Alright admit it......who sucks at moguls. I'll admit it, I suck.

[Slaag Master]

i suck but i can't stop!!!!!!!!!

[Downbound Train]

Bumps are just like regular skiing except someone else is telling you exactly where and when to turn.

If you can do short radius turn on command on a groomer, you can probably ski bumps.

I think it's all about the upper body.

Square to the fall line, no rotating.

Hands up and reaching down hill.

[SawtellPeak]

It's not that you can't ski moguls, you can't ski, and the moguls just prove it.

X2 or however many there are ahead of mine...Easily the best statement I've heard in a long time.

[Ted Striker]

You've just got to practice a bit in the off season

[lemmycaution]

to get better at skiing moguls, just play more "tiny wings" on your phone.

[Downbound Train]

You've just got to practice a bit in the off season

That was Sweeeeeeet.

[Shredhead]

Impressive, but I wonder how his knee's are now?

[warthog]

Hate to admit this, but 2 things that made me a much better mogul skier in college.
1. Dialing in my technique on fucking Bigfeet. You know- the original snowblades. Have at it, but I ripped after a couple bump sessions on those things.
2. Having to follow Jill Vogtli down the mountain. She is still the single best skier I have ever tried to keep up with. She absolutely shamed us all.

The GS style turns are super fun. I love clearing 2 or 3 bumps at a time. Kinda have to tone it down on east coast boilerplate though. Gets kinda painful if you miss the landing and slam the top.

[buildakicker]

I smash em on my fatties. Moguls are just in the way.

[justinspau]

How to ski moguls 101:

Get some speed
Aim at a fatty
Hit it hard and get some pop
Spot landing and next take off
Repeat till run is over
Once you get better you will be gaping 3-5 of the fuckers at a time

Problem solved lesson taught have fun out there

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[BiggC]

So...we have a bump, 20' of ice and then another bump. There is no nicely formed mogul field.

Thank you for summing things up perfectly. I like skiing bumps, but when the downhill side of every one is a sheet of ice, it's absolutely no fun. Slush bumps in spring are some fun shit.

[UrMomsKneePads]

Impressive, but I wonder how his knee's are now?

Actually, unless you're ripping the zipper at Mach 5, and slamming the front side of every bump, it's not that bad on the knees.

Smooth and flexed, turning on the backsides and taking the bump straight on while flexed is not bad on the knees. I was happy to learn this given a reconstructed ACL. Kinda like a good swim technique, fast should look smooth and easy.

[stuckathuntermtn]

It's more a strength thing for me. And boot pain. My technique is pretty sound, but definitely no zipper lines coming from me.
Small moguls I just ski over.

[CarveMan]

Slamming bumps isn't sustainable, skiing the round flat line is.

Go stand in a mogul field - look for the sections of the mogul that are steeper than the average pitch of the run, then look for the parts that are shallower than the average pitch. It will all make sense.

If a freestyle team has been training on a line this won't work so you're going to have to skip/slam them.

[sidewall]

Like others in this thread, I think I'm good all-around. I snowboard though so I guess i have an out. But was in a mogul field back in December, huge ass moguls covered in new snow, it was f-ing depressing, I barely made it out.

[Ottime]

this thread is sure a sign that this winter is blowing so far. if we are talking about moguls, then there is not enough stoke out there.

[Cocximus]

On the east I mostly ski moguls. It's the only thing that gets me somewhat ready for out west. Otherwise it's like training for a marathon in an apartment.

[Grape_Ape]

Bumps are just like regular skiing except someone else is telling you exactly where and when to turn.

If you can do short radius turn on command on a groomer, you can probably ski bumps.

I think it's all about the upper body.

Square to the fall line, no rotating.

Hands up and reaching down hill.

DBT trying to pose like he skis.

Good job recycling what has already been said in this thread.

[T-Boz]

Snowboarders ruined mogul skiing for the masses. The best mogul skiing=MRG under the single chair. Ski that for a week straight and you will be a better mogul skier or die trying.

[Crampedon]

This is probably the best skier I've ever skied with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7W26SvVYDo

(Passed away in an avalanche just over 10 years ago, RIP)

He was an all-round skier, also an ex-Austrian team racer, could do anything anywhere anytime and that's what I aspire to.

Thanks for sharing, Wow, kid could ski! looks like he could rock the mono-ski like a pro, knees look duct-taped together.

Sorry he was lost, hope you had good times together.

[Snow Spirit]

I use to think I skied them ok. I would start off in the zipper line, skiing fast and agressive. Then faster, faster, faster, and I couldn't stay in the line. The options were to cut away from the fall line or straight line it and ride it out to the bottom.

Then I stopped skiing in the backseat.................. Now I can control my speed, and ski bumps well.

[MTT]

Snowboarders ruined mogul skiing for the masses. The best mogul skiing=MRG under the single chair. Ski that for a week straight and you will be a better mogul skier or die trying.

I don't agree with that.

the Short shaped skis are what fuck up a bump field.

I would love to see the day when they set minimum ski length on a few runs. But those runs are ususaly just groomed over anymore.

I have to admit I am getting old and the firm mid winter bumps tear me up.

But here in the Sierra come spring time the HUGE Sloppy corn snow bumps are pretty fun, you ca just make your way whereever

FYI only way to lean bumps is to Ski bumps. start of slow pick a line and tale a few at a time. Eventualy you start getting it.

To bad we cant take a time machine back to the 70's Squaw Valley RED DOG West Face KT22 those suckers were shaped like Volkwagons and fun as hell!!

[Karl May]

there are no bumps at my hill, so I don't even know what they look like

[N1CK.]

I spent most of the morning skiing bump runs in/out of the trees.
I still suck, but now I probably suck slightly less.

[userA]

DBT trying to pose like he skis.

Good job recycling what has already been said in this thread.

i thought the same thing