How to keep CARVING on steeper terrain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Hi, carving is very addictive so you tend to go faster and faster, and so when the slope all of a sudden changes in pitch and becomes steeper, your speed increases quickly beyond your skill level and you become a danger to yourself and others.
To help you out, in this video I will explain and show with demos how to tackle this problem and keep your speed under control.
Tom - กีฬา
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When you increase your turn size in high speed, you will also keep slowing by hitting all the people who don't expect you to pull such a wide turn :)
Yes, you are perfectly right. We have plenty of video material where amateurs are blocking our piste. Note, "OUR" piste. We ski like we own it LOL. Which is not the case. Our SG training sessions are 6 oclock in the morning when the slopes are closed.
Yep, especially on those narrow pistes.
@@Triggerboy62 Of course a person can vary turn shape depending on where other people are on the slope - all turns don't have to be either close to the fall line or the opposite. I have one criticism of the skid being demonstrated which happens when slopes become hard packed or icy. They guy showing off the skid seemed to be doing most of his skid in the last third of the turn. That means having to do a lot of things just before the transition, including reestablishing the edge across the fall line. Just my opinion.
@@TheGruntski Yep, everyone starts taking wider turns in the zones many of just straightline through.
@@jeepmor Yup you can straight line through if you wish but in some cases with some people that's really just a panic move. Anyway, I was responding to the video content. If people do desire to control speed by skidding they should not skid the tails out at the end of the turn. There's no real need to skid on a nice smooth slope.
The timing of this is just so perfect!! I always go into defensive when getting into steeper runs and start doing slide turns which is not carving obviously. Then I lose my rhythm and find it hard to get back into carving again which frustrates the hell out of me. So thank you so much for how to maintain carving with getting into steeper runs! I will practice this tomorrow!
Wow, not many girls/women watch my content on my channel, according to the analytics anyway, so I am really thrilled to hear from you. Glad the timing was perfect. Hopefully I was able to give you some tips on how to overcome being "defensive". And nice to hear that someone is out skiing as we are slowly only approaching our season here in northern Europe. reg. Tom
Choose your slope, a smooth one, bumps and cross slopes don't help practicing or generally for carved turns. Shallow slope open wavey S's, bit steeper (blues) close the S by coming across the slope (as he said), Steeper still (red-black) big linked C's and even continue a little bit up the hill if you want to bring the speed down. Fall into each turn with a carve and if you speed check with a slide or because someone is in the track don't worry, finishing the turn still in a carve will come with confidence and choosing the right terrain. Hope this helps.
@@Triggerboy62, plenty of women seek out video ski tips, so pls don't be surprised at your audience of females (many of us baby boomers!). The best tip I ever got years ago re conquering steep turns was to perfect SHORT turns. That rhythm of quick carving made all the difference to me in enjoying steep slopes.
@@Triggerboy62, plenty of women seek out ski tips, so pls don't be surprised at your audience of females (many of us baby boomers!). The best tip I ever got years ago re conquering steep turns was to perfect SHORT turns. That rhythm of quick carving made all the difference to me in enjoying steep slopes.
yes, the Elite Skiing FB Group is great and Im glad to see many of my videos ending up there for viewing and conversation. Im honored actually. Anyway, have you seen my video on safe carving: th-cam.com/video/UgbU38mjjj8/w-d-xo.html
The pivot is a great concept or technique of scrubbing off speed. Do a quick search on my channel for "pivot" and you will see lots of videos. The most comprehensive one is the one on Line Selection. You actually combine an old fashion style parallel turn entry with a carved belly and exit part of the turn.
I call it skiing with your down hill fist. I find that if you steer with your hands, or fists, it helps to stabilise the turn. For some extraordinary reason , call it magic, the initiation of the turn starts with the uphill fist “talking to “ the uphill ski and directing the turn, and in no time the uphill fist has become the downhill fist. The final session of video shows this very well. He is a very “fisty” skier.
It is lovely to watch. Thank you.
Great tip, I must remember this when I go skiing tomorrow. Cheers, T
Over 50 years of skiing and still passionately anticipating many more years!
