 Poster: A snowHead
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So, the Skipress ski reviews are out. Looking at both magazines (one called Fall 2005 Volume 20 Number 1, the other is Volume 5 Number 1)
The US edition (vol 5) has the following technique article...
http://www.skipressworld.com/us/en/magazine/2005/fall2005/Fall2005_Vol5_No115.htm
These days, the uphill (inside) leg is a key part of skiing. Why? Because that leg engages the uphill ski and drives it through the turn. To get better at using your uphill leg and ski, try the 90-10 trick. And try it first on the catwalk.
Most people use catwalks and easy green terrain as transportation to another part of the mountain. Bor-ing. Instead of lazy cruising, start using this terrain to make yourself a better skier.
Every time you get to a catwalk, put 90% of your weight on one leg and 10% on the other. Now, holding that ratio and keeping the same leg weighted, start making gentle, long, clean carves.
You can see it in the photos.
Say you’ve put 90% of your weight on the right leg. Keep that weight there through each turn you make. One direction will be easy. The other won’t.
That’s good.
Putting 90% of your weight on one leg will force you to use the uphill edge of the uphill ski. And, it will force you to tip your leg and flex your ankle more actively.
Leaving 10% of your weight on your other leg will give you a training wheel. That lets you trust that move to the uphill edge of the uphill ski.
Once you’re off the catwalk and back on regular slopes, return to a more natural weight distribution. Right away, you’ll notice that the uphill leg and ski are more active in steering and edging. Which means you’ll also notice that your skiing has improved.
Any comments?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Catwalks? I have seen skis on catwalks but only when carried by models to enhance the clothes they wear.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Adrian, it's the US term for the long, narrow, flat green run you sometimes have to take between slopes, favoured by snowcats, etc.
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Wear The Fox Hat, When I repped I spent much of my time skiing at speeds and on terrain that was well below my personal peak performance envelope (whatever that is?). Most of my mates got bored. I spent my time trying to carve the perfect turn, ski the perfect bumps, etc. Very, very good practice. Slow speeds, high focus and concentration.
IMHO, highly effective.
Once you're happy 90:10 both sides, do you move on to Royale turns?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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David Murdoch, I guess so.
Hopefully some of the instructors on here will enlighten us with their opinions as well!
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Snowcats >>> catswalks >>> understanding. Thanks WTFH.
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
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Step into your uphill binding first and keep your knees together. 
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| David Murdoch wrote: |
Once you're happy 90:10 both sides, do you move on to Royale turns? |
So "100:0" turns? Actually, yes, that's an excellent exercise, also ideal for catwalks, with the same benefits. IMHO best done on ski-boards (sometimes called by the Salomon brand-name Snowblades), because the short radius gives you quicker feedback on your tipping movements.
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Skiing on one ski has always got my vote
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Martin Bell, no surprise as to the source, for once an excellent suggestion to get value out of those pesky snowblade things! (biased? me? surely not...)
Quicker and more dramatic feedback? I bet!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Martin Bell wrote: |
| David Murdoch wrote: |
Once you're happy 90:10 both sides, do you move on to Royale turns? |
So "100:0" turns? Actually, yes, that's an excellent exercise, also ideal for catwalks, with the same benefits. IMHO best done on ski-boards (sometimes called by the Salomon brand-name Snowblades), because the short radius gives you quicker feedback on your tipping movements. |
Using only one ski at a time is the only way I could bend my SGs enough to turn at slow speed.
If your on ordinary skis or at speeds suited to your ski's flex, one-ski skiing is fun and a good balance exercise. Having a little weight on the other ski and varying that weight makes it a lot more interesting; it helps teach you how to use that inside ski.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Ghost, but... the point here is 90-100% in your inside ski...
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I echo everyone else in the "why bother with 90:10" camp. 100:0 does the (teaching) job better. If I recall rightly there's a vid somewhere on Snowheads of someone's daughter (I think PG's) practicing one-legged skiing.
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You know it makes sense.
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Manda, so you're saying do Royales on the catwalks when possible?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It'll make someone think twice about running into you if there's a ski tip pointing straight back at them!
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Poster: A snowHead
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WTFHat, time to learn to double push on those Spyders.
And a dryland exercise to help you out. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think this is a great drill--better than 100%. The contact on the light-weighted ski helps you maintain the sense of parallel throughout. I'm going to use it this winter--because I like it and because I do everything Megan tells me to do.
By the way, miles and miles on catwalks or any other flat terrain is huge for developing discipline and speed maintenance. Mainly because the speed is slow and all your movements are amplified. Such racing greats as Stenmark and Andre Arnold were well known for slow skiing training, and ski racing academies put kids on slow snow all the time to develop fundamentals.
Good stuff wtfh.
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