and a few other RUclips skiers, skilled yes but not a style I would endorse. Looks more like bump skiing on a perfect, hero snow pitch.
Ouch ... that's a pretty harsh generalization of ski instructors. Not to take away from Ski Dad, but there are plenty of Level III instructors that can make those turns.
What’s your mindset on a trail like Big Stick when it gets very scraped off & firm toward the middle/end of the day? I’m a strong skier but firm conditions always ding my confidence. Thanks for the good content.
More slide at the top of the turn, slower speed
Dad, i understand that if you have more days on the piste (in season), for example 20, 40...do you changes your approach to turning?
I changed the approach the next day. I was keeping my feet underneath me because of a lunch convo I had just had with a co worker. So I went out and shot this run so I could make this video.
I’m already more or less “up to speed” and on non video or teaching runs I’m letting it rip
I do enjoy the notion of keeping the feet underneath you, but in all these turns you are engaging the skis around the fall line and bending them to point to the direction you want to point them. In some of the "bad" examples you are engaging them before the fall line, but in none of the turns do you drift into a stivot or something past the fall line, to skip the fall line and engage "across"... also about "rolling the ankles"... i know it's jargon but at no point do you stop rolling the ankles! Just looking at the actual ankles and feet, they tip the skis from one edge to the other edge, without ever stopping tipping and rolling. What truly is different is the rate of tipping and the timing of the extension, relative to the fall line, resulting in a rollerblade or a skidded/redirected/exotic top of the turn, keeping the feet underneath or leaving them behind or letting them get ahead/side. It's probably just me, a little adjusting of the terminology to match the actual movements and concepts, will make this drive deeper understanding for me? Cheers! Truly enjoying your videos, even I it may sound a bit ctitical at times. Any critique is "on the margin and not of substance.
Such a refreshing and straight to the point instruction 👏🏽👍🏽💯
I would describe it as getting fully stacked with the outside hip and leg and then allowing pressure to build.
I agree. Also see Deb Armstrong for excellent explanations on stacking.
So fluid! I notice you bring your lead hand forward just before the pole tip touch. Are you consciously countering with this, to aid with maintaining pressure on the ski in the last part of the turn?
I was wondering the same - and what you are aiming to do with the new downhill hand?
I’m not thinking about my hands at all
Good to watch. Back into skiing last season after a break of over 20 years. Absolutely back in love with skiing.
Did you get a helmet?? They are great, more comfortable actually. Wouldn't ski without one like 20 years ago! Hope you get another 20 years
@@toddmulligan2609 sure have a helmet and the slope on does not let you ski without one! Had healside edge catch trying out snowboarding. Could not imagine not having helmet. Just did another 20 days skiing. Can’t get enough of it!!!
Great vide, Thank you. I like your work 👏
You are doing pivots here :) Nice
that must need a lot of core stegth to hold your body in compact stance contionuously
It really, in the transition you go though the “float”, hop, “less than body weight pressure”. It takes the same effort it takes to get in that position under water. So it feels natural while you are going
Awesome
Do you need speed to achieve high edge angle? In other words, on green terrain, do we need to push the skis more to gain speed/more rebound force vs balancing the rebound force/speed generated by blue/black terrain?
Yea you need more speed and on green. High edge angle is easiest on moderate blues
Platform, platform, platform!
nice !
Why are you trying to keep you feet underneath you? Is there a reason to ski differently early season?
I am trying to ski clean and tidy up my form. Sometimes pretty skiing is the goal.
I have a problem with the idea of telling ppl to "stay compact" as it's the exact opposite we are told in french clubs. What he shows is what we call "avalement/déploiement" and is solely used to swallow a whoops and keep ski-snow contact to be in time for the next gate after the whoop, or to save a bad timing by throwing the feet to the other side.
Otherwise, we want the exact contrary, which is to keep a high attitude (not to confound with angle : you can go very low by the angle and keep a high attitude of the bust) instead of shriveling inbetween every turn which brings your butt backwards as very well displayed on the thumbnail.
The guy in the video here have a very decent skiing and you can see he gets centered against very fast with shin pressure after shriveling in the turn but this is certainly not a technique I would recommend to build a reliable base on, as it's situational and can lead you to end backwards with no control at all
And backwards means no pressure on the outside foot.
Gwenn, a french ski instructor and ex-racer as well (as every french mountain kid once was)
Ouais je trouve aussi que c'est assez foireux comme conseils
Up and down get mixed up a lot when forces under foot give us feedback contrary to what our eyes tell us is up or down. No easy solution and words to describe the condition...Dynamic Counterbary iare unknown to every person in the world .but once you understand manipulations of gravitic forces you know how ski design effects differential time dilations provide you with barycentric control... this makes upness and downness your own personal local frame of reference... Special Relativity-- Inertial frame of reference- rectilinear motion... Einsteins happiest idea.
I agree
why don't you have any style? let's see at least some knoll safety grabs.
Good skiing is basically ski to snow contact not circus acts with skis on!
@@steveshea8827 I strongly disagree. Being able to do both allows you to build the on snow contact to a much greater degree.
@@steveshea8827 and if you can't handle a safety grab without compromising control, hate to break it to you but your not as good of a skier as you think you t