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Originally Posted by fomofo
Too bad Murphy is no match for Donny Pelletier :fm:
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Originally Posted by fomofo
Yesterday I skied a short bump line for a warmup, then off to the steeps. Sorta bumpy there too, but it feels completely different, def slower turns.
I should ski more bumps...
For me the key is alway looking a couple of bumps ahead. If I do this the skis know what to do. If my eyes get stuck my skis get stuck. Mind you we're talking about slow skiing easy bumps befitting my age. The only videos I'm likely to be on are Jerry of the Day.
Chin up! Eyes up! :)
Face down, ass up…..
So that's how you do it?
Sounds suspiciously like a telemark technique.Quote:
Originally Posted by shera
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Ba dum tissss!
Keep it simple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDmyWCYzUBg
So good, and inspiring! Love watching her drills and movements, and trying to replicate them when I'm out skiing. And then trying to take that into the bumps.
Trying being the operative word! :wink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmPKZ2xFTGQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwvDPm8K5o
Point em, hold on.
Turn at the top and smooth through the trough
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Ski up to em, look down, continue skiing the mellow groomer.
My strategy is to be better than you.
Eyes up.
Weight forward.
The steeper the hill, the more aggressive you need to be on absorbing, extending, and finishing turns to keep up.
Finish every. Fucking. Turn.
Was hacking around this afternoon and the usual excuses came to mind "skis too wide, too long" (192 Mfree 108). Then I watched a teenager grease the same line on some 110 Sender Frees - skis glued to the snow the entire time, almost pumping in the troughs. Next run I mimicked his style and tried to ski more centered, pump and absorb and keep the entire ski on the snow in the trough etc. Greased it. Didn't get another run quite like it whether it was fatigue or losing the visual. Crazy how much "watch and learn" can help.
Backpack filled with everything necessary to avoid bumps at all cost
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My recently acquired herniated L5/S1 has me leaning more towards the "avoid!" camp, but I have to ski 'em to enjoy the terrain I like most. I do think the days of sessioning MJ Challenger chair 2 weeks after any new snowfall are gone though, ha!
Years ago, i went to a mogul camp with Donna, learned a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel
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Repetition so the bumps become “your” bumps. And look ahead as I’ve stated earlier I’m pretty sure.
Attachment 508890Daffies in fart bags help immensely. Actually this run is where I spent most of my bump apprenticeship.
ummm wait till there's 6 or more "
I ski Wanker Park so yeah...bumps...no choice. We specialize in bumps in the trees these days. Sometimes it is groomers only due to whatever the fuck these new school squared off dog shit moguls are.
But usually, it line choice. Low Impact Senior Skiing (tm). GSing two at a time, slow speed 'troller turns, double ups, traverses, dips in the trees. Whatever it takes. Luckily I know every inch of the mountain and tactical lines down every run. Never bump skiing for the sake of bump skiing. Leave that to the Mary Jane Die Hards and those with patches on their knees.
My strategy was just to try to keep up with Jill in college at Holiday Valley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-imHvuP5jJc
Also, I always imagined being Plake with a huge mohawk that you don't want to get messed up. Ever notice how still his head stayed? Replicate that, and you are skiing bumps like a champ.
See below, sans mohawk. See how quiet his upper body is? Visualize that and go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yrVopmvTQ0
We used to practice at HV on snowlerblades (Bigfeet at the time). Make fun all you want, but try to rip bumps on those things and then throw a pair of 210 PRE's on. You will be centered and rip.
Nowadays my bump skis are 186 98 underfoot, but the 188 Soul 7's my buddy just scored for me are going to get a workout soon at the 'Bird. Nothing beats uncontrollable speed to get you right in the bumps. More slidey surface the better, I think.
I competed against the Rawls brothers and Mike Kloser.
I skied them like gates and was always the first down, yet I never won.