GrahamN, surely it's easier to push off a bent leg than a straight one. Similar to the move made to shift from old inside to new outside ski in most other performance levels of skiing.
Depends on the degree of bend. Clearly it's virtually impossible to jump off a straight leg, but that's not what either Lecuse or I are saying. On slopes this steep, the upper leg will be bent sufficiently that the knee is at or above the hip level, and foot out in front of hips - look at Lecluse's vid. This is an incredibly weak position, and it's much easier to jump from a position where the leg is bent about half as much - just try it.
I'm just some guy that has skied steep slopes but this and this again. Personally I've never had any tuition on skiing steeps and this is just the way I've always launched a jump turn from the upper ski. Doing it off the upper ski only involves doing a whole bunch of single-leg squats if the terrain is steep enough! You're already standing on the lower ski and it's in a better position to provide the initial momentum, the upper leg can take over and pop you through the turn as you come up into a better range of leverage. If nothing else it's less effort!
skimottaret, Great find I found the toolbox advanced expert interesting as I’ve done a lot of them drills but at much slower speed and the Contemporary skiing very interesting to see the different styles around the world but no English skiing styles
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
BASI Trainer Mo Duffy demonstrating how to ski variable snow conditions...
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skifluff wrote:
would have been great to see the BASI interski team on the same run, side to side comparison with the other nations. Missed opportunity. How do people think they would stack up?
the canadians and the french were best skiers, IMO.
Also, I think it goes to show that what was being demoed was the system and not the skier, coz I cant believe that a country as populace and steeped in alpine tradition as the USA cant produce someone to demo more effective skiing than their demonstator.
The following is the obligatory minimum requirement:
Transceiver
Snow shovel
Avalanche probe
Basic first aid kit
Small rucksack to carry all mountain safety equipment
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
kitenski wrote:
fatbob, interestingly the BASI L4 course says:
The following is the obligatory minimum requirement:
Transceiver
Snow shovel
Avalanche probe
Basic first aid kit
Small rucksack to carry all mountain safety equipment
IME, I've yet to find a 'small' rucksack that can fit all that in
realistically, 30l minimum
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feef, what sort of shovel, probe and 1st aid kit are you carrying that requires 30l?
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
that bit is a just "off the side of the piste" and is an area of farmed snow cannon snow that had been covered over by some fresh and was a good practice area for dolpin turns.. not exactly the back country of Alaska
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?
Arno wrote:
feef, what sort of shovel, probe and 1st aid kit are you carrying that requires 30l?
Not JUST that, but I normally carry, at a minimum, another mid-layer/thin fleece, first aid kit, spare gloves, snacks and liquid.
that bit is a just "off the side of the piste" and is an area of farmed snow cannon snow that had been covered over by some fresh and was a good practice area for dolpin turns.. not exactly the back country of Alaska
I suspected it wasn't very far off piste or even pisted somewhere underneath but was somewhat surprised its been posted as a BASI official ish video as it doesn't set a great example for those that don't have full context. Not trying to be a killjoy as I'd likely be doing the same thing in the circumstances (except more gaperly).
On a separate note if there is a "gondola dancing" assessment they all deserve to have failed
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Some good PSIA video describing what skills you need to possess at each level, BASI take note...
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
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JF Beaulieu, no teaching going on here but you can learn a lot from watching him. Probably the most inspirational skiing on youtube
no offence, fluffy, but he's skiing short, fat skis (they are park ski's aren't they i.e. soft?) with poles that look at least 6 inchs longer than they need to be. The whole shoot looks pretty geared to getting some tight-ish carved turns on a very soft piste. I'd like to see him try the same thing with that set up on a thinly covered steeper icy piste. Want a bet he'd skid out (and probably over) in about 10 seconds?
He's got nice balance and some technique but I don't see much to learn. He's dropping his inside hand too far and 'sitting' a bit too much for me. He's getting away with it because of the conditions and the set up. He could take this all off-piste and get away with it without changing a thing which does not speak much for on-piste technique.
Nice to watch tho' ....
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
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I'd like to see him try the same thing with that set up on a thinly covered steeper icy piste. Want a bet he'd skid out (and probably over) in about 10 seconds?
I have watched JF ski injected icy pistes, crappy off piste, and everything in between. He doesn't skid out. Or over!! Inspirational skier in my opinion
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RattytheSnowRat wrote:
He could take this all off-piste and get away with it without changing a thing which does not speak much for on-piste technique.
Without watching the video (which I will), I find this an interesting comment. I thought that received wisdom was that a) good onpiste technique translates well to good offpiste technique and b) you can "get away with less" offpiste, as the variable conditions will punish bad technique more quickly.
I'm sure JF can ski ice just fine, definitely one of the most impressive instructors I've seen ski. One of my friends who went to Interski with another demo team rated him as one of the best skiers there. And he's definitely not skiing park skis in that video, his upper body is pretty loose there though.
As for 'getting away with less' off piste, yes that's a little bit true, in that fore/aft balance can be a bit more difficult off piste, but also you can incline a lot more off piste, with a lot more weight on the inside ski than you would get away with on piste.
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