River Radamus is very concise, polite, and well spoken. Nice to see our US Ski Team funding such a pleasant humble young person. Also appreciate the clear stivot explanation.
Love this type of content. The questions you ask and his responses are relatable to everyone, even non-skiers. I put too much pressure on my boys to succeed. Hearing him is giving me pause on my methods. Thank you.
Thanks Deb! I knew River was a great ski racer but it’s so neat to watch these videos and learn what a gracious, insightful, and sagacious young man he is. Go River!
River’s mom used to bring him up on Palmer as a baby on her back in a pack - she and Aldo such great parents! River is a life long learner- great episode Deb- insightful & inspiring🚀
Would be awesome to see some instructional video about the stivoting technique, for example how to avoid chatter when you want the edges to grip again? Or how to divide weight for inner and outer skis when you want to continue carving? I feel this technique can have uses for recreational skiers also, especially if you are skiing with wide and long all mountain skis which tend to have huge turn radiuses.
"It's always fun to learn to suck at something again" Great quote. Especially as we get older and get trapped into sports and activities we grew up learning and being good at. Passion develops from there persut, not the ability.
The Stivot is one of my favorite maneuvers in skiing. By my calculations every World Cup Winning run in GS over the last 5 seasons includes at least one Stovot. Ted Ligety in the 2015 World Champs had 1 on the 2nd run, Both Odermatt and Tommy Ford had 2 in the 2022 Sölden 2nd run. River has a trophy case full of medals with a Stivot carved into them, I think it is time we take the stigma off the stivot and embrace it.
thanks for explaining the world cup stivot turn. isnt a stivot turn a good technique for recreational skiers, too? i often do stivot turns, because its a good defensive technique, when skiing at average recreational speeds on crowded ski trails. i start with a rotational skid at the top of the turn, and thru the apex, then set the edge for a short carve at the bottom of the turn. it allows me to ski straight down the fall line within narrow bounds, and control my speed, while giving speed balls on wide rockered skis plenty of room to pass without challenging their ability to change direction or slow down. once the trail traffic clears out, then i can draw out the turns, safely
As a USCSA college coach we are noticing so much lately how the fun aspect of skiing has been lost in a lot of clubs and academies - the schedules are so intense, the expectations are so high and so much pressure is put on these high school athletes that they get totally burned out and don't want to continue racing. I've noticed it with students at my school and talking to students at other schools, we all know plenty of high school racers who go to college and have an opportunity to continue racing but give up on the sport because. That's so bad for our entire industry - we're losing athletes, sure, but we're losing the future coaches and volunteers and Referees and TDs and Chiefs of Race and parents that bring a good attitude to the sport and make what we all know and love as an athlete ourselves. I've had great conversations with certain academy coaches that understand this problem and seem to be fighting it, but some programs still just don't get it yet and keep building up hopes and dreams of young racers that they'll be on the FIS circuit and even go ski D1, when we have so much opportunity to go race and actually have fun and find a supportive community of peers racing in college.
Well not exactly sure in how you may mean acronym. A stivot and a step turn are two very different things and used at very different times. A stivot is a steering of the feet\legs to quickly redirect the skis at the top of a turn so as to fit a turn into a space that is tighter than what the radius of a ski can carve
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong steering as in rotating then jamming the skis into the new turn. I see odermatt jumping into the next turn on tight steep courses especially the last Olympics GS. I’m I right. You capitalized STIVOT so I assumed an acronym but looks like a compound word. Anyway happy STIVOTing!
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River Radamus is very concise, polite, and well spoken. Nice to see our US Ski Team funding such a pleasant humble young person. Also appreciate the clear stivot explanation.
So glad to hear how his parents raised him and how he has found his passion naturally. Great interview, Deb.
Love this type of content. The questions you ask and his responses are relatable to everyone, even non-skiers. I put too much pressure on my boys to succeed. Hearing him is giving me pause on my methods. Thank you.
He is very likable. Nice video. 👍
Thanks Deb! I knew River was a great ski racer but it’s so neat to watch these videos and learn what a gracious, insightful, and sagacious young man he is. Go River!
Deb, these videos are something we cannot get from many athletes on the world tour. From a recent ex racer and now a coach, I eat this stuff up.
