Ski Technique- TGR

[the Cock]

Pizza-->French Fry

[icelanticskier]

Right skis for the conditions
Said skis tuned

FULLY DISAGREE.

relying on "the right" ski to suit the conditions won't make you a better skier, it just makes skiing easier.

skinny skis in pow, dull skis on hardpack/ice will make you a better skier. fat skis are like having training wheels. fun, but you don't need balance/skills to ride em. pow was a much more preserved commodity from the lifts and in the bc before fat skis. no everyone can do it.

/rant

rog

[Slaag Master]

feed the hate luke!!!!! on ice there is only one way to ride fat rockers!!!!!!!!!!!! strap that bitch an hit the hood in a full speed side slip. like dissa heer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jov-R1FfoJs

[N1CK.]

google search: "heart carving".




you're welcome.

[DropCliffsNotBombs]

Because talking about it does largely fuck-all to help you? Gordycamp is the place to go for learning how to be a better skier, not listening to random idiots on the internet.

^^^ BINGO! ^^^

[old goat]

noob here knows not yet the taboo on technique talk -

skied a lot of boilerplate at Killington and Stowe -

I agree with Old Goat - get all your weight on your downhill ski - having most weight on one ski helps it dig in more. If it grips then carve normally, with extra attention to keeping your weight and hands forward, because otherwise the fast conditions will put you in the back seat. If you can't sink an edge, then the conditions are no longer fun and it's time to hit the Pickle Barrel.

I think you may need to change the batteries in your sarcasm meter, sir. Or perhaps as a newcomer you missed the epic (in more ways than one) Lift Your Inside Ski thread.

[icelanticskier]

gordycamp? meh. don't go to utah to become a better skier. utah skiing is way too easy with all that foofy snow lying about. nothing challenging or gnar about soft snow. feels good, but that's about it.

rog

[jrbd]

Read this book. Also engage your edges early and keep skis equally weighted to keep from skidding so much on ice.

[ill-advised strategy]

http://www.amazon.com/Skiing-Freesty.../dp/087833520X

or you could just pop a couple of viagra before you go skiing so all the blood goes from your brain to your tiny frozen east coast dick and you stop overthinking everything.

[leroy jenkins]

I realize epic ski does that stuff. I'm just wondering why no one talks this stuff on TGR. It's part of skiing, you know. I'd think we all work on stuff from time to time.

Cus its fucking boring?

Get 5 150 day seasons in a row and you will find discussions of technique utterly boring as well. Thats the secret, spend a lot of time on snow.

[icelanticskier]

^^^^^^^better if it's really shitty snow and steep/techy/icy firm. 150 day seasons skiing good snow=you'll only be good at skiing good snow. gotta ski the shitty consequential too.

rog

[_Aaron_]

^^^^^^^better if it's really shitty snow and steep/techy/icy firm. 150 day seasons skiing good snow=you'll only be good at skiing good snow. gotta ski the shitty consequential too.

rog

Spot on... Except there's no such thing as shitty snow.

[icelanticskier]

Spot on... Except there's no such thing as shitty snow.

QFT. no such thing till fish are swimming under it. and then it's a whole other realm of skiing. it gets real.

rog

[bestskieratsnowbird]

nothing challenging or gnar about soft snow. feels good, but that's about it.
rog

i dunno about you but that's why i ski. i grew up racing east coast ice too.

[Lostinthetrees]

stop showing up on the hill in those 90+mm under foot fatties w/ little to no sidecut.

get a pair of ice skates. i.e. old school 65 - 70mm under foot. u can find a used pair for under 100$ w/ bindings in resale shops. sharpen and wax.

[icelanticskier]

i dunno about you but that's why i ski. i grew up racing east coast ice too.

i'm truly happy for you. jong.

rog

[alpinista]

Spot on... Except there's no such thing as shitty snow.

Challenging snow makes good skiers, i.e. Michaela Shiffrin: Storr's Hill, Lebanon, NH -> Burke Mtn Academy. 'nuff said.

Technique 101:
1. Ski. A lot.
2. Scout good skiers. Buy them beer.
3. Ski with good skiers.
4. Ski. A lot.

And keep your hands up

[powdork]

Right skis for the conditions
Said skis tuned
Hands forward
Body squared 2 falline
Backpack of beers


If this doesn't work, lessons

i find that full beers in my backpack can put me in the backseat quickly. once i move that weight around to my belly everything falls into place.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

i'm truly happy for you. jong.

rog

hahaha Ya, JONG!

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Challenging snow makes good skiers, i.e. Michaela Shiffrin: Storr's Hill, Lebanon, NH -> Burke Mtn Academy. 'nuff said.

Technique 101:

2. Scout good skiers. Buy them beer.

I just want to go on record that I like Beer and am a good skier.

I use to train/race at Storr's hill....that place is too damn short and flat to make you a great skier, but BMA doesn't hurt.

[Chainsaw_Willie]

... - get all your weight on your downhill ski - having most weight on one ski helps it dig in more. If it grips then carve normally, ...

But what about powder?

[My Pet Powder Goat]

But what about powder?

That's what monoboards are for.

[schuss]

gordycamp? meh. don't go to utah to become a better skier. utah skiing is way too easy with all that foofy snow lying about. nothing challenging or gnar about soft snow. feels good, but that's about it.

rog

It's funny, because you often search out the shitty snow while at gordycamp.

[DasBlunt]

Try park skis. Tighter turns. seriously. sidecut radius for snowboards is like 6 to 8, super turny.

tech talk jong.

[icelanticskier]

It's funny, because you often search out the shitty snow while at gordycamp.

imagine gong all the way to utah to search out shitty snow? fuck people are weird.

not hard to find if you go across the road, climb a few k and ski sup and variations there of after the suns been out the day before and a light refreeze has occurred. only rule is ya gotta ski it pre-resoftening. nice breakable crust. that'll learn the students right quick. now only if sup were steeper........

rog