That's the technique my father taught me 30 years ago. He was studying civil engineering in Austria Graz when he was young and I think that was the ski at his times
Yesterday I went to ski after a tad of 15 years. Got those new carvers under my skiboots and off the lift we went. Damn it took a while to adjust. Fortunate enough the weddeln turn works like a dream with them carvers too and made me stand out from the crowd. :)
My sentiments exactly! It's more agile and suited for handling tough spots, icy trails, etc., where you can't do that monotonous groomed-slope carving all the time. Best is probably being able to do both techniques depending on the situation.
Note the slalom course at about 10:25--they don't set them like that anymore! Tough to do and those poles would really whack you if you even grazed them too close. They didn't bend over at all hardly. No hand protection to hit them away from you either!
@@farnumbp Ha! More unweighting at initiation for sure and the edge set happened only as speed built down the fall line so that careful pressure on the toe got the tip to grab as part if the tail kick out, and very deliberately bent the ski. They certainly did not bend themselves just by tipping them on edge. If you got it wrong the chattering skid shook you teeth out. Longer skis held the edge better once bent, but at the expense of slow, energy sapping initiation, thus the whole business with stem christies, less finishing of turns in general and in difficult terrain literally a jump (now that is unweighting).
Except for that "knee wiggle" nonsense much of this is good advice for today... except shaped skis don't respond when the stance is so closed the boots touch.
A true Classic. With signature Warren Miller humor tossed in!
I watch this before ski season each year
I learned to ski like that, it took all day... but, we did stop off for gluvein in the morning, our skiing got a lot better after that. lol
That's the technique my father taught me 30 years ago. He was studying civil engineering in Austria Graz when he was young and I think that was the ski at his times
Beautiful video .
And very elegant skiing. And a Nice demostration throughout phases. 👍🙂
Yesterday I went to ski after a tad of 15 years. Got those new carvers under my skiboots and off the lift we went. Damn it took a while to adjust. Fortunate enough the weddeln turn works like a dream with them carvers too and made me stand out from the crowd. :)
И мило и немного наивно! Техника нашей юности!
The form of this technique is so much better than the ski is apart carved turn they teach today. No even knows the wedeln technique
My sentiments exactly! It's more agile and suited for handling tough spots, icy trails, etc., where you can't do that monotonous groomed-slope carving all the time. Best is probably being able to do both techniques depending on the situation.
Note the slalom course at about 10:25--they don't set them like that anymore! Tough to do and those poles would really whack you if you even grazed them too close. They didn't bend over at all hardly. No hand protection to hit them away from you either!
Less unweighting and you don't set the edges ?
@@farnumbp Ha! More unweighting at initiation for sure and the edge set happened only as speed built down the fall line so that careful pressure on the toe got the tip to grab as part if the tail kick out, and very deliberately bent the ski. They certainly did not bend themselves just by tipping them on edge. If you got it wrong the chattering skid shook you teeth out. Longer skis held the edge better once bent, but at the expense of slow, energy sapping initiation, thus the whole business with stem christies, less finishing of turns in general and in difficult terrain literally a jump (now that is unweighting).
@@packratty I don’t understand but that’s ok
3:21 "Then they tell you to forget all that nonsense and they teach you the snow plough" :)
Most of what is shown in the video is stil effective today...The very essentials of skiing are still the same!
Still useful to learn this way
I Love it! ❄️☀️⛷
Feet together… I learned in Austria in the late 1960. So much more elegent. The sticks look a bit linger than is traditional these days.
Except for that "knee wiggle" nonsense much of this is good advice for today... except shaped skis don't respond when the stance is so closed the boots touch.
Pizza, french fries. That's all you need to know.
get in da friggn frunt uh duh boot too dont ya know guy
I friggin Mastered this, then carving came and ruined it 😤
Still ski like this. Ok, not as good but same technique. The fellow in this film is on +210s or so and I am on 200s.
Does anybody else think the narrator sounds like Mr Greenjeans?
its warren miller