Thanks for watching. Yes, I have 55y under the belt and still so many places to visit so mamy slopes to ski 🙂
The hard part of method 2 is on an even moderately crowded day you take up a lot more of the mountain. It becomes difficult on narrow pitches and on wide runs it dramatically increase risk of collision. I've had a couple close calls and am very careful before using technique 2. It's fun but I've been working on using more of technique 3 to stay closer to the fall line.
You are perfectly right. I also use technique 3 most of the time. Hardly ever carve 100% all the time. That is kind of a bit outdated IMO. Not very useful anyways as slopes are so crowded nowadays. Did you see this video: th-cam.com/video/UgbU38mjjj8/w-d-xo.html
It's one reason why I quite enjoy those wide, steep red runs. As long as there's plenty of space, I don't mind a bit of excess speed because I'm confident enough to know that I have plenty space to deal with a minor mistake or if I suddenly have to avoid someone.
Very clear exposition. I too end up skidding turns once the slope gets steep. I love the simplicity of the "fast line slow" vs the "slow line fast" and I'm looking forward to trying the latter (safely) on my next ski trip.
Right on! Have fun and you have the exact right approach, safely! Always use a helmet and a back protector and have eyes at the back of your helmet :)
Cheers, Tom
I been skiing for 16 years, 4 years of racing, and since then been a combination from skiing in resort to backcountry, randonnee, etc. And you´ve accomplished explaining what most instructors (who love the snow same way as I do) can´t. Thank you for such a useful video!
Thank you 🙏
Tom, congratulations on your TH-cam success. 23 thousand subscribers. Very well deserved, some of the best ski instruction content on TH-cam.
Wow, thanks Rick! We have come a long way since the glory Epic days. You have been a great friend and inspiration all these years. Thanks :)
There are many tips for beginners online but very few useful tips for advanced skiers who want to polish their skills. You do a great job by filling this gap. Keep up the good work!
Cool, thanks! Great feedback as that is kind of what my mission is all about. Thanks for watching and more to come... this weekend a WC ski racer training... :)
Thx, Tom. Been waiting for some new content for a while now, and as sure as the weather is getting colder, you bless us with good tips and a longing for snow;-)
More to come! Thanks for watching and thanks for all your good words on my videos :)
Your tutorials are the best on youtube! Thanks Tom!
Wow, thanks! And thanks for watching :)
Great stuff Tom!
This will help a lot of people 👍
Great instructional video. Can't wait to try this out this weekend. Thank you, Tom!
Your welcome. Best of luck! Winter is ON :)
Very clear and instructive.. You tube needs more ski fanatics like you !! Thanks.
Thank you and thanks for watching. Where do you draw the line between fanatic and crazy :)
Thank you for this unique explanation. Skiing the slow line fast concept has improved my skill significantly and I can do slopes with more confidence now. You’re a great teacher 🙏
Wow, what great feedback. There is nothing better than a viewer that got some value out of the lesson. Cheers, Tom
Hi Tom, your videos is best prep for upcoming season, better then squads, running, planks and all that boring sweaty stuff. They're really good. Thanks
Great to hear! Im not much of a runner myself but got me some new jogging shoes today. So, I will start a new life as of tomorrow.... today was raining and I didn't want to wet my new Brooks :)
And thanks for watching :)
As a beginner skier learning how to carve and be able to carve down steeper slopes, I found this video very helpful!! Thank you!!!
Great to hear! And thanks for watching :)
I can't thank you enough mate. INCREDIBLY useful.
Super nice to be able to produce useful content. Thanks for watching! Cheers, Tom
I watched this video before going skiing in Colorado. It had been almost 35 years since I skied really steep runs. Once there, I practiced the techniques on a few steeper blue runs first then took them to the groomed black runs. I am so glad I watched this video before I went. I found that my confidence built as the day went on and I was able to handle the steeps with improving skills. I found that I progressed to being able to ski the slow line fast. I also found, as another comment mentioned, that at times I could actually maintain the arc and go slightly up the slope to slow even further If I desired. I will continue to practice these techniques. Thanks for the great video!!
