I am struggling with two issues in my skiing which i believe might be related. can harald or any pmts-ers who've spent more time being coached by harald than i have make any suggestions.
1. I can't tip enough to hook the skis up and finish the turn. it takes forever before the skis come across the fall line, meaning i can only ski medium to large radius turns. at camp this was put down to a lack of free foot tipping which was due to a lack of flex. i've worked on flexing to the extent that i didn't recognise myself on video, but i'm still not getting the decreasing radius.
2. when i practise the slow releasing exercises demonstrated in video 2, where the pole should stay planted, once the stance ski gets to the fall line it seems to take over, and i get a clear wedge as i can't match the angles with the free foot.
in normal skiing (i.e. not drills), when i lift the free foot, before i tilt it the stance ski tips immediately rather than remaining on the LTE. this means i prefer to two track, but i feel weighted tipping encourages me to bank turns at initiation and not counter enough.
the only times i feel i am skiing well are when i concentrate on the bases up hill cue and the poles across the body lift hand and arch countering drill. but even then the engagement isn't enough, there is no clean carve and the turn radius is too large.
could this be an alignment issue? or a technical one?
any suggestions?
(pmts only please)