@Weathercam, difficult to tell from the angle, but maybe some more angulation too, looks from this angle like you're banking inside with the upper body. (possibly because you're aiming for that illustrious instagram inner hand drag )
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Also a good drill for getting that longer outside leg, I did some of this with a mate who is a really good skier (only got the L4 teach exam to complete). Travel in parallel straight down the fall line, and to start the turn, chuck your outside leg in to a massive snow plough, then match the inside ski to carve across the piste. Rinse and repeat on the next turn etc etc.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Weathercam wrote:
Basically, my right leg should be straighter, thus applying more pressure so as not to spin out, using an old windsurfing term
Looking at the picture I can see why you'd reach this conclusion, although I shudder at the use of "straighter" as a straight leg is not what you're trying to achieve/ More extended is perhaps a better term, but how?
What strikes me most from the picture is the angle of your hips. We can see there's quite a lot of twist between shoulder and pelvis, so although your shoulders are facing the direction of travel (good), your hips are much more open (not so good?). If you could imagine the picture as a posable Action Man figure, what would happen to the skis if you moved the hips to be more in line with the shoulders (i.e. moved the right hip more forward) ?
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@Weathercam, I also think there is wee bit of banking going on here. And agree a bit more retraction of inside leg and extension of outside would help. The hip alignment could be a bit better too, and will be helped by improving both those aspects.
One trick to think about working on is your head position. In this picture your head is leaning in, suggestive of too much banking. Maybe concentrate of keeping your head completely stable and perpendicular to the slope (i.e. eyes level with the slope). I think Big Picture skiing have a video on this. It can be a very powerful way of correcting the banking and also allowing the rest of your body to align properly. And is a fun thing to concentrate on as you can still enjoy your fast carving while doing so. It can sometimes make a big difference.
All that said, you are clearly getting into high performance turns. But in that annoying phase where every improvement is both smaller and harder to achieve!
This is what I suspected would happen with Carv, when chasing scores.....your inner ski looks to more on edge than the outer, so weight probably incorrectly distributed, which will also explain why the outside ski might wash out and you look very "hunched" up in the upper body and not much lateral seperation....
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
@kitenski, Not sure it's fair to reach such a conclusion of cause and effect. It would seem though that the Carv scores haven't necessarily identified all the problems, let alone resolved them.
@Chaletbeauroc, yeah fair enough on cause and effect, you've phrased my concerns with an app based approach to skiing improvement better than me
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
I would recommend watching these two D.Armstrong videos, which I think go to the heart of things with a Level 3 Instructor. In the first Video, he talks about one of his faults being getting too "Squatty" - maybe as a result of trying to get the inside arm to the snow.
In the second Video, I really liked the idea of Turning in a Tuck - While not moving hips up and down, thus trusting the skis as they move away. It's also very easy to slightly "Dump" the inside hip, which puts you more on the heels, instead of driving the Inside knee. "Stroking" of the Ski is fine - but one has to be careful not have the weight remaining near the heels into the next turn.
It is amazing what a great Instructor can teach a good Instructor on a Greeny Blue Run.
I have posted a lot of Videos - but IMO these 2 are amongst the very best and directly relevant to what you are trying achieve.
FWIW. I was playing with these concepts when on holiday this year - sometimes I felt successfully; sometimes less so.
When it felt good: I remained flexed at transition (attempting no Up-Movement); I tried to Topple at the start, which morphed into more angulation; I pushed forward and across to pressure the tip and then let the skis ride through; I achieved edge angle by gradually shortening the Old Outside Ski; I allowed the Upper body and Old U/Hill arm to track round with the skis while facing towards the Outside of the turn.
When it didn't work: I wasn't flexed enough at Transition for really good early ski/snow contact; I overdid the Toppling, which turned into Banking and put too much weight on the inside ski; I overdid the "Stroking" of the ski, which left me on the tails of the ski at the start of the turn - as I didn't pull the skis back under me quickly enough; I had too much Hip and not enough U/Hill knee drive; I got too "Squatty" in an attempt to be lower.
When it all came together, I felt fully in control and comfortable at speed. When I got the timing wrong, I would back off the speed, as I didn't feel in total control due to poor Transition; weight a bit too far back and too much weight on the inside ski.
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rungsp wrote:
One of my son's best mates is head of marketing for Carve...you'll be pleased to know they read this thread and really like the feedback it provides
They are paying for it, after all
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Thanks all for your input, I would not have expected anything else
zikomo wrote:
....All that said, you are clearly getting into high performance turns. But in that annoying phase where every improvement is both smaller and harder to achieve....
Yes, not too bad considering this time last year, I would never have put myself in that category of piste skier, plus I'm nigh on feckin 65
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