Ski Sundown - 1/31/2007 (night)

[Grassi21]

The video looks good, and you managed to make me look pretty good too! I can see I need to work on tightening up that stance a bit though.

I was watching you in the vid and was like holy S. I couldn't tell you which parts of the run looked technically correct, but you sure did look smooth.

 

[bvibert]

NEWSFLASH: I didn't have anything to do with making you look good.

Stance is fine. Work on holding your line and keeping your hands up. I see your left hand dropping a lot. You must favor the right turn or something.

I do favor my right turn, or is it my left, I can never remember. You did have something to do with making me look good, you didn't tape while I was flailing and/or wildly shooting across the tops of several bumps in an attempt to get back under control. Or at least if you did you were nice enough not to use that footage.

What I mean by the stance is I have trouble keeping my skis together sometimes, you can see it in the video a few times and a couple times it got me in trouble last night when one ski would go up to the top of a bump and the other would be down in the trough...

 

[2knees]

sorry about the shaky camera work on my part. I couldnt hold my arm still.

greg, thanks for throwing in that bobble of mine!!!! :lol:

 

[bvibert]

I was watching you in the vid and was like holy S. I couldn't tell you which parts of the run looked technically correct, but you sure did look smooth.

Thanks man. I'm telling you though Greg managed to only get my best turns for the night. For once I didn't fall apart for the camera.

 

[Greg]

What I mean by the stance is I have trouble keeping my skis together sometimes, you can see it in the video a few times and a couple times it got me in trouble last night when one ski would go up to the top of a bump and the other would be down in the trough...

Yup. I had the same problem until this season. I was actually surprised how easy it was to close up the stance.

 

[Greg]

YouTube version for the bandwidth challenged:

 

[jack97]

Good looking bumpers and sweet looking bumps. I got to make it out one of these nights.

 

[Greg]

greg, thanks for throwing in that bobble of mine!!!! :lol:

Please. The bumps in that area are rough. Broad slick hardpack leading into an icey vertical bump. Look at the one I whacked into at 1:09. I kept getting fed into that bastard all night, no matter which line I took. Wasn't big, but it's slick right in front of it.

And come on. I included my lame-ass feeble attempt at a daffy so your bobble is hardly noticeable... :lol:

 

[2knees]

Please. The bumps in that area are rough. Broad slick hardpack leading into an icey vertical bump. Look at the one I whacked into at 1:09. I kept getting fed into that bastard all night, no matter which line I took. Wasn't big, but it's slick right in front of it.

And come on. I included my lame-ass feeble attempt at a daffy so your bobble is hardly noticeable... :lol:

thats the same bump that tossed me. that thing was like a brick wall. It wasnt as noticeable sunday but you almost couldnt avoid the damn thing last night.

 

[bvibert]

It was kinda like a black hole that was sucking you in. If you took the far skier's right line you could avoid it, it wasn't very skied in over there though... Skier's left you could avoid it too, but it was like no-man's land over there...

 

[Greg]

Greg has a nice easy flowing rhythm to his technique.

Thanks. I am trying to smooth things out a bit. It's weird though. It feel like I'm skiing a helluva lot faster compared to what I see video. I think Pat skis bumps about twice as fast as the rest of us.

 

[bvibert]

Thanks. I am trying to smooth things out a bit. It's weird though. It feel like I'm skiing a helluva lot faster compared to what I see video. I think Pat skis bumps about twice as fast as the rest of us.

Pat is at least twice as fast as me for sure. Greg, you always look smooth and in control of your speed. Those bumps feel like they're coming up a lot faster when you're doing them then it looks in the video for sure...

 

[Greg]

sorry about the shaky camera work on my part. I couldnt hold my arm still.

Too much zoom. Zooming in video mode with that camera doesn't usually work very well.

 

[bvibert]

Stance is fine. Work on holding your line and keeping your hands up. I see your left hand dropping a lot. You must favor the right turn or something.

I can see that in the video now that I'm looking for it. I've also noticed myself doing a lot of double pole plants (where I plant both poles at once) in the videos I've been seeing of myself lately. Don't know what that's all about..

 

[2knees]

I've also noticed myself doing a lot of double pole plants (where I plant both poles at once) in the videos I've been seeing of myself lately. Don't know what that's all about..

its natural. and its better then having your hands dragging behind you like dead weight. The double pole plants will go away with time. All in all, you do a real good job with your hands and upper body. Alot of people, when they start out skiing bumps, completely ignore their hands and pole plants. you are waaaayy ahead of that curve.

I'll offer a slight tip here, which may or may not be useful for you. If you decide one night that you want to focus on your hands try bringing your off plant hand (the one not being used at the moment) down slightly across your midsection. If FORCES the hands to stay in front as your body is in the way. I do this naturally with my left hand but i tend to get sloppy with my right.

 

[bvibert]

its natural. and its better then having your hands dragging behind you like dead weight. The double pole plants will go away with time. All in all, you do a real good job with your hands and upper body. Alot of people, when they start out skiing bumps, completely ignore their hands and pole plants. you are waaaayy ahead of that curve.

You mean like those guys who were falling all over the bumps Sunday night while carrying both poles, mid-shaft, in one hand...

Thanks for the kind words. I was a chronic pole dragger until last season when I really started working on it.

I'll offer a slight tip here, which may or may not be useful for you. If you decide one night that you want to focus on your hands try bringing your off plant hand (the one not being used at the moment) down slightly across your midsection. If FORCES the hands to stay in front as your body is in the way. I do this naturally with my left hand but i tend to get sloppy with my right.

Thanks, maybe I'll try that some night.

 

[Marc]

You mean like those guys who were falling all over the bumps Sunday night while carrying both poles, mid-shaft, in one hand...

Thanks for the kind words. I was a chronic pole dragger until last season when I really started working on it.



Thanks, maybe I'll try that some night.

Yeah man, for hardly ever skiing bumps, you were rockin the hizzy.

One thing I found about keeping my hands forward last night is those bumps were so tall compared to their spacing, I had to actually keep my hands a little higher and further spread out than normal just to get the basket high enough to touch the top of the bump.

You'll run into that less in natural bumps.

BTW, nice vid Greg, I like the slow mo at the end, really accentuating the lameness of my air.

 

[Greg]

One thing I found about keeping my hands forward last night is those bumps were so tall compared to their spacing, I had to actually keep my hands a little higher and further spread out than normal just to get the basket high enough to touch the top of the bump.

Cut your poles.

BTW, nice vid Greg, I like the slow mo at the end, really accentuating the lameness of my air.

That is precisely why my lame air was edited to be so quick. Hoping most viewers will blink at that point.

 

[Marc]

Cut your poles.



That is precisely why my lame air was edited to be so quick. Hoping most viewers will blink at that point.

If my poles were shorter I wouldn't have been touching snow on the bumps on OL last weekend. Trust me, they were waaaaay different.




Plus, I don't want my pole poking through my handle. Only real losers ski like that...

:dunce:

 

[Greg]

If my poles were shorter I wouldn't have been touching snow on the bumps on OL last weekend. Trust me, they were waaaaay different.

It's also waaaaay early. Now I haven't skied OL in years, but I imagine the bumps are still just bumplings at this early point. By March and when they get some natural, those troughs will get deep. How long are you poles? I cut mine to 47" and love them at that length in the bumps. If you have a crappy set of poles lying around, try whacking them down. Or borrow someone else's for a run. More talk about starting it [POST="116780"]here[/POST].

Plus, I don't want my pole poking through my handle. Only real losers ski like that...

:dunce:

Touché. :lol: