Isn't this the guy who used to be on the Austrian demo Team?
He skis like a bumper, but has some very good footage of doing short turns just right
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This is not derogatory in any way, I hope no one is reading it that way. He has very quick on and off the edge capability.
He does and I agree with BigE, in some runs, hit hard and sort of pivot TTS style, but he is soooo much better than a PSIA instructor, even doing it less efficiently.
Here I am referring to a run on a groomer where he is making what looks like very quick, tight, short turns, not carved, he's hitting hard and late with lots of pivot to the next edge. I think he's doing this for show and if you asked him to do it without an edge set, he could easily show the more refined version of that urn.
The guy skis much better than Bergie. He's better than anyone on the PSIA demo Team current or past.
As far as fee skiers yes, he's one of the best out there. But there are things he could do better with some coaching. He does dominate with his big toe edge. He also adds big toe edge late in his edge set, without increasing the inside ski angle this gives him an "A frame" look on both sides. I find I do that when I'm showing quick energetic short turns as well. The reason is the tendency to want more rebound; so you go for a stopped edge at the end of the arc, rather than a slicing release. That's a rebound turn, sort of old school bumper skiing on groomed. I like his more refined short carves without as much rebound, those are top notch.