polecat wrote:go-large,
If you have to cheat, use a PMTS technique, a step turn. Step turns may seem basic, but they reinforce the fundamentals.
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go_large_or_go_home wrote:Does it look like I am cheating? I am pretty confident that I can get the skis to release with not too many problems or effort - it took a lot of practice.
go_large_or_go_home wrote:...Does it look like I am cheating? ....
geoffda wrote:... The one caution with stepping turns on edge in the high C is that you do need quite a bit of balance to pull it off and the margin for error is fairly low. If you screw up, you'll get punished. ...
geoffda wrote:... I'd suggest stepping flat skis until they start to slide. Alternatively, you may be able just shuffle your skis backward and forward once they are flat to break them loose. Try to hold your counter while you do this. Either way, once you start sliding, make sure you pull your feet back.
polecat wrote:One thing I just noticed, while the amount of flexing is good, you seem to be weighting the inside ski (old stance foot, new free foot) too much as you flex, which forces you to interrupt your rhythm and push off of it to transfer balance. That's probably why you had better luck with the OFR's, where you're transferred from the start.
Flexing should release the old stance foot, transfer balance to the new stance leg while unweighting the old stance foot then allow you to tip the old stance foot (now the free foot) to the little tow edge all in a continuous flow. That's a lot going on at once so it's no surprise it takes a lot of practice to work up to it.
I find it helpful to imagine that I'm flexing down onto the new stance leg.
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