Thank you for watching and all your good words on my video. Glad you found it useful. Cheers, Tom
I have been skiing a long time, but trying to ski fast, I often go into the defensive mode when I hit a steeper pitch. It is so good to hear you articulate that problem, showing how you can keep good turn shape and control speed at the same time. It is such a mental thing, and it is so good to hear is said so I can keep it in mind and hold my confidence when things get too fast. Thanks.
So nice to have been of any use. I dont like it when some skiers say that brushing a turn or even wedging is defensive skiing. Its not. Pointing your ski tips into the fall line is always a "go get it" move. And at some point every skier will slam on the brakes. Just watch a WC Down Hill race and every skier slams on the brakes after crossing the finishing line :)
Cheers, Tom
yay! finally another great video from you, Tom! thumbs up!
Yay, thank you! Thanks for watching. Yes, this video was long overdue but there are more to come. Got a huge amount of material to release before the new season hits in.
another year, another major advancement in Triggerboy62's video technology. Cheers, mate, looking forward to more!
You bet! More to come. Thanks for watching, and check us out on IG as well for more casual content :)
I've been working on controlling my speed and technique on steeper terrain this past week. The video helped a lot. I still struggle controlling the shape of my turn and speed on steep terrain that's also skied out and bumpy. Adding an actual carving ski to my quiver was a game changer. Now I can feel how flexing the ski and foot pressure changes the shape of the turn. Thank you for the tips!
Thanks for watching and glad I could help. Be sure to watch other carving videos with tips and tricks for improving. Cheers, Tom
Thank you for this great explanation! It was spooky to see that No. 3 came to me as an instinct, when people took me to steep slopes while I was still a beginner. I started skidding on the turns due to lack of angle, then to stop myself from skidding down on the icy slope, I realised I only needed to put the skis in high angle to keep me level (I wasn't carving before, but a nearby instructor told me I did the right thing). Going fast on the slow lane is the classy way to scale steeps slopes, so I'm keeping to that whenever possible since I started carving.
Sounds like you got it. Thanks for watching and have a great season! Cheers, Tom
Thanks Tom for the great video! I will practice the third option at the coming weekend and hope to have more progress on carving.
Thanks and best of luck! Report back. Cheers, Tom
Having just come back from my third day skiing (finally feeling that it's 'clicking'), your videos are incredibly intuitive, describing behaviours I've began to pick up (and question); setting them out in a clear way to reference and improve from. I had been making short arcs down a gentle slope, before a steeper drop with only narrow snow cover (Scottish conditions)... I found that skiing parallel to the fall line for the turn leading into this section, and then 'carving' the opposite way across the narrow snow cover felt like the natural solution. But something about skating across the hill horizontally seemed unconventional--so thank you for the simple concept of 'the slow line fast'! It now makes sense!
So glad you found some useful tips in the video. Great concept this slow line fast. I use it every time I ski. And teach it to all my students. Cheers, Tom
Your video also highlighted to me the need to eliminate traditional pole plants while carving/racing at higher speed, very good instruction, thank you.
Wow, glad it was helpful! I have a pole plant video in the works. Stay tuned. Cheers, Tom
Thanks Tom, thanks for the advice, for the mood... And the music is beyond praise - the name alone is worth a lot...!!!
Im honored. Thank you so much for such great feedback. Cheers, Tom
This was awesome, and just the tips I needed! This is so relevant, not only for me I guess, but for everyone who's learning proper carving techniques for all slope colors! :)
Glad it was helpful! Yes, the this tip will be helpful at all levels. Thanks for watching :)
Finally, nice one! I couldn't find a decent advanced tips for these points. My Mrs was lacking confidence going from green to blue yesterday.
She could go down green all day but just got scared to attempt the hills that started looking steeper. Explaining this control of speed after turns really turns a steeper hill into a different creature. We will save this for a refresh before we next go! 🍻
Fantastic! I actually have a video in the works about specifically women trying to conquer their fears on steep terrain. There is nothing to be scared off I tell my hesitating lady students and after skiing with then for a while they relax and it all goes well. Going across the hill like in this video is one trick. It turn a steep hill into a very moderate pitched slope. But there are so many more tricks. Stay tuned, Tom
Great content and tips! Thanks for posting! It is greatly appreciated as we know what it takes to keep on making new content as well as being very instructive.
