lordan5,
You are not alone, over the years, at this site I have seen people have a hard time understand what the tipping movements are, from the descriptions with words and All the demonstrations in the books and on the HSS site only show the movements with Ski Boots on. (the tipping board or plate demo has been deleted) (if I am wrong, somebody please correct me, and tell me where the demonstrations without a ski boot on, demonstrating lateral ankle articulation and the tipping board {not slant board} are) Ski boots cover up what is happening inside the boot and it looks like just the leg or knee is initiating the movement.
The key to tipping is what happens inside the boot and the articulation of the ankle. The only example I can find remaining is in the old 1995 article here:
http://skiersynergy.com/blog-ski-instru ... ation-1995 I think you have to sign into this Jay's site to access it. Jay is a PMTS coach, who is very good at having different ways of explaining the movements.
Tipping is inverting and everting the foot at the ankle, see here :
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... A&dur=2163 from what I can tell, there is a wide range of ability in people, not only in range of motion, but also in strength and awareness of the movements. Personally, I don't have much range of motion, have weak strength in the muscles that articulate the ankles and did not have much awareness of the movements, until I went to one of the camps and kept asking for a clearer explanation of an exercise we were doing, of tipping without flexing. Diane Rogers (one of the Coaches), at the end of the day she took off her ski boot and demonstrated, her inversion and eversion, she has an incredible degree of movement. Consequently I used my tipping board more, with resistance and have increased the strength, range of motion and awareness some.
I am aware this description is a poor substitute for a demonstration but it is the best I can do, right now. So I will give a attempt to a verbal explanation. Step by step' In your video it looks like you ski, without very much flexing and with some weight on your inside and what should be the free ski. So the first thing to do, is to transfer all of your weight and balance to your outside ski, also known as the stance ski (this should be easier for you, than it is for most, because you have a narrow stance.) This is your downhill ski at the end of the turn. Now that you have all of your weight and balance on the outside ski, glide on it across the hill. To initiate the new turn, and to release from the previous turn, flex your stance leg by lifting it. Since you have removed the support of your old stance leg, your weight and balance should now be on your uphill ski or new stance ski, and on the little toe edge of that ski. Since your little toe edge is engaged you will not be able to steer it into the turn, (Harald calls this the
'Wedge Blocker" so to turn, tip your lifted foot, this will or should continue up your leg without a conscious effort, so your free leg will also tip down the hill, taking the rest of your body with it. The stance leg will follow. Since you already ski by finishing the turn, with some counteracting (your hips and torso angled the base of your skis), (if you concentrate on these movements so much that you lose your counter acting and let your hips and torso face the tips of your skis, then remember to have them face towards the base of your skis, when you are traversing, that would be downhill) so as you are tipping, when your skis reach flat with the snow, they will turn by brushing the snow until they line back up with your torso when you cross the fall line, and if you continue to tip and stay countered, they will engage and begin to carve. Now repeat. This is my explanation of the basic phantom turn, carved turns of different radius, powder turns, etc are a variation of this, with variations in timing, flexing, tipping, counteracting, and fore aft movements.
You should be able to find the books used on Amazon. Look here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... rt+skier+1and do a Ysearch for the other ones.
You can learn a lot in the off season using a tipping board and slant board. See here for slant board:
http://harbskisystems.com/web-lessons/s ... menu_id=74Also by using roller blades or Harb Carvers to practice.
Have fun.