bounceswoosh
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Also I'm not an instructor, just a skier!
(By which I mean not "don't ask me!" but "don't trust my answers!")
Also I'm not an instructor, just a skier!
It might.sorry, no video this season. perhaps next. Yeah, I think that I'm going to start out the season next year with an advanced lesson. I'm going to ski bumps if it kills me.
It's OK to shop for turns in the really cruddy, bumped-up stuff
Not that as much as just hesitating between turns to look for a spot less rutty or not quite as bumpy or just generally less ugly.
On the rare occasions that stalling uphill happens to me, I just do some counter rotation, drive the inside hand and pole straight down the hill, start bringing the uphill hand around to prepare for the next turn, and up unweight to let the skis come around.
A combination of he right mindset and my Shiros had me feeling (and looking, so I've been told) like a total rockstar in knee deep sugar and slush bumps and rutty crud this weekend.
I like all those tips...........Tried Rossi's S3's that a friend let me use 159's thought they might be a bit long but I found with these ski's I could ski much better in this soft spring snow usually I don't ski this stuff. But Killington had so much snow and looked so good wanted to keep practicing my skiing.. was a lot of fun. I probably should demo a few more before I make a choice to buy..It might.
Weekend insights for skiing spring conditions:
A combination of he right mindset and my Shiros had me feeling (and looking, so I've been told) like a total rockstar in knee deep sugar and slush bumps and rutty crud this weekend.
- Fat skis rock
- Fat, rockered skis rock even more
- High edge angles are a good thing
- Attack with a vengence
- It's OK to shop for turns in the really cruddy, bumped-up stuff
- Drive forward, forward, forward
- Be active! (up-unweighting, down-unweighting, long leg/short leg, reaching down the hill....)
- Quit the instant you start to feel fatigued!
I just found their website, but it's a little cryptic so I have to ask--is this derived from ballet barre work? I only took a few semesters of ballet in college, but always thought ballet in general and barre in particular would be an awesome foundation for just about any outdoor sport I could think of.love it. Shopping for the right path...sounds about right! Fatter boards are def. the way to go.
On a side note, took a "pure barre" class tonight. (It's a chain so maybe you've experienced?) I am going to ROCK ski season next year. HOLY COW, hardest workout I've ever done. Thighs are burning way more than a heavy snow day.
Not really. It's more like Pilates/Yoga/Isometrics using the barre for balance and resistance. It's an extremely mental workout. You have to pay attention to the muscle that they are telling you to work. I've gone two weeks, I'm sore just enough each time. And it's getting harder each time as I figure out each movement's tweak that makes it that much harder. I have a body fat scale and even though I've only lost two conventional pounds, my body fat % has fallen from 33% to 27.8%. I'm totally pumped about the upcoming weeks as that new muscle should also start burning more. (I'm also keeping a livestrong diary on my phone keeping my calories to a lose two pounds per week level).I just found their website, but it's a little cryptic so I have to ask--is this derived from ballet barre work? I only took a few semesters of ballet in college, but always thought ballet in general and barre in particular would be an awesome foundation for just about any outdoor sport I could think of.
Not exactly a "moment" but after two lessons at Alta with a Level 3 instructor, things I've been learning the last couple seasons from various instructors really came together. Although we didn't work on short turns at all, I found that the improved awareness of athletic stance and other elements meant that I could do short turns on a variety of terrain. Before, I rarely did short turns without having to think pretty hard. Really worked on steep groomers, which had never happened before. Carried over to how I handled off-piste terrain, like trees.Sort of like Dawning Chorus, but this is a place for you to post your "ahah!" moment from skiing today.
I had a revelation this morning. My first run down a few inches of freshies over crusty groomer, I was getting thrown all over the place. On the second run, I wanted to do better. I realized that I'd been staring at the snow right in front of my feet, trying to prepare for every little change of texture or shape. It wasn't working. I decided to trust my skis and look ahead down the slope instead. Instant transformation. The snow was exactly the same, but it didn't throw me around anymore. I was in control.
Lesson: look ahead. Really.
What's your revelation?
Skied Squaw Valley today - beautiful spring weather. Not sure why I had a hard time in the tracked up, half baked snow from a recent snowfall. Somehow, I couldn't seem to get my skis to go downhill and complete the turn. There were huge bumps with recent snow and very warm temps. (Not to mention steep terrain and lots of dust on crust). Skied on my Volkl Kenjas and felt like I could barely complete a turn. Squaw has huge open bowls and it should have been a lot easier…. Any ideas? My boyfriend was on his Rossi S3's and said my skis are too stiff and too narrow for that kind of terrain.
And thisYou may want to check out the Tripped Up Over Sierra Cement thread, which is also right here in the Ski Tips forum . . .
While not too narrow, wider yet is even easier, and any amount of full rocker will help, too....my skis are too stiff for that kind of terrain.
I felt the same way too. Some stiffness is actually good for crud busting.I agree that width can help with crud. But the Kenjas being too stiff? Especially if it's wet, heavy crud, I would much prefer a stiffer ski to something that is light or soft.
Skied Squaw Valley today - beautiful spring weather. Not sure why I had a hard time in the tracked up, half baked snow from a recent snowfall. Somehow, I couldn't seem to get my skis to go downhill and complete the turn. There were huge bumps with recent snow and very warm temps. (Not to mention steep terrain and lots of dust on crust). Skied on my Volkl Kenjas and felt like I could barely complete a turn. Squaw has huge open bowls and it should have been a lot easier…. Any ideas? My boyfriend was on his Rossi S3's and said my skis are too stiff and too narrow for that kind of terrain.