Great observations, guys, thanks a lot. The reason I'm obsessing about this now is that my skiing season is now over, but I've sufficient memory of how the skiing actually felt last week to be able to imagine how I could change things, even 'feel' it in my legs, if I can focus in on it enough.
jclayton wrote:Pics 1 to 11 , you have too much weight on the inside ski and your outside hand is very high , way too high, contributing to an inside lean . ( Pole drag exercise )
Interesting! I think my timing is a little out with the poles as well, which probably contributes to the lean. The weight on the inside ski is an odd thing, because in normal skiing I have virtually no weight on my inside ski. This year I've been doing a lot more skiing in soft snow, though, and I've been focussing on distributing my weight a little more when the snow seemed to demand it (to avoid sinking in). I was doing the same in this soft slush. I was wary about the kind of knee injuries you can get in slush, and I was giving it a lot of 'respect'. Probably gave it a little too much, though! The other odd thing I was trying to do, which I don't normal do, is a very abrupt 'pull the skis out of the snow' move. Probably a lot of the turns in my video are effectively little hop turns, and as such are certainly not good PMTS turns (and probably unnecessary in the conditions anyway). On some other runs this trip, though (sadly not captured on video), I was getting quite a bit of 'pop' out of the turn and was actually leaving the ground as a result.
Pic 20 , the resulting , inevitable , “A” frame . The new BTE ( Big Toe Edge ) overpowering the old BTE . Here is where you should see a clear “O” frame , new LTE leading the new BTE .
What was puzzling me here about what I'm doing is that I'm not actually stemming as such, at least not in the way that I understand it, in that my 'old BTE' is actually off the snow - the edges are not fighting each other. But the timing is definitely out, and my feet need to be further back under my hips.
You look quite young , do this exercise even if you fall over .
Why, thank you! I actually turn 50 this year, so no spring chicken any more. But a liberal helping of sacrificed maiden's blood smeared into my skin, morning and evening, helps me look younger than my years.