Hunter AZ Gathering - 12/14/2007

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by bvibert

You must be getting old. I skied with you a few times, enough for you to give me a tip on what to work on...

I guess I did a good job of keeping the camera work un-intrusive..

Oh yeah...the pole thing.

Sneak.

[2knees]

Originally Posted by JimG.

Nice to see you guys appreciate what great skiing is.

lol, i spend more time studying bump videos than i ever did studying academics. I think i can pick out the contenders from the pretenders.

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by JimG.

Oh yeah...the pole thing.

Sneak.

Yeah, the pole thing. Which I thank you for, even if it seems like I get defensive about your critiques. Just my nature I guess. I tried to be more conscious about my hands and poles the rest of the day and I think I was doing a much better job last night in the bumps. I realized at one point that I was mostly just flicking the wrist on each plant instead of moving the whole arm. I was also doing a lot less of the double plants and the multiple plants per turn thing. At least I was in my mind...

[jack97]

Originally Posted by 2knees

check out 180 at 3:22 or so as he comes out of that line. He is so balanced and forward pressured that he is working mainly the front half of his ski in that funky turn line that was so hard to hit correctly. Greg, you want to see what shin pressure looks like, that is it right there. He is one hell of a skier. I can only dream of pulling that off.

Originally Posted by JimG.

Nice to see you guys appreciate what great skiing is.

Alan stays on the balls of his feet like no other skier I know.

IMO thats one of the keys.... staying on the balls. Over at epic, I heard an oldie but goodie on getting the hip forward.... try squeezing the cheeks together (i'm not talking about the cheeks on the face) imagine trying to hold a $100 bill between the crack. The muscle contraction forces the hip forward.

Another thing I noticed is the boots, 180 looks like they are flexed more. This is something I adjusted last season; getting the cuff more forward and dialed in a softer flex. It feels like I'm getting more control on the front and can make a faster turn.

[madskier6]

Originally Posted by 2knees

Jan 11 on the mrg thing. cant wait.

Are you going alone on Jan. 11 or would you be up for skiing with some AZers? I haven't hit MRG this year yet but I should be available to ski it in early Jan.

[2knees]

Originally Posted by madskier6

Are you going alone on Jan. 11 or would you be up for skiing with some AZers? I haven't hit MRG this year yet but I should be available to ski it in early Jan.

i'm always up for skiing with people. Would love to get a chance to follow you around that place. you dont mind giving the tour do you?

[madskier6]

Originally Posted by 2knees

i'm always up for skiing with people. Would love to get a chance to follow you around that place. you dont mind giving the tour do you?

Of course I don't mind. I'd love to. Let's do it!

[reefer]

If you guys are serious about MRG 1/11 I'm in! My buddy Chris probably will not resisit either! I'll be looking for it on the trip and event forum............................

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by jack97

IMO thats one of the keys.... staying on the balls. Over at epic, I heard an oldie but goodie on getting the hip forward.... try squeezing the cheeks together (i'm not talking about the cheeks on the face) imagine trying to hold a $100 bill between the crack. The muscle contraction forces the hip forward.

I like this family friendly way of putting this.

[JimG.]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Yeah, the pole thing. Which I thank you for, even if it seems like I get defensive about your critiques. Just my nature I guess. I tried to be more conscious about my hands and poles the rest of the day and I think I was doing a much better job last night in the bumps. I realized at one point that I was mostly just flicking the wrist on each plant instead of moving the whole arm. I was also doing a lot less of the double plants and the multiple plants per turn thing. At least I was in my mind...

I'm glad to see you've used all these videos you guys take to some good...yes that's you.

Don't reach too much with your arm...it should be more in the wrist. And you don't need 2-3 touches per turn.

And try not to associate "plant" with "pole". Use "touch" instead.