Thanks. Yes, it is a bit of a struggle making these videos as I do "everything" myself. But on the other hand I enjoy doing them so it is really a win win situation.
Love the music and all that comes with this channel. SUBSCRIBED!
Thank you 🙏
thnx Tom, you are awesome with your videos. i've learned a lot from them and use them often in my skilessons. keep up the good work!
Awesome, thank you! Cheers, Tom
Thank you your videos and instructions are really good!!
I have shared them often.
Awesome, thank you! So nice to get good feedback on the videos and thanks for sharing! Cheers, T
Liked your explanations and video snippets which made the techniques easier to understand.
Great to hear! Thanks for watching, Tom
I needed that for clarity. well explained!
Thanks and thank you for watching :)
Excellent advice. Worked on exactly this all week.
Excellent!
Spot on, great video very well explained especially the last technique which I view as the technique that was required back in the day on straight skis and now utilized more easily with shaped skis!
Exactly. Well put statement. I think that people are more and more evolving into blending "old-school" technique with new technique. The old technique never really went away, it just became unpopular and as we know, fashion always come back. Cheers, T
Great tips on now to check your speed , particularly on ice. Awesome & thank-you !
My pleasure! And thanks for kind words and for watching. Cheers, Tom
Great great great video. As a skier who was greatly influenced by Harold harbes ski the fast line slow. I find this is still so true today. By loved laying down railroad tracks in the snow with the old Tech skis. But of course that meant picking up a lot of speed and making long long long radius turns. I mostly ski small hills in the Midwest. I remember once, me and my buddies said( three turns to the bottom). The new technology has certainly made carving and believing railroad track slices in the snow easier and made carving more versatile. I have loved laying down the " railroad tracks" in the snow, ever since Harold harbes book came out. And have been doing it ever since with the new versatility and fun and he's that the new side cuts allow. Midwest snow is can be hard and ice., sometimes point a loose powdery covering on top. Carving allows me to ski that surfaced silently! If it gets crowded and I need to control my path and speed, I will skip my turns at times and I just hate the sound of the sea scraping on ice. One last thought!! Being able to carve turns down the slope has
Yes, your ears will tell you how well you carve. Cheers, T
From other videos I've heard this 3rd option called a Stivot turn. When watching World Cup slalom & GS races, I noticed that often times they would actually hop into a brief skid at the apex of the turn. It surprised me that they weren't making pure carved turns. One video explained that some of the gates were being set closer than turning radius of the ski thus the racers had to skid a bit which is apparently the fastest route for them. I have inadvertently used this method in my drastically lower level of skiing as a way of controlling my speed on what are to me, steep areas. Others I've seen do not seem to consider them steep enough to warrant trying to control their speed. Being in my mid 70's, I no longer abide by that old "saw" that "if you're not falling, you're not skiing".
Love the content and can't wait for the Season to start!
Thanks, and yes, mee too, cant wait to ski again.
Thanks for good advices and clear explanations! 👍
Thanks for watching and for your compliment :)
Perfectly clear guidance that makes it look so easy and effortless (but we all know it's not) --- great stuff!
Many thanks! Yes, it is not easy. Still, if we know what to do we can make it work and we can improve. Keep training, reg Tom
Great video. I found it as one of the best tips for controlling speed and carving style on steep slopes.
Awesome, thank you!
I love your tips, they always make sense and are easy to implement 😊
Thanks, T
Great video, counting the days till our ski trip...
Another excellent video, Tom! Thanks for sharing! /Janus
Thanks Janus, reg. Tom
Truly clever advice of carving skiing, slow line fast. Well been skiing 40 yrs or more, only GS, this info is worth acknowlwdged.
Thanks for watching and leaving such a great comment. Yes, this kind of technique is excellent for GS. Cheers, Tom
Great Lesson! Thanks for helping to clean up my turns!!
Any time!
Still playing golf in October but this video gets the juices flowing
Enjoy golf while you can, soon you will be skiing :)
Carving is the most fun there is in skiing, great to see a video explaining how to do it on black runs without taking up the whole piste ;) thanks! Earned a new subscriber :))
Thanks a million for such good words on the content of the video and for watching. I have lots of videos on my channel so go to my playlists and choose a topic that interests. Reg. Tom
Good job! Always struggle with this one so ThANK YOU!
