It's been a while since I've posted video, so I figured I'd put some up for people to practice MA on. I had a much shorter season than I planned on this year, only 4 total ski days. Despite this, I was more fit this season than I have ever been due to a workout program I've been on for the past year. I got new boots [Lange RS 140] at HSS at the end of last season. I have about 7 days total on the new setup, and it has taken a lot of adjustment and getting used to. My previous boots were Nordica Dobermann Aggressor WC 130s, which have an extremely abducted stance. Most of my PMTS learning had taken place on those boots, and going back to a "straight" boot was a major change. The abducted boots were acting as a crutch to hide some balance issues that were present in my skiing. In particular, my formerly narrow stance now has a tendency to go way too wide.
This video was taken at Taos on the morning of my second day of the season, in late March. I was still a bit rusty and remembering the balance; it's not my best skiing. The conditions were spring refrozen on a race-prepped trail, it was an eastern-like surface before the sun hit it. I'm on 180 Hart Pulses, 16m radius 77mm waist.
My analysis:
SMIM, as it has been for a few seasons, is tipping. The overly wide stance stands out in the early turns of the video, and there is very little high-C tipping. This results in somewhat of a hip dump and lack of ski performance in the turns above the camera. As I skied past the camera I narrowed up some and began to focus on tipping. This resulted in improved ski performance and tighter turns. I need more ski days and more time on the new setup to make improvements; I hope to get to a camp soon.