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Originally Posted by ed-drum  It's not the ski, it's the skier. I have a friend who is a world champ who had a pair of K2s with large sections of the edges missing. He went through icy bumps like he was on train tracks. Yes, skis do help but a lot of people whine too much about their gear. You have to practice on the groomers first doing tight turns with knees and feet together. Experts lose points in mogul contests if their feet come apart. Besides, the National Ski Patrol website has an article on how to avoid knee injury, and one of the tips is to keep your feet together. I just don't understand this "new" concept of keeping feet a foot or so apart with shape skis. Then again, I have a lot of instructor friends who are great athletes and they call instructors that tell their student "nice wide stance now".......... destructors. SORRY! Ed. |
I do agree to an extent. You're not going to realize the benefit of a bump ski until you reach a certain level. I also agree on the narrower stance thing. That was one of the biggest limiting things in the bumps for me last season and I worked on it a lot. When I started with the Cabrawlers this year, I was able to lock that stance much easier and hold it through the run. I've been able to take that technique back over to the mid-fats too. So, while I do agree it is more the operator than the equipment, I do believe the right equipment can facilitate learning certain techniques quicker and easier.