HighAngles wrote:Good to see you back here skifastDDS. We skied together at the end of last season when you and Heluva made the trip to CO.
I watched your video a couple times and my main observation is that most of your turns are coming from the back of your skis. You're not getting strong tip engagement in the high-C. In fact many times your tips are in the air as you enter your next turn. The few times where I did see you get some nice tip engagement it looks like the response from the skis "surprises" you and you lose balance - unable to control the forces they generate moving into the transition. Most likely this is due to needing to work more on your flexing to release and a stronger foot pull back in the transitions so that the skis aren't getting away from you.
Are you now done with dental school? Will you be getting more time to ski next season? Hopefully we can reconnect for some turns together along the way in the next season or two.
Good to hear from you, M.
I agree with your observation, around 1:53 in the video (the right-footer) there's a good example of what you're talking about. I succeeded in getting decent high-C engagement and foot pullback, and the resulting forces were something I'd never experienced before. As a result, I released the turn almost immediately (too soon and too abruptly) to avoid blowing out. Heluva has repeatedly told me that I need to trust the stance ski more in the high-c, along with free foot tipping and pullback work. Plenty to focus on for next year...
Unfortunately I am not finished with d-school, 3 years left. Thus, I remain on the limited ski day plan for the forseeable future, haha. We will definitely have to make some turns soon though.