Thank you for supporting. It wouldn’t be possible without those that do - Big thank you for the Super Thanks! …podcast should be back online in Sept. 🤘🏻 - Madsen
In PMTS (developed for Alpine carving), Harald Harb points out that to tip the boot and the ski to the edge, one needs a movement that would tip the boot (and initiate the movement further up the kinematic chain - in the ankle, knee and then the hip) with minimal force (so as not to tire oneself out). So he suggests that when we want to tip the boot - and the ski that's attached to it - on to the big toe edge, instead of trying to force the big toe down through the compacted snow of the piste, one should tip the foot inside the boot up and roll it onto the big toe side - so the foot ends up standing on its big toe side, pronating the foot, starting the pronation by lifting the pinky toe side of the foot up and rolling the foot to the big toe side - down the path of least resistance. The foot will then push against the big toe side of the boot laterally, creating a tipping force with minimal effort. It will also move the ankle, that will push against the side of the cuff of the boot, and then the knee will engage, following a 'windshield wiper'-style trajectory, being actively pulled by the muscles of the hip. That adds a strong leverage to the tipping movement, initiated by the small and presice movement of the foot. Harb also suggests that the tipping of the skis into the new turn should be initiated with the free leg (in Alpine skiing you unload one leg - the inside leg of the future turn - and balance on the other leg. The unloaded leg is called 'free leg' in PMTS. Actually, when carving, you balance on the big toe edge of the load-bearing leg's foot, and to get to that edge, you start the movement chain with the free leg, as that requires the least possible effort to get the job done). Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn ski with this technique, among many other successful alpine skiing pro athletes and around 20k amateur Alpine carving enthusiasts. I have personally tried PMTS (got the ebook from Amazon) and it helped me to go from snowplow turns to parallel carving turns in about 2 days (and I am a very slow learner). I wonder if PMTS could be adapted (at least partially) to tele skiing? I mean - in tele skiing, one still needs to tip the skis, right?
Well I’ve been doing my technique wrong all these years. I was just the opposite. Pressuring my back leg more to make turn with big toe. Not the front. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for sharing! Really glad that sheds some light on things and I'm looking forward to getting on snow again to give some on-hill perspective. - Madsen
@@TTtelemark - Thanks for checking the video out. I'm not sure you quite understood the base idea of the video and the focus of the big toe pressure that I was discussing...I'm the tester as you call it. You may want to watch last week's video re: stance here - th-cam.com/video/Nyo-H77HRaE/w-d-xo.html to give you some reference on my methods of foot spacing, etc. I can assure you that these methods work in both a teaching application on-piste as well as a freeride application. Cheers - Madsen a.k.a. The Tester
@@bc6881My English is bad, sorry. In the video, the length between the front and back legs is already too big. This is good for slowing down the ride. It doesn't speed up the ride and prevents quick reaction to obstacles while driving. Here is a video of the optimal distance between the feet. And so naturally we get to the most important thing!. This is a direct fast loading of the skis in the dynamics of movement...
Ball of foot will come later as I get into the back foot and in an actual Telemark stance/turn. I went really basic on this to make sure people can build the parts of a turn. Hope that helps. - Madsen
Thanks for all that you and the FHL team do for our sport. Always inspiring. Looking forward to podcast return!
Thank you for supporting. It wouldn’t be possible without those that do - Big thank you for the Super Thanks! …podcast should be back online in Sept. 🤘🏻 - Madsen
In PMTS (developed for Alpine carving), Harald Harb points out that to tip the boot and the ski to the edge, one needs a movement that would tip the boot (and initiate the movement further up the kinematic chain - in the ankle, knee and then the hip) with minimal force (so as not to tire oneself out).
So he suggests that when we want to tip the boot - and the ski that's attached to it - on to the big toe edge, instead of trying to force the big toe down through the compacted snow of the piste, one should tip the foot inside the boot up and roll it onto the big toe side - so the foot ends up standing on its big toe side, pronating the foot, starting the pronation by lifting the pinky toe side of the foot up and rolling the foot to the big toe side - down the path of least resistance.
The foot will then push against the big toe side of the boot laterally, creating a tipping force with minimal effort.
It will also move the ankle, that will push against the side of the cuff of the boot, and then the knee will engage, following a 'windshield wiper'-style trajectory, being actively pulled by the muscles of the hip.
That adds a strong leverage to the tipping movement, initiated by the small and presice movement of the foot.
Harb also suggests that the tipping of the skis into the new turn should be initiated with the free leg (in Alpine skiing you unload one leg - the inside leg of the future turn - and balance on the other leg. The unloaded leg is called 'free leg' in PMTS.
Actually, when carving, you balance on the big toe edge of the load-bearing leg's foot, and to get to that edge, you start the movement chain with the free leg, as that requires the least possible effort to get the job done).
Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn ski with this technique, among many other successful alpine skiing pro athletes and around 20k amateur Alpine carving enthusiasts.
I have personally tried PMTS (got the ebook from Amazon) and it helped me to go from snowplow turns to parallel carving turns in about 2 days (and I am a very slow learner).
I wonder if PMTS could be adapted (at least partially) to tele skiing?
I mean - in tele skiing, one still needs to tip the skis, right?
Well I’ve been doing my technique wrong all these years. I was just the opposite. Pressuring my back leg more to make turn with big toe. Not the front. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for sharing! Really glad that sheds some light on things and I'm looking forward to getting on snow again to give some on-hill perspective. - Madsen
Thank you! Under appreciated big toe.
You're welcome! Thanks for checking out the video, appreciate it. - Madsen
Big toe/little toe… have you interviewed the OG Paul Parker for the pod yet?
You know it. Paul and I have discussed, but he wasn't interested in a podcast the last time we spoke. He's definitely on the list though.
@@TTtelemark - Thanks for checking the video out. I'm not sure you quite understood the base idea of the video and the focus of the big toe pressure that I was discussing...I'm the tester as you call it. You may want to watch last week's video re: stance here - th-cam.com/video/Nyo-H77HRaE/w-d-xo.html to give you some reference on my methods of foot spacing, etc. I can assure you that these methods work in both a teaching application on-piste as well as a freeride application. Cheers - Madsen a.k.a. The Tester
@@FreeheelLife Well…maybe some day. I think every telemark skier from the ‘90s has fond memories of him and his books.
th-cam.com/video/NGYFKsjHvBU/w-d-xo.html
@@bc6881My English is bad, sorry. In the video, the length between the front and back legs is already too big. This is good for slowing down the ride. It doesn't speed up the ride and prevents quick reaction to obstacles while driving.
Here is a video of the optimal distance between the feet.
And so naturally we get to the most important thing!. This is a direct fast loading of the skis in the dynamics of movement...
Is pressuring the ball of the foot as good as pressuring the big toe?
Ball of foot will come later as I get into the back foot and in an actual Telemark stance/turn. I went really basic on this to make sure people can build the parts of a turn. Hope that helps. - Madsen