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The steeper and firmer the snow gets, the more I find I need to steer the ski at the start of the turn ("smear, not carve"). I keep the ski tips connected to snow at all times (push toes down even if too much rebound). Everybody does that, even WC racers. We may not see it, but this (steering) is there, unless it is very flat ("green trail").
At the end of the turn, I angulate as much as possible and move center of mass as much as possible forward and carve that last bit.
Purely one footed skiing and way way forward over the ski tips, but dynamically, at the end of the turn. I step from old down hill ski to the new one quickly leaving the foot "behind", by either using hip joint or knee (pull the heel towards butt, like when skiing moguls).
Requires a lot of patience and finesse in ski handling: if I lift up skis and just slam them down, they will bite and skip and bite and skip ("chatter"). Everything should be smooth and fluid. When it clicks, I feel the front inside edge of the ski biting the snow with my big toe.
This is very hard and requires much more flexibility in knees, hips and spine that it seems. When it happens, however, it is the most satisfying feeling: the feeling of ski tips biting across the fall line at the very end of the arc on icy firm snow. Then rebound and repeat.
Takes a lot of work (for me), the steeper the hill, the more work. A 500' elevation of short turns on SL skis tends to drive my heart to the max. Apple watch thinks I am doing 100m runs
Need good edges and a good ski (like slalom racing ski). I have learned to do this, but not in the gates yet
The longer ski, I guess one could do this, but most mountains do not have enough space or empty enough to try this on a GS ski
At the end of the turn, I angulate as much as possible and move center of mass as much as possible forward and carve that last bit.
Purely one footed skiing and way way forward over the ski tips, but dynamically, at the end of the turn. I step from old down hill ski to the new one quickly leaving the foot "behind", by either using hip joint or knee (pull the heel towards butt, like when skiing moguls).
Requires a lot of patience and finesse in ski handling: if I lift up skis and just slam them down, they will bite and skip and bite and skip ("chatter"). Everything should be smooth and fluid. When it clicks, I feel the front inside edge of the ski biting the snow with my big toe.
This is very hard and requires much more flexibility in knees, hips and spine that it seems. When it happens, however, it is the most satisfying feeling: the feeling of ski tips biting across the fall line at the very end of the arc on icy firm snow. Then rebound and repeat.
Takes a lot of work (for me), the steeper the hill, the more work. A 500' elevation of short turns on SL skis tends to drive my heart to the max. Apple watch thinks I am doing 100m runs
Need good edges and a good ski (like slalom racing ski). I have learned to do this, but not in the gates yet
The longer ski, I guess one could do this, but most mountains do not have enough space or empty enough to try this on a GS ski