Hi Serafina,
I first noticed my stance on video footage while on my black pearls and then my Auras. The terrain was anything from a flat switchback to double diamond steep groomers or up to 3 or 4 inches of fresh snow. So essentially it didn't matter where I was..
Now that I have experimented with the duct tape stuff, I don't think it was actually the width of my whole stance that looked so off to me, but what goes on below my knees makes it all look off. I was stemming into my turns and so I looked wide and in a wedge at the beginning of a turn from behind before things would straighten out.
Once I got to 1.5 degrees offset with the tape and watched that video, the stemming stopped and my feet naturally seemed closer together because I wasn't stemming to initiate a turn. I don't think the width changed much overall besides at turn initiation since there was no wedge, but the overall picture looked much more natural since my right knee wasn't jutting into my left knee anymore.
My balance felt good, but different in my turns, so I know it'll be an adjustment once I get stuff with my boots straightened out to break whatever coping habits I've developed unknowingly due to my anatomy all of this time..
Josie,
I definitely have fun! However, I've known for a little while that something was off with my turn initiation at times, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong. It especially gets worse when I'm tired, so I think I am probably able to muscle my turns in the beginning of the day and they don't feel as bad, and then when I fatigue it's more difficult to overcome the issue and I start stemming etc to compensate. Now that I've seemed to pinpoint the issue it's like turning a light on in a dark tunnel, everything I couldn't see is really obvious!