Thanks for the tips. All these years I was lunging too far forward. I will try and work with your advice this season. By the way would love to see some basic tips on telemark stance and turns. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hey Curt! I appreciate the feedback. Glad I could be of service :) I also appreciate the suggestion for some future videos (i.e. Telemark stance/turns). That one has been on my list for awhile. Mostly as I develop my skills in making the turns ;) I will try to produce something this season, though. Again, thanks for tuning in and reaching out!
Jared, I love the "stumble shuffle" term as opposed to lunging. Something I am definitely going to work on as I may be a lunger, always trying to somewhat feel like I am a rabbit bouncing from one step to the next. Will have to get my ski buddy to watch me and see if I'm lunging and landing too flat-footed. Interesting to also to hear you mention lunging consumes more energy. Thanks again for the tips and ideas. BTW - we got our 20cm snowfall dump so back into full-time skiing - Hurray!!
Hey Brad! So great to hear from you, and I'm so glad you have some fresh snow on which to xc ski! Fantastic :) Lunging is a problematic element in xc skiing. It can be a very stable position fore/aft, but the amount of work to keep from doing the splits, for example, in certain conditions is more work than it's worth. And then just the straight physical exertion one has to do to hold that position is exhausting in the long-term. You always have to pull yourself up from it, so we try to avoid it. The challenge when adopting a more efficient and, for lack of a better term, aggressive position (i.e. slight lean forward) is that we're always just a moment away from doing a faceplant. When you're moving forward in that aggressive posture, it's a big commitment which is why a lot of people struggle to make it. In certain snow conditions, such as wet and sticky snow, I'm constantly on verge of falling over because my skis get stuck but I keep driving forward! But I know the score, so I'm usually prepared to deal with it. Long story short, be mindful when working to achieve this position :) We have a decent amount of snow in Tahoe on which to xc ski, but I've still been prioritizing the birding. haha! But I'm getting out there early today to log my 8th session. Great chatting with you!
Thanks for the tips. All these years I was lunging too far forward. I will try and work with your advice this season. By the way would love to see some basic tips on telemark stance and turns. Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hey Curt!
I appreciate the feedback. Glad I could be of service :)
I also appreciate the suggestion for some future videos (i.e. Telemark stance/turns). That one has been on my list for awhile. Mostly as I develop my skills in making the turns ;) I will try to produce something this season, though.
Again, thanks for tuning in and reaching out!
Jared, I love the "stumble shuffle" term as opposed to lunging. Something I am definitely going to work on as I may be a lunger, always trying to somewhat feel like I am a rabbit bouncing from one step to the next. Will have to get my ski buddy to watch me and see if I'm lunging and landing too flat-footed. Interesting to also to hear you mention lunging consumes more energy. Thanks again for the tips and ideas. BTW - we got our 20cm snowfall dump so back into full-time skiing - Hurray!!
Hey Brad!
So great to hear from you, and I'm so glad you have some fresh snow on which to xc ski! Fantastic :)
Lunging is a problematic element in xc skiing. It can be a very stable position fore/aft, but the amount of work to keep from doing the splits, for example, in certain conditions is more work than it's worth. And then just the straight physical exertion one has to do to hold that position is exhausting in the long-term. You always have to pull yourself up from it, so we try to avoid it.
The challenge when adopting a more efficient and, for lack of a better term, aggressive position (i.e. slight lean forward) is that we're always just a moment away from doing a faceplant. When you're moving forward in that aggressive posture, it's a big commitment which is why a lot of people struggle to make it. In certain snow conditions, such as wet and sticky snow, I'm constantly on verge of falling over because my skis get stuck but I keep driving forward! But I know the score, so I'm usually prepared to deal with it. Long story short, be mindful when working to achieve this position :)
We have a decent amount of snow in Tahoe on which to xc ski, but I've still been prioritizing the birding. haha! But I'm getting out there early today to log my 8th session.
Great chatting with you!