Happy to help! Thank you for watching, Cheers, Tom
Thanks for your comment on pivoting: I'm always disagreeing with coaches saying you have to maintain contact with the snow all the time, while my experience and watching FIS slalom says otherwise, especially on steep slopes. Skiing is dynamic and never say never. Also all bodies are different and styles differ
Thanks for watching and glad to find someone to appreciate the pivot. I have during my coaching years here on YT gotten a lot of feedback from skiers and racers tired of that never ending jargon of "early pressure" and never turn below the gate that they get from coaches out on the hill. That pivot is really what it is all about. Chris is a master of perfecting that kind of technique. And you are right, not all skiers are the same. I never try to change the way a (junior) skier skis naturally. I always try to have him/her retain their own style. Just tweak it where obvious mistakes are made.
The good old days, had to laugh, I remember them well.
I've never been instructed, but I feel it's most natural to pivot. It's when I stop doing it, that I start to feel fear creeping in. As long as I'm like "YEAH!" and jumping into my turns, it's a blast, and I go down stuff I never thought I could. I hope to ski a lot more this year. Great comment! Makes me feel less like an idiot.
After 30 years of not skiing, now back on a holiday with my son doing reds after a disaster of a first day. I was quite confused with all the pure carving going on. I must say this new type of ski is basically the perfect ski type for this old skidder. I do think I start every turn with a touch of pivot and then lean and carve the rest of the turn. It's a versatile technique suited for any slope.
My son is something different though, he is light and smooth on the skis and flows through steep reds like they weren't there. He couldn't understand what I was trying to explain, because he never had to endure those narrow 2m long planks.
Love all your videos! Thank you
You are so welcome!
Very informative but u guys r such great skiers! I particularly like fast in the slow lane thanks.
Thanks and thanks for watching. Yes, the fast line slow is great as well. It is actually becoming quite out of the ordinary. Zipperline mogul skiing for example is the ultimate FLS and how often do you see that? Cheers, Tom
Lots of good tips. Ty very much, now ihave to try them when mountain opens
Glad I could help. And thanks for watching :)
Very usefull video, thank you. Pivoting in and carving out the turn is a real challenge...
Yes, but that is the million dollar trick. Now we can even ski with GS skis on groomers with other people around. Keeping the speed down and making sharper turns.
I really enjoyed your video and instructional commentary. Controlling speed on steeper terrain is something I have been working on for several years. I found a few years back that continuing the turn parallel to the fall line really made all the difference in the world. I find when I really get after it the pivot happens naturally and I get a slingshot into the next turn. This works great on groomers, but when the conditions get variable or icy, skidding turns or at least a combination of carving and skidding seems necessary to keep the speed in check.
Variable conditions are tough I know. And yes, the pivot comes to me naturally now also. I find that I much rather start with a pivot and then hook up in a carve when I feel confident and really cut through the aft part of the turn carving cleanly. Cheers, Tom
I'd never heard it called skiing the slow line fast until now, but it is spot on. I was lucky to learn my skiing by following the tracks of a member of the Swiss national team. He said
"It's simple:
Every joint from your skis to your head must be flexed;
Stand taller to release the edges;
Rest your shin on the front of one boot at a time and point the femur of that leg where you want to go;
Keep your chest facing downhill;
And remember ABC - Always Be Carving".
He NEVER let his skis run flat. Skiing is dynamic, so speed is as essential as it js to riding a bike. And a knife only cuts paper if you draw it fast. So don't use the skis to spread butter, make the edges cut the crust. You dissipate excess speed by skiing across the fall line - or even uphill - and ABC.
When you feel that variable or icy snow, make a note-to-self:
"I feel the need, the need for speed".
There are a few GoPro videos of skiing the Grande Couloir at Courchevel, all by fair skiers. But one is by former Olympic skier Graham Bell. Compare the others with how Bell skis the arrête down to the top of the couloir, and you'll see exactly what I mean.
I hope this helps.
Sweet, I never had many lessons but did some big mountain comps. Its cool to see the theory behind what my skis taught me and it may make me more conscious of what the heck im doing.
