by tommy » Sun Apr 04, 2004 1:07 pm
Jim,
I'm not an instructor nor boot fitter, but since I've had problems with my right turns as well, I'm just curious:
First of all, is it because of pain you can't tip your RT ski (I'm assuming you are not able to tip it to the little toe edge) ?
What about standing without skis & boots: are you able to stand on your left foot and tip the right to it's little toe edge ? There's very little hip action when doing this on the floor, it seems to be more about flexibility of the ankle.
In some other thread there's been some discussion regarding the initial difficulty to tip the free fot to LTE, and my experience is that with practice, the flexibility of the ankle, and the strength of the muscle(s) that accomplish the tipping will come with practice.
having said that, my problems with right turns were due to my knock-kneed alignment; without cants on my right boot, I was not able to get much edge angles on my free ski in right turns. It also appears to me that without getting proper alignment, I could not get my hip to "fall down into the turn" in right turns. A 1 degree wedge mitigated the problem considerably, but I still have to focus more on my right turns, particularly not to rotate with the turn.
What kind of measurements did your boot fitter take ? I ask this because before finding PMTS, I had some custom alignment done by a local well respected shop, but it turned out that it wasn't very accurate to my needs. The alignment process was nowhere as elaborate as the PMTS alignment.
The alignment done by Harald is a quite lenghty operation, at least 1h, with many different measurements taken + on snow evaluation. After having been aligned by Harald, my balance and general skiing ability has improved a lot.
Cheers,
Tommy