 Poster: A snowHead
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There have been a couple of threads about skiing offpiste and I made some comments, so it's only fair that I put my own skiing up for analysis.
These two videos are from a Straightline Adventures camp I attended in 2006 in Chamonix. We weren't too lucky with the snow, so this ain't powder skiing.
The aim was to make medium-radius turns.
First video: variable cut-up snow, patches of old powder. I think the beginning and end of this one illustrate the fact that skiing offpiste can be a series of linked recoveries 
http://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zone/showphoto.php/photo/13988
Second video: at least 35 degree slope, hard snow, HARD to keep an edge.
http://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zone/showphoto.php/photo/13989
Comments welcome!
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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 see Gordy had been on at you to get your hands out in front of you 
your problems seem to be when you get a bit in the back seat and/or aren't keeping your body looking straight down the fall-line. otherwise, pretty good combat skiing in my book
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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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horizon, the main problem I can see is that you don't look like you are having fun! It's really important when skiing off piste to have fun. I recommend fatter skis 
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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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horizon, I'm no instructor so I'm afraid I have no drills for you...and you don't know how I ski so do feel free to disregard any comments...
It looks like conditions were not exactly perfect!
I'd second Arno that I think you should have your shoulders down the fall line more. It seems that you're fighting the slope rather than exploiting it. And it seems as though your punctuating a series of traverses with little (and slightly late) hops or little leg retractions to initiate turns and get your skis round. Notice how (particularly) your left arm comes up as you "hop" up? Almost like you're having to use your arms to get enough lift?
If your shoulders were down the hill I think you'd be anticipating your turns better. You could try and make the progression through the turns work more smoothly, commit into the turn by plating your poles a little earlier and with less arm movement, let the skis do what they're supposed to do and smooth out the turn itself. In fact, maybe slow the whole thing down and relax into it.
I suspect that finding a slightly less steep (although steep enough that you can properly practice "steeper" techniques) with "nicer" snow so you can ignore it & don't need to fight it would be a good plan.
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It looks good with no help from the snow.
The only problem with arms that far in front is that it can promote a back-seat counter-balance IMV...but since the goal was for a
quite quick blast down a steep bumpy pitch, that is quite understandable
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