by h.harb » Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:45 pm
Funny, I've explained this numerous times now, and it finally ended up on the forum. Bode had already released the pressure on the stance ski, but didn't get it tipping into the new turn. However in the process he started extending his leg, on his uphill little toe edge, but didn't transition it to the big toe edge (big mistake and it's an old US Ski team coaching technique). Does anyone remember the old extend on the uphill ski advice on Epic? This is it and this is what happens when you use it. He catches his outside LTE while extending, it caught on an old chatter. Down you go! High side.
He only crossed his ski after the little toe edge stopped moving to the outside. That is normal, the LTE ski stopped when it hit the chatter, but the rest of the body and equipment was still moving and had momentum, that's why the ski crossed. The ski crossing wasn't the reason, it was the result.