Good point. The best coach and instructor we have lies underneath our skis, the mountain. It will teach you everything if you only let it. In good ski instruction and coaching we always make all our movements and moves in harmony and dictated by the conditions and circumstances at hand. Cheers, Tom
Thanks for the tips, will try next time!
Please do!
I'm going skiing next month for the first time and this is very useful. I will try this on nursery slope. 👌
Be sure to check out all my entry level ski lessons. Before you can carve you need to be able to wedge. But they have a lot in common and turning and turn shape is equally important on the nursery slope as it is on a steeper slope. Cheers, T
The harmonica did it for me. I'm subscribed! 🤸
Awesome! Thank you! Maybe I should do a video named the Harmonica Skier :)
Absolutely all of videos are best didactic level. Slow verbalisation help to understand ... congratulation.
Many thanks! Glad you like the slower pace as it is quit hard to do. For me anyway, so eager to tell you guys as much as I can in the shortest time hahahaa reg. Tom
Good video. Thanks. I just started learning to ski
Wow, new to skiing. If you wanna keep at something all your life and learn something every day you have chosen the right sport. Be sure to go to my beginner and intermediate playlists. This video is for quite advanced level. Let me know how your season progresses. You can send me video of yourself and I will try to help. Its free. Cheers, Tom
Great tips, well explained. Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Excellent tips! Thank you.
You are so welcome!
A revelation!! I can carve a decent turn on medium flat terrain, then look like I've never skiied before in my life when it gets steep! Fantastic information!
Great to hear. We learn new stuff all the time. Cheers, Tom
great tips , I'll try them as soon as possible
Hi, please do and thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom
Thank you so much for that explanation.
You are welcome!
I come back to refresh the technique every time I go back to the slopes. 💪💪 Thank you so much. I am able to ski even European black slopes (even though with my particular style 🤭).
Good to hear you have your own style. Too little credit is given to "style". Back in the old days at mogul competitions you would get judged by style. Thanks for watching and great to hear you now ski blacks. Cheers, Tom
Nice job! as most of your videos are. I'm PSIA level 3 and USSA level 3. Couldn't have said it better myself. I hope many appreciate and follow your advice.
Thank very much for watching and for leaving a nice comment like that. Means lots to me coming from an instructor and coach your level. Cheers, Tom
Great tips and great music! thanks
My pleasure! Skiing and music go together well. My Michelle :) Cheers, Tom
Loved the Supertramp reference! Cheers!
So nice to hear you picked up on the musical reference. If you sing the song and insert Ski The Slow Line Fast instead of Take The Long Way Home it works perfectly on all planes. Even the message is the same. I need to make a cover of this with SKI lyrics LOL. Originally I was trying to figure out how to implement that harmonica without getting a copyright strike. One option would have been to play it myself but Im not that good it would have been my last option. However, this is from a midi-file so it is played on a keyboard and soloed out like that flies.
Thanks for watching and the comment and happy holidays :)
Very good instruction. THANK YOU!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching :)
Awesome tips as always!
Thanks again!
Excellent explanation. Just yesterday I found myself getting defensive and a bit out of control, I’ll be ruminating on this and hopefully doing this next time out
Great to hear. Cheers, T
Thanks! Appreciate the video...figuring out how to carve on steep slopes this season
Thanks for watching and please let me know how it went. Cheers, Tom
Greetings from Scotland. Another very explained video, you have motivated me to do my Friday training session. Look forward to the next video.
Great to hear I have been an inspiration. That is actually my main objective both here and out on the mountain, to inspire people. My ancestors come from Scotland back in 1860's. I so long to ski there some day. Thanks for watching and all the best to you this coming season :)
Let us know if you will be in Scotland, there are many who will help with accommodation and advice. Failte gu Alba.
wow, thanks a million for the invitation. I will let you know if Im heading over... darn corona screwing my ski trip plans :)
Thank you great tips, getting excited about this season in the hard pack im upstate NY.... always learning
Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. Hopefully your season will start soon. I had already forgotten how much fun it was. Greetings from Levi :)
one more thing, hard pack? I hear you. We are at the Levi WC event and have been skiing on their training slopes all week. This is hard pack next level. Its bloody solid hockey rink ice slanted at an angle. I cannot understand how they can ski like that. Carving like it was a walk in the park. At least thats what it looks like. My tip for skiing in conditions like this: dont. Hahaha... greetings from Levi!
