As you all know, I am forever trying to improve and perfect my technique. My skiing is not too bad but could be a lot better. I have had group lessons (as you do when you are learning) and quite a few private lessons. I have now bought a book and DVD (Warren Smith) and have been looking at the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard Magazine.
However, I can't find anything anywhere on transferring/shifting weight or weighting/unweighting. I've had a look on here too but can't see anything.
Might give you a clue as to why you haven't seen much mention
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?
.. oh and I wonder what Ali would say if he saw his pic being used in that He would say - if you transfer weight from one ski to the other you just keep going where you were going before but now you're standing on the other ski
I knew Heckleman was old school, but I didn't realise but quite how much...
jb1970, whatever you do, don't read that article!
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
It's incredibly simplistic and probably only of use to beginners as a notion, but one thing that helped me hugely was a particular Snowhead instructor suggesting to me that it was like the pedals of a bike: As you push down on one side (pressure on) the other side comes up (pressure off). In a way as you turn you can't really do one without the other. I'm starting to go get a better hang of things these days, but the times I still find myself consciously thinking 'pedals of a bike, pressure on one, pressure off the other'. At my level it works wonderfully and is a simple easy to visualise concept. It doesn't help with which point in the turn you consciously get from one to the other, but I think instinct and 'bravery' has a role to play here in helping you decide when and how heavy to apply the pressure.
Megamum, ah but you're talking about pressure A somewhat different concept to that of "weight". rob@rar, well spotted
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Yoda, That's an interesting observation, I editted what I originally wrote to (pressure on), (pressure off) However, I did originally have the words (weight on), (weight off)
After all it is free
After all it is free
Megamum, in skiing terms pressure is something that you can actively manage, whereas I suspect you would have some trouble changing your weight (or the various accelerative forces acting upon you) during the length of a ski run
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Yoda, I see where you are coming from . Though it is very tempting to think of increased pressure on a ski as being increased weight on it.
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jb1970, now that you've been told what not to do , do search on 'transitions'.
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Yes, best ignore my whisky fuelled mischief making above I'll leave this to more sensible/knowledgeable folk to help you along
now, where did I put those Heckelman "Ski Tips" tapes.....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
Yoda, do you have the one for Jet Turns?
(assuming jets had been invented, of course)
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
comprex, I do indeed -
I'm in Bangkok at the moment but could sort out a clip for you when I get home. Meanwhile here's one I prepared earlier..
It's incredibly simplistic and probably only of use to beginners as a notion, but one thing that helped me hugely was a particular Snowhead instructor suggesting to me that it was like the pedals of a bike: As you push down on one side (pressure on) the other side comes up (pressure off). In a way as you turn you can't really do one without the other. I'm starting to go get a better hang of things these days, but the times I still find myself consciously thinking 'pedals of a bike, pressure on one, pressure off the other'. At my level it works wonderfully and is a simple easy to visualise concept. It doesn't help with which point in the turn you consciously get from one to the other, but I think instinct and 'bravery' has a role to play here in helping you decide when and how heavy to apply the pressure.
That's a really good one - thanks to whichever Snowhead that was, it's definitely in my box of tricks now! That'll work really well for kids
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
DaveC wrote:
That's a really good one - thanks to whichever Snowhead that was, it's definitely in my box of tricks now! That'll work really well for kids :D
Ever used the Slinky one to make them transfer really slowly, like a Slinky from hand to hand?
Megamum, the pedalling image is a good one but comes straight out of the BASI manual....
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
skimottaret, quite (just about every instructor worth his salt has used that one). And that Slinky one sounds good too.
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?
Well, many thanks to whoever wrote the BASI handbook!!!, I think its a really useful concept. For the record it was our very own Spyderman that ran it past me .
FAQ
Poster: A snowHead
Have a look at the dates of the references at the bottom of this article 
He would say - if you transfer weight from one ski to the other you just keep going where you were going before but now you're standing on the other ski 
. Though it is very tempting to think of increased pressure on a ski as being increased weight on it.
I'll leave this to more sensible/knowledgeable folk to help you along 
