ydnar wrote:I have a monent here to make a quick comment.
John,
You are very convinced that the ES photo sequence is a clear example of an early weight shift turn. You site the ninth and tenth images where Eric's outside ski is off the snow to argue this point. But you either miss or choose to ignore the fact that in the eleventh image the outside ski is pressured and arced in the direction of that same turn. So is Eric making a early weight shift to the inside ski of the turn and then a late weight shift to the outside ski of the turn?
Check out my post on this turn over on epic for a more complete view of what I see happening in this sequence.
yd
10 - old outside ski lifted - moves all weight to the inside about to be outside ski
11 - Because of the removal of support of the outside ski, the body has moved to our right (skiers left) - ski is on snow, but weight still removed (how can we tell?)
12 frame - pole plant, body has continued to cross over the skis proving pressure is still on the new outside foot and removed from the ski closest to the pole plant.
I don't see how it's a late weight shift to his right ski. The weight shift to that right ski occured in frame 10 and stayed there.
http://www.skiracing.com/features/news_ ... sArticles/
Erik was edging the little toe edge of the inside ski in frame's 10 and 11. At frame 12 the outside ski is still pressured but flat. By frame 13 we would have seen the new outside ski edging on it's BTE as a result of the body crossover and resulting inclination created.