Great video - very helpful you talk about the old style skidding. I learnt skiing that way and never really got into carving proper. I am competent on tough black slopes my style, but it seems to take more effort (and less style). Young instructors often don’t know the old style and have difficulty to explain the difference to us Oldtimers.
Thats why Im here. Im trying to explain how we skied in the old days and why that kind of skiing is still relevant. Have you seen my video HOW TO SKI CRUD? Check it out, you are going to love it.
Cheers, Tom
This video reminds me to do my daily squats, and then some more. Thanks!
Exactly. People underestimate what great physics will do. And its one area where you, if you have the attributes, age and health, can be as good as any WC ski racer. Or close anyway. Yes, lets do those squats and burpies one more time :)
Fantastic demonstration on the hierarchy level
Thanks for watching :)
That's awesome mate, thanks very much.
No problem 👍
Thanks for These teachings ♥️
You are so welcome
I really needed that video, when the slope gets extremely steep then I always get an enormously long radius
That used to be my problem also. And I get so tired of listening to the WC TV commentary explaining how well all the best skiers carve all the time even on very steep slopes. They dont, educate yourself payed experts :)
Still learning, but faster because of these good instructive videos !
Great to hear! Thanks for watching :)
Nice Supertramp reference. Also thanks for the tips!
Glad you enjoyed the Supertramp reference. Problem with hit songs is that they are copyright protected but this is just the harmonica from a midi-file. Ive used it in several videos when I talk about SlowLineFast. My take on it is Take the long way home. I am a genius. So are you :)
Reg, Tom
this video plus a recent one on unweighting DOWN/diagonally =pure diamond
Thank you very much for such great feedback. Cheers, Tom
Great instructional video!
Thank you!
That was a good lesson. I spotted my mistakes!!
Great. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Tom
Great video, I hope I could try this soon, great job Tom and Kris :)
Go for it!
Thanks...Tom...hope everyone gets a great coming seeason.
Thanks for watching and yes, lets hope everyone get to ski as much as they want this winter. Could not take annother lock-down winter.
Nice! First time on your channel and I like it!
Wow! Welcome! And thanks for watching the video. Super nice to see there are new members to my YT channel and community. You can also send me email and ask for tips and feedback on your skiing if you dont want to post it online. I have always wondered if there are people that have not seen my videos but evidently there are. Good so. I have a lot to give. Please check out my 3 Levels videos. They are great for all skill levels. There are loads of instructional videos for ski racers specifically but also for total beginners. And in my opinion all skiers benefit from all videos and lessons. Even if you are a pro you can train wedging. Thats what WC racers are doing. So should you and I. Anyway, have fun and have a great season :)
Being an intermediate skier, this is super helpful advice!
Glad it was helpful!
This really helped big time I appreciate it.
Thanks and thanks for watching. Glad my advice was useful. Cheers, Tom
Great video, I am a telemark, but your video applies to my affliction too. Thank you.
Glad to hear it! One of my favorite books used to be a telemark book :)
Love the memorable saying "ski the slow line fast"
Perfect - I've been looking for the answer - always skidding at the turn beginning on steep terrain to control speed. I find the steeper pitch requires more commitment at the turn apex and agree with the pivot on pitchy terrain. They do it in the World Cup!
Yes! And thank you for watching by the way :)
Some of these things instinctively happen but it's sloppy and I have no confidence. These videos help me confirm what I'm doing and really add polish to my skiing. It's a win-win
Thanks :)
skis sharpened frequently (every 4-5 days of use in normal conditions) will give a huge confidence boost on firmer snow like in this video. I can look similar on dull skis in the same snow, but it takes significantly more balance, effort, and skill (often to the degree of impossibility if you don't already have the confidence on good skis). It's a great drill to improve, but i see dull skis as just that... a drill
@@GamerBrosJAndM agreed. Wax and sharpen make all the difference