by h.harb » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:48 pm
Remember Grandi is cruising, free skiing on GS skis. He's using a lazy (for Him ) flexing release. If we were comparing his releases in slalom turns, you'd see more flexing from skiers like Grandi. If Grandi were making a tight slalom radius like mine, there would be no time for him to use the lazy release. You'd see a retraction like I'm using.
What is relevant here is that regular skiers don't ski GS turns anywhere near what Grandi is doing. He's selected something most skier never relate to, I ski short turns when I demonstrate because they are more relevant for every day use on slopes. Skiers mostly ski with short radius turns; so let's keep this in perspective (for bumps, steeps, ice, trees).
You are both right in what you are saying, flexing is the release method Grandi uses in the montage. If you want to search the forum, I have explained why even when flexing, people mistake the movement as extending, but it's not! There are many degrees of flexing. If you watch my Flexing DVD, you will see I explain where and how much flexing is needed. What Grandi is not doing is extending, which is what the original topic is about, PSIA, ASIA, and CSIA all teach and use extension. We don't, thank you Reilly for proving this for us.
For me to demonstrate what Grandi is doing is so easy, it's a joke. It's a much easier release than the one I'm showing. I don't understand what Reilly is after here. It takes more skill to make my turn than the one Grandi is using.
Notice I didn't use a Reilly turn to do MA, and show the difference, not even one he selected. I could easily do MA on his turn, (someone posted to me) from his web site. At least that's a turn he picked and uses to show his skiing. He selected a random turn of mine and took it out of context for an comparison that doesn't make sense. I'm not concerned about the turn he picked; I think it's a fair representation, but it's not a proper comparison to what Grandi is doing from the stand point of the skis, (GS skis vs Super Shapes), turn size, speed and intent.
Does this tell you anything about his understanding of skiing, it does to me.