River’s mom used to bring him up on Palmer as a baby on her back in a pack - she and Aldo such great parents! River is a life long learner- great episode Deb- insightful & inspiring🚀
yeah those skiing moms are awesome, i remember seeing a skiing mom holding her kid, ski the steepest line off the summit of mount bachelor,
Always love more Deb Armstrong videos!! Such a great interview (with some nice snowy mountain sights as well! XD)
Thanks again Deb, very educational and interesting!!
Would be awesome to see some instructional video about the stivoting technique, for example how to avoid chatter when you want the edges to grip again? Or how to divide weight for inner and outer skis when you want to continue carving? I feel this technique can have uses for recreational skiers also, especially if you are skiing with wide and long all mountain skis which tend to have huge turn radiuses.
fun and learning go hand in hand great video
Thank you Deb for doing this amazing interview. So much great info in short video. Please post to Instagram where the kids are they need to hear this
Thanks Sasha!! Means a lot coming from you. Appreciate it. And yes, I’ll post to Instagram
Thanks for the good advice will use it on the sloped
"It's always fun to learn to suck at something again"
Great quote. Especially as we get older and get trapped into sports and activities we grew up learning and being good at. Passion develops from there persut, not the ability.
The Stivot is one of my favorite maneuvers in skiing. By my calculations every World Cup Winning run in GS over the last 5 seasons includes at least one Stovot. Ted Ligety in the 2015 World Champs had 1 on the 2nd run, Both Odermatt and Tommy Ford had 2 in the 2022 Sölden 2nd run. River has a trophy case full of medals with a Stivot carved into them, I think it is time we take the stigma off the stivot and embrace it.
The stivot is like a brakes on a racecar. VERY important.
thanks for explaining the world cup stivot turn. isnt a stivot turn a good technique for recreational skiers, too? i often do stivot turns, because its a good defensive technique, when skiing at average recreational speeds on crowded ski trails. i start with a rotational skid at the top of the turn, and thru the apex, then set the edge for a short carve at the bottom of the turn. it allows me to ski straight down the fall line within narrow bounds, and control my speed, while giving speed balls on wide rockered skis plenty of room to pass without challenging their ability to change direction or slow down. once the trail traffic clears out, then i can draw out the turns, safely
Awesome!!!
Please correct me if I’m wrong but in the old days it was called throwing a hip! Thomyt
Hum, not sure I remember what throwing a hip was used for
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong stivot
What an awesome young man! Where did you fill at? Copper?
Copper
Deb, After a year of watching your videos I am booked for Steamboat in February. What carving Gromer runs are waiting for me?
Lots!!! You will find them😉
As a USCSA college coach we are noticing so much lately how the fun aspect of skiing has been lost in a lot of clubs and academies - the schedules are so intense, the expectations are so high and so much pressure is put on these high school athletes that they get totally burned out and don't want to continue racing. I've noticed it with students at my school and talking to students at other schools, we all know plenty of high school racers who go to college and have an opportunity to continue racing but give up on the sport because. That's so bad for our entire industry - we're losing athletes, sure, but we're losing the future coaches and volunteers and Referees and TDs and Chiefs of Race and parents that bring a good attitude to the sport and make what we all know and love as an athlete ourselves. I've had great conversations with certain academy coaches that understand this problem and seem to be fighting it, but some programs still just don't get it yet and keep building up hopes and dreams of young racers that they'll be on the FIS circuit and even go ski D1, when we have so much opportunity to go race and actually have fun and find a supportive community of peers racing in college.
Yep
Please explain Deb, is STIVOT an acronym of the Step Turn?
Well not exactly sure in how you may mean acronym. A stivot and a step turn are two very different things and used at very different times. A stivot is a steering of the feet\legs to quickly redirect the skis at the top of a turn so as to fit a turn into a space that is tighter than what the radius of a ski can carve
@@DebArmstrongSkiStrong steering as in rotating then jamming the skis into the new turn. I see odermatt jumping into the next turn on tight steep courses especially the last Olympics GS. I’m I right. You capitalized STIVOT so I assumed an acronym but looks like a compound word. Anyway happy STIVOTing!
My understanding is that “stivot” is a portmanteau of “steering” and “pivot.”
@@cswalker21 STIVOT! It’s an Odermatt Jump! Thanks!
The necessity to stivot was the primary thing I hated about the 35m GS ski era.
Stivking De Aliprandini
Ha!!!!!! Hi George. I hope you are well😉