Despite having made a lot of progress with my skiing over the past few years, I feel that I?m still having a few fundamental problems with my turn that I?m struggling to correct. Stumbling upon this group has been very helpful, and the books and videos have been great resource. I really like the simplicity of the concepts, and think that there might be valuable information for me here, and some people who can help.
The problem manifests itself in the transition phase. Much to my disappointment, it seems that many of the action photos that have been taken of my skiing have been taken at just the right moment to capture a definite A-frame that occurs near the bottom of the turn. I wouldn?t describe it as a ?wedge entry?, since I don?t feel that I?m stepping onto the uphill ski. It?s more like a ?wedge exit?, where, in order to get just that last bit of additional speed control, I push out the heel of the outside ski near the bottom of the turn just before releasing the edge.
Recently, I have graduated to video, (albeit amateur video), and it shows the same, not so much on easier groomers, but definitely more so in bumps, steeps, and choppy terrain. It?s a completely defensive move that interrupts the flow of my skiing, and though I can actually feel myself doing it, I haven?t figured out the right cue that to help stop myself from doing it, or at least replace it with something else.
For those who are interested, I have posted the damning video and photo evidence at http://www.putfile.com/scottgu.
Apologies for the questionable quality of the videos. Hope it's viewable enough to be useful. My friends and I are still figuring out how to best use my little digital camera (Canon PowerShot A510) to get useful video for analysis, and learning from our mistakes as we go along. (Also my first time using Putfile. Hope I got that right, too.)
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions ?
- Scott