I thought you were talking about my video of pow 8s.
and yep, I'm old school.
and yes, doing a 2 ski carve is less than ideal in powder, especially when you are trying to figure 8 short turns and you just hiked to... a few wanna be race carves just wastes vert...
the "frowned upon" thing is part of the really key discussion here as well,
I believe skiing is fun, self expression, full of wonderful sensations, not a predetermined final form that looks like marcel hirsher. I believe we all have sensations we like, and speeds we like to travel, and developing the skills to turn those intentions into reality is part of the art and magic of skiing. It's also what the best instructors are really good at, listening, watching and helping clients reach toward their ideals, while coaches have an end goal, skiers can create their own. We aren't racing, so how we enjoy traveling down the mtn is our choice. Yes, technique tweaks, balance drills, refinements can make us enjoy it even more, but a good instructor needs to understand those preferences.
sorry, soap box moment, but it is pertinent to this thread.
TimHodgson started it looking for a ski that would help him get the ski bent up into an arc earlier with less speed, that is his intent and sensation he wants to create. He also skis at a mtn that doesn't have lots of "flats". Arcing skis through the full turn is much easier when the forces are lower, like Northstar, or even Squaw or Alpine, where you have long runs at moderate pitch. Thats tough to find at Kirkwood, I gather that he's not an unbreakable 20 something (and neither am I), so working on mitigations of the toy and the technique may help.
Thx for the follow up thoughts.
Cheers!
W
and yep, I'm old school.
and yes, doing a 2 ski carve is less than ideal in powder, especially when you are trying to figure 8 short turns and you just hiked to... a few wanna be race carves just wastes vert...
the "frowned upon" thing is part of the really key discussion here as well,
I believe skiing is fun, self expression, full of wonderful sensations, not a predetermined final form that looks like marcel hirsher. I believe we all have sensations we like, and speeds we like to travel, and developing the skills to turn those intentions into reality is part of the art and magic of skiing. It's also what the best instructors are really good at, listening, watching and helping clients reach toward their ideals, while coaches have an end goal, skiers can create their own. We aren't racing, so how we enjoy traveling down the mtn is our choice. Yes, technique tweaks, balance drills, refinements can make us enjoy it even more, but a good instructor needs to understand those preferences.
sorry, soap box moment, but it is pertinent to this thread.
TimHodgson started it looking for a ski that would help him get the ski bent up into an arc earlier with less speed, that is his intent and sensation he wants to create. He also skis at a mtn that doesn't have lots of "flats". Arcing skis through the full turn is much easier when the forces are lower, like Northstar, or even Squaw or Alpine, where you have long runs at moderate pitch. Thats tough to find at Kirkwood, I gather that he's not an unbreakable 20 something (and neither am I), so working on mitigations of the toy and the technique may help.
Thx for the follow up thoughts.
Cheers!
W
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