BigE wrote:Then why does Atomic bother making a 170 flex?
Because of the 3-4Gs seen in WC racing.
BigE wrote:Then why does Atomic bother making a 170 flex?
BigE wrote:IMO, detecting cuff pressure and it's timing is a necessary feedback. It won't tell you if you are doing the movements right, but can help discover that you are doing them wrong -- eg rear cuff pressure entering the fall-line (back seated)
BigE wrote:I've heard that WC downhill boots are actually softer and they pull more G's.
BigE wrote:I saw it on tv : Daron Rahlves pulling 6 G's on a red-bull sponsored video.
NoCleverName wrote:About the soft DH boots ... I have no firsthand knowledge, but when you consider the aerodynamic drag, I wonder how much forward you could get.
Max_501 wrote:6Gs is huge. The highest I've read about is 4.
Internal cues work best when they remain internal. Which is to say that if thinking about cuff pressure helps *you* maintain optimum fore-aft balance throughout the turn (and you've verified that you are handling fore-aft correctly), then great. But just because that cue works for you doesn't mean it will be ideal for somebody else. In my perception of my own skiing, there are times that I feel like I'm "crushing the cuff" or I'm "over the top" of the cuff, but just because I feel that way doesn't mean it is true nor does it mean such sensations (even if they could be objectively verified) would apply to your skiing. Our bodies are completely different and that will be reflected both in the movements we make and the feedback we receive from them. My internal cues work for me and me alone. It is possible that you might develop similar cues, but they need to come from you, not from me, if they are going to help your skiing.
That is why we focus on external cues. We can teach somebody a movement and give them some objective standard by which to judge whether they have executed the movement correctly, but that is the limit of what we can do. The student still has to take that information and then figure out how to reproduce the movement on demand and integrate it into their skiing. Much of that process involves the student developing their own internal cues. Moreover, the process is iterative. As your movements get better, your internal cues may evolve with your understanding. While focusing on your shins may be what you need to do today, you may find that next season you are more attuned to feedback from the soles of your feet. Or not.
The bottom line is that there are no shortcuts (beyond what PMTS provides) to skier development. We all have to do the work. Repeated perfect practice of the movements is the only way to advance to advance our knowledge of the sport. We can't talk our way to enlightenment. If you want to know more, then improve your skiing. You already know how to do that.
But, however, let me think, yes you can, Epic Forum does it all the time.Especially " You can't talk your way to enlightenment".
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