noobSkier wrote:I know the goal is to be 100% weighted on the outside ski, but when you push your angles to the extremes like that, is it acceptable to have some weight on the inside for support?
mardale wrote:I don't think the inside pole drag serves any function - it's not being levered into the snow or anything, it looks to be just the result of keeping the hands in the right place and skiing with big angles and deep flexion...
HeluvaSkier wrote:noobSkier wrote:I know the goal is to be 100% weighted on the outside ski, but when you push your angles to the extremes like that, is it acceptable to have some weight on the inside for support?
If you weight the inside ski at those angles you're going to eat sh!t in an epic fashion.
noobSkier wrote:No doubt! I've experienced this first hand, but I think it only happens when you go 100% on the inside ski abruptly.
noobSkier wrote:what I'm referring to is that moment when you are lowest to the snow...it seems like theres a split-second when the best free-skiers cheat a little with their weight distribution and immediately correct for the release.
HeluvaSkier wrote:Hip to snow angles is not a goal, it is an outcome of owning the right movements, timing, strength, and flexibility... and having the snow feel to know when to employ those to ski with big angles and tight turns... and when not to.
noobSkier wrote:Thanks for elaborating on this point. What advice can you give someone who's outside ski keeps breaking away when attempting hip-snow angles? Is this something that you have ever struggled with?
mountainbum wrote:JBotti, can CA also have an influence on the ability to fully balance on the outside ski? I have also experienced my balance shifting toward my inside ski and then falling at higher edge angles, stronger and earlier CA seems to correct the problem for me.
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