h.harb wrote:Mostly backward, really inefficient movements. Just because it's old doesn't make it right or better. I'll never want ski like that, even when I'm 90! My father has some rotation, but he skied better at 90, he's 92 now. And Stein didn't ski like this guy, he had parts of skiing like it, but not everything.
I did not mean to imply that that it's something that one should aspire to these days. I was mostly looking at his turns from 1:40. He looked reasonably smooth at the top of the turn and well balanced on the skis, and he gets decent angles by the apex. I don't really have any memories of skiing old skis, but I guess achieving those things took some skill. And yes, he's not exactly a youngster - I'll be happy if I'm skiing at all when I'm into my 70s! I'm not comparing it to Greber, that guy's a monster and a really good athlete.
What are his biggest defficiencies, apart from the obvious rotation at the end of the turn? He does have some extension off the old free foot, but I've seen much worse. He does end up lifting his new free foot, but I'm not sure if the tipping mechanics are there. It looks he extends to soon and ends up over-countered by the apex of the turn, would that be correct? Is that what you would describe as hip-dumping?