 Poster: A snowHead
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Some things I note:
He is straightening his downhill leg way too much, by pushing away on it I'd suspect (I did the same before my BASI course)
He needs to transfer weight onto it instead of pushing away on it.
I think that go some way to fixing his strange body position with his back bottom sticking out!
His right hand has dropped back a bit, getting both hands forward would get his weight further forwards as I suspect he is in the backseat a bit
Anything else?
cheers,
Greg
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Maybe, maybe not. Hard to tell how steep the slope is,maybe his leg is straight because of the gradient. I don't like the right hand position though, it is going to tend to turn him up the slope and not get him on top of his skis, looks like a defensive position.
Maybe he should try some thinner skis  ?
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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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kitenski, let me know if you want to get more sequences of pics from his runs, I have quite a few. From looking at them, I think the backseat tendency is evident. Can't remember about the hand position but from the whole group yours were most consistently forward.
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Difficult to tell from one image, but it looks like he has too much pressure on the outside leg and not enough on the inside leg. It's steep so he has pushed hard on the outside ski, straightening his leg in the process, and it's has broken away (or sunk in to the soft snow) and caused the turn to tighten rapidly (perhaps affecting his balance which is why he is using the inside hand in the way he is). I'd work on skiing with more equal pressure across inside and outside skis and hopefully other things will fall in to place (such as fore/aft balance and upper body stability)
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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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I think it's hard to make judgments from a single photo. This guy certainly has got a well extended leg and also seems all twisted up, but photos of top racers and instructors can also look a bit strange out of context.
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What rob@rar said.
The latter third of the turn looks quite sharp, hence the build up of pressure on the outside ski. A bit of patience and keeping the turns as smooth and gradual as possible would help.
Video would be more useful than a picture.
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ok, lunchtime, quick video edit appearing shortly!
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He looks to be skiing on his heels even on the flatter stuff.
On steeper stuff he initiates with up unweighting and a slight stem.
Cos he doesn't project his hips very much he gets caught in the backseat and on the old turning ski. This probably means he won't turn as quickly as he would like so he forces the last part of the turn giving the legs extention you showed us in the first picture.
I agree that getting both hands forward would help, as would the usual more aggresive and more down the hill pole plant.
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And he needs a shave
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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kitenski, Never mind the skiing - In the first clip there appears to be a crashed UFO ! 
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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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looks mint
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Bit tricky to see clearly from the helmetcam, but on the steep section he's not using a lot of flex/extend which I think is making it more difficult for him to steer his turns effectively. He's using a lot of pressure on his outside ski to make quick turns and keep out of the fall line, and doesn't really get in to a good rhythm. I think my advice is still the same - use better pressure management across both inside and outside skis to ski a more rounded turn and control speed. That will probably require a more positive extend movement at the start of the turn, or a more effective compression turn by sucking his feet up at the end of the turn and pressing them in to the snow after transition. Other stuff, like upper body management, is a secondary consideration IMO.
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You know it makes sense.
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In the first pic he looks like he's shittin himself and not enjoing it. All he needs to do is smile
In the vid, he appears to be forcing the turns, using some upper body movement. Being more patient in the turn would be top tip #1.
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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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Sorry can't see anything particuarly useful from the helmet cam footage apart from in the first sequence you see the arm and shoulder going back. Apart from that he seems to be skiing ok, just needs to ski op a bit more, was he enjoying himself? He didn't fall over and that is the most important thing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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He just doesn't look very comfortable with the light and/or pitch in the first clip and starts to link turns nearer the bottom presumably as the slope begins to